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Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Cover

Do not mistake this kindness. I simply want to be the one who breaks you.

The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab

May 24, 2025 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

His heart has a draft. It lets in light. It lets in storms. It lets in everything. ― V.E. Schwab, The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue Ever feel like running away from your life and forming an everlasting pact with a hot demon you meet in the woods on the day of your wedding? Addie didn’t feel like it either but that’s what happened. It’s 1729 in rural France. Addie is twenty-three, single, a dreamer, an artist, and has zero interest in succumbing to the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: 18th century, curses, demon bargain, France, historical fiction, historical fiction plus fantasy, in love with the devil, Romance, v.e. schwab

carmelpie's CBR17 Review No:13 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: 18th century, curses, demon bargain, France, historical fiction, historical fiction plus fantasy, in love with the devil, Romance, v.e. schwab ·
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Incredible world-building does not make up for a lackluster romance

Before We Disappear by Shaun David Hutchinson

July 4, 2023 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

“I think it must’ve been a person who’d wished for love but had never known it who’d created the first clock. Because time is a reminder of how quickly the present passes and how little of the future remains, and no one in love would want to know that.” ― Shaun David Hutchinson, Before We Disappear After narrowly escaping Paris when his employer/adoptive mother is accused of stealing a rival’s illusion, Jack finds himself in Seattle the month before the 1909 Alaska–Yukon–Pacific Exposition. While there, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: 1900s, abusive relationships, cbr15bingo, CBR15Passport, con artists, feminist, gaslighting, heist fiction, heist romance, historical fiction, historical fiction plus fantasy, magicians, queer romance, Seattle, Shaun David Hutchinson, Young Adult Romance

carmelpie's CBR15 Review No:18 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: 1900s, abusive relationships, cbr15bingo, CBR15Passport, con artists, feminist, gaslighting, heist fiction, heist romance, historical fiction, historical fiction plus fantasy, magicians, queer romance, Seattle, Shaun David Hutchinson, Young Adult Romance ·
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In the nick of time, my first ever CANNONBALL!

The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley

December 30, 2018 by Aquillia 13 Comments

My first ever Cannonball! I’m super proud of this, as I’ve been doing CBR for a few years (off and on) and have never managed more than a half-Cannonball before. I’m going to try to achieve this goal again next year. Now on to my final proper review of the year. Natasha Pulley’s The Watchmaker of Filigree Street is a lovely, lovely book. It sits at the crossover between historical fiction and fantasy, but just barely steps over the line into the fantastical. It is […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: historical fiction plus fantasy, Natasha Pulley, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street

Aquillia's CBR10 Review No:52 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: historical fiction plus fantasy, Natasha Pulley, The Watchmaker of Filigree Street ·
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