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“He was riding a tiger. He might as well enjoy it.”

Any Old Diamonds (Lilywhite Boys, #1) by K.J. Charles

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I hope that my life continues to be full of K.J. Charles books that do not disappoint me. I know I’ve still got about half her back catalogue to go through, and I hope all those unread books are just as fun to read. This one is a romance, of course, but it’s also a heist novel featuring Alec, the estranged son of a duke out to make his father pay for the damage he’s caused Alec and his siblings, so Alec hires two notorious thieves to take priceless jewels from a practically uncrackable safe, in a hard to reach […]

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4/10/2019 | 's CBR11 Review No:39 |

The first of two amazing books I read to end the year. (I want to put them both on my end of year best!)

Band Sinister by K.J. Charles

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“This, then, was a hellfire club: a debating society for alarming ideas.” What a delightful way to end the year. I always like K.J. Charles’s books, but this one just pushed every single one of my buttons. It’s an homage to Georgette Heyer, and a romance, but I’ve not read anything quite like it before. Guy Frisby and his sister Amanda are secluded from society in their quiet country home. An old scandal involving their mother and their neighbor besmirched their names and ruined Amanda’s prospects, and Guy now prefers to shrink quietly into the shadows of invisibility and propriety, […]

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12/31/2018 's CBR10 Review No:174 |

This series makes for an excellent book binge.

An Unsuitable Heir (Sins of the Cities, #3) by K.J. Charles

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I almost feel like I don’t want to write a review of this book, just maybe sit with it a while, scroll through and read some of my favorite parts again. But in short, I really liked it and it’s a more than worthy trilogy ender. Even with the lackluster first book, I would still recommend this series, but you definitely need to read all of them, as the central plot would be pretty confusing if you didn’t. This book wraps up the plot started in book one with the murder of the ex-clergyman who turned out to be blackmailing […]

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4/9/2018 's CBR10 Review No:48 |

This book is yes.

An Unnatural Vice (Sins of the Cities, #2) by K.J. Charles

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This was FUN. I liked the first one, but it was missing something for me. This one, perhaps because its central characters weren’t so quiet and unassuming, intrigued me right away and didn’t let up. Nathaniel Roy is a crusading journalist who is determined to expose the secrets of two big name spiritualists currently practicing in London. He sees what they do as an abomination, taking advantage of naïve and grieving people’s trust and pain, and making money off of it. Nathaniel is also sensitive to this because even five years out, he’s still grieving the unexpected death of his […]

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4/9/2018 's CBR10 Review No:47 |

Killer fog, murder, and sexytimes in Victorian London.

An Unseen Attraction by K.J. Charles

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I liked this quite a bit, but I was able to put it down for several months, which doesn’t really speak super well of it’s ability to compel a reader. There was just something about the specific ways the pacing and the characters and the plot combined that I liked, but didn’t love. So this is a romance novel, but it’s also a hybrid Victorian/mystery/thriller-ish sort of book, and all of the plots are not resolved (though the romance aspect is), and I’m assuming they will carry out through the rest of the trilogy. Clem Talleyfer runs a lodging house […]

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4/9/2018 's CBR10 Review No:46 |

Finding Repentance

An Unsuitable Heir by K.J. Charles

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This is book three in the Sins of the City series, and it wraps up the thread of mystery that has been running through the previous books.  I’m not sure if I can avoid revealing some spoilers from the first two books, and you really need to read the whole series to get full understanding of what is going on.  In fact, this one backtracks somewhat to start with, to reveal some of the details from the end of book two.  An investigation has been going on to find the missing children of the deceased Earl of Moreton who had […]

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11/8/2017 's CBR9 Review No:87 |

Loving your enemy

An Unnatural Vice by K.J. Charles

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This is book two in the Sins of the City series, set in Victorian England and it carries the tale forward that left the reader hanging at the end of the first book.  I won’t go into too much detail on that one here, as you can read my review on that one if you’re interested.  Nathanial Roy is a former lawyer, now crusading journalist who is helping his friend Clem with some legal battles.  In the course of his work, he meets Justin Lazarus, who is a con artist and so-called seer of London.  Nathanial is prepared to hate […]

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10/17/2017 's CBR9 Review No:80 |

Victorian era sensational mystery

An Unseen Attraction by KJ Charles

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I need to preface this review by saying this was my first foray into an audible book.  Audible was offering a free trial month with two books, so I decided to give it a shot and picked out this book along with the next one in the series.  I wasn’t sure how I’d like the experience, as I don’t have a long commute and I mostly prefer to read actual books as opposed to Kindle – but it was quite entertaining and it didn’t take long to finish it listening in bits and pieces.  I really didn’t expect it to […]

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9/21/2017 's CBR9 Review No:74 |


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