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A good trilogy ender.

Enlightened (Enlightenment, #3) by Joanna Chambers

February 22, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

I was hoping for a real firecracker with this one, just a really undeniably great closer to this lovely trilogy, but what I got was more what I actually should have expected, which was more like the slow burn of a hearth fire. This has been entirely a trilogy about quiet, inner emotions and inner growth, and not melodramatic, shout to the sky emotions. The more I reflect on how this series ended, the more I liked it. David has been recuperating for the last […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: enlightened, enlightenment, historical fiction, historical romance, joanna chambers, LGBTQIA, m/m, narfna, the scottish enlightenment

narfna's CBR13 Review No:17 · Genres: Romance · Tags: enlightened, enlightenment, historical fiction, historical romance, joanna chambers, LGBTQIA, m/m, narfna, the scottish enlightenment ·
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An excellent middle book in this historical romance trilogy.

Beguiled (Enlightenment, #2) by Joanna Chambers

February 22, 2021 by narfna 6 Comments

This series continues to be the perfect blend of historical fiction and romance. Most historical romance authors use the historical setting as a backdrop and creator of atmosphere, or convert it into a sort of fantasy realm to explore other things, which can be really fun! But as I said in my review of the first book in this series, there’s just something so pleasurable about stone cold history being actually explored in this format. In the first book, it was the fallout from a […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Beguiled, enlightenment, historical fiction, historical romance, joanna chambers, King George IV, LGBTQIA, m/m, narfna, Romance, the scottish enlightenment

narfna's CBR13 Review No:16 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Beguiled, enlightenment, historical fiction, historical romance, joanna chambers, King George IV, LGBTQIA, m/m, narfna, Romance, the scottish enlightenment ·
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Atmospheric seaside mystery.

The Survivors by Jane Harper

February 22, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

I received a free ARC of The Survivors from Macmillan in exchange for an honest review. Getting this review in just under the wire! US pub date is tomorrow, 2/2/21*. And y’all should check this out! If mysteries and crime books are your thing. This is my second Jane Harper book. Previously, I’ve read The Dry and also have her sequel to that book and her other standalone, The Lost Man on my TBR. Just judging by the two books of hers I’ve read now, […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: ARCs, Australian, Jane Harper, mystery, narfna, the survivors

narfna's CBR13 Review No:15 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: ARCs, Australian, Jane Harper, mystery, narfna, the survivors ·
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Stop reading after book two! Is my advice.

Five Dark Fates (Three Dark Crowns, #5) by Kendare Blake

February 22, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

This is the final book in the Three Dark Crowns quartet, which was originally supposed to be a duology, but money, what are you going to do, oh right, trick a bunch of teens (and adults, coughcough) into buying your book series. Yeah, sorry all fans of this series and the author (I’m sure you’re lovely) but I hated this. It doubled down on everything I disliked from books one through three (especially three), and downgraded what I liked (the premise, the worldbuilding). It also […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Young Adult Tagged With: #fantasy, five dark fates, Kendare Blake, narfna, three dark crowns, YA, ya fantasy

narfna's CBR13 Review No:14 · Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult · Tags: #fantasy, five dark fates, Kendare Blake, narfna, three dark crowns, YA, ya fantasy ·
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Will I quite you, Riordan? I still don’t know. This review is barely about the book, which was good!

The Tower of Nero (The Trials of Apollo, #5) by Rick Riordan

February 22, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

I did end up liking this series ender. As up and down as I’ve been with this series, it could have gone either way for me. This book definitely got the closest to my preferred version of the series, which had Apollo actually realizing the consequences of his actions and not just joking his way through some pretty serious stuff. Although, it still never gelled for me that Apollo the God and Lester the Teenager were the same character. There was some moves towards that […]

Filed Under: Children's, Fantasy Tagged With: #fantasy, greek mythology, middle grade, middle grade fantasy, narfna, Rick Riordan, the tower of nero, the trials of apollo

narfna's CBR13 Review No:13 · Genres: Children's, Fantasy · Tags: #fantasy, greek mythology, middle grade, middle grade fantasy, narfna, Rick Riordan, the tower of nero, the trials of apollo ·
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