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> Tag: Lyndsay Faye

Fires being stoked, both literal and figurative.

The Fatal Flame (Timothy Wilde, #3) by Lyndsay Faye

July 18, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

I had this book out from the library so long they charged me for a replacement, and then I ended up buying a used copy anyway (I did return the library book, which was an Interlibrary Loan, whoops). Should have just done that from the beginning! Oh, well. I would have bought it eventually anyway, because this is a really good series and I will be revisiting it some time in the future, and also I have to complete my Lyndsay Faye book collection (gotta […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: historical fiction, historical mystery, Lyndsay Faye, mystery, narfna, The Fatal Flame, timothy wilde

narfna's CBR14 Review No:109 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: historical fiction, historical mystery, Lyndsay Faye, mystery, narfna, The Fatal Flame, timothy wilde ·
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“The things my brother and I don’t say could pave over the Atlantic Ocean.”

Seven For a Secret (Timothy Wilde, #2) by Lyndsay Faye

February 25, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

See, this is why I was asking how many five-star reviews in a month is too many, because I kind of want to give this one five stars, too! Great mystery, great character work (brothers! <3 <3), great second book in a trilogy (a rare thing!), impeccable historical fiction. This is the main book I read while on vacation last week, and because I was distracted by friends and food and reality TV (they made me watch Love is Blind!!! ilikedit), I read it over […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: historical fiction, historical mystery, Lyndsay Faye, murder mystery, mystery, seven for a secret, the fugitive slave act, timothy wilde

narfna's CBR14 Review No:34 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: historical fiction, historical mystery, Lyndsay Faye, murder mystery, mystery, seven for a secret, the fugitive slave act, timothy wilde ·
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The human side of Sherlock Holmes.

Observations by Gaslight: Stories From the World of Sherlock Holmes by Lyndsay Faye

January 3, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

Lyndsay Faye is a consummate player of The Great Game, and this book was a lovely little treat. If you’re somehow unaware, The Great Game is the practice of Sherlockians to act as if Holmes and Watson were real, and to make existing canon and facts fit together. This book plays into that in that Faye acts like she is just the editor of these stories, which are all told from the first person perspectives of people in Sherlock Holmes’s life who aren’t Dr. John […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Short Stories Tagged With: Lyndsay Faye, mystery, narfna, observations by gaslight, pastiche, published fanfiction, Sherlock Holmes, sherlockian, stories, stories from the world of sherlock holmes

narfna's CBR14 Review No:1 · Genres: Mystery, Short Stories · Tags: Lyndsay Faye, mystery, narfna, observations by gaslight, pastiche, published fanfiction, Sherlock Holmes, sherlockian, stories, stories from the world of sherlock holmes ·
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Oh wait, have you heard this one before?

The King of Infinite Space by Lyndsay Faye

December 14, 2021 by TylerDFC 3 Comments

One year ago. They were pissed, to begin with. A little. Not nearly as much as Horatio is now. Only a shared Viognier bottle over fresh pasta, then a pair of whiskeys so they wouldn’t have to leave the restaurant, abandon the silk ribbons of wind. All the sharp corners sanded off their inhibitions. It was the sort of perfect-weather night that saddens New Yorkers because there are only ten or twelve per year. The city becomes an hourglass, precious grains lost every second. – […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance Tagged With: Hamlet retelling, LGBTQ romance, Lyndsay Faye, The King of Infinite Space, TylerDFC

TylerDFC's CBR13 Review No:20 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Romance · Tags: Hamlet retelling, LGBTQ romance, Lyndsay Faye, The King of Infinite Space, TylerDFC ·
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“I grinned stupidly at my whiskey for a few moments. Thinking over my job, which was harrowing. My task, which was nigh impossible. My face, which was mangled. My savings, which no longer existed.”

The Gods of Gotham (Timothy Wilde, #1) by Lyndsay Faye

October 31, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

Always count on Lyndsay Faye for lots of atmospheric and interesting historical details, and a juicy, emotionally resonant mystery. This wasn’t my favorite of hers, but I’m definitely going to be continuing the series. Timothy Wilde has 400 dollars saved up, and a job tending bar, until a fire devastates his neighborhood, and injures him so severely his face becomes permanently disfigured. It’s 1845, and the NYC police department is in its infancy. There is a potato blight hitting Ireland, and thousands upon thousands of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: crime, historical fiction, Lyndsay Faye, mystery, narfna, The gods of gotham

narfna's CBR13 Review No:163 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: crime, historical fiction, Lyndsay Faye, mystery, narfna, The gods of gotham ·
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“I think many a trouble begins with love, and it’s important to remember that when life feels like the shit scraped off Death’s boot sole.”

The Paragon Hotel by Lyndsay Faye

April 6, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

I feel like only Lyndsay Faye could not only make me actually sit through reading a story about the mafia, but enjoy it. (Thankfully, the mafia portions are really only about 1/3 of the novel.) I just, I really hate stories about organized crime. I don’t know why. Really, this story isn’t about the mafia. It’s about Alice “Nobody” James, who is on the run from the mafia, yes, but is taken in by the residents of the Paragon Hotel in Portland, Oregon when a […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: historical fiction, LGBTQIA, Lyndsay Faye, mystery, narfna, prohibition, The Paragon Hotel

narfna's CBR13 Review No:29 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery · Tags: historical fiction, LGBTQIA, Lyndsay Faye, mystery, narfna, prohibition, The Paragon Hotel ·
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