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I waited too long to read this one :(

The Secret History of the Pink Carnation (Pink Carnation, #1) by Lauren Willig

January 15, 2024 by narfna Leave a Comment

DNF @ 47% Dang, two DNFs in one day (the other was The Sun and the Void)! I got 200 pages in to this and realized I felt like I was just wasting my own time, so I stopped. This is a book that ten years ago—so a LOT closer to when I actually bought it—I would have probably given it four stars and then read at least the next two books in the series. Instead, I waited a ridiculously long time (this is now […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: adventure, DNF, espionage, historical fiction, historical romance, Lauren Willig, napoleon, narfna, Pink Carnation, spies, The Secret History of the Pink Carnation

narfna's CBR16 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: adventure, DNF, espionage, historical fiction, historical romance, Lauren Willig, napoleon, narfna, Pink Carnation, spies, The Secret History of the Pink Carnation ·
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Life-long friends fall in love while hunting for spies

April 12, 2014 by Malin Leave a Comment

This is the second book in The Pink Carnation series, with events following on pretty much directly from the end of The Secret History of the Pink Carnation. If you want to avoid spoilers for the first book, you should probably skip this review for now. Eloise Kelly has discovered the secret identity of the elusive British spy known as the Pink Carnation, but wants to discover more about the gentleman spies of the Napoleonic era. She goes with Colin Selwick to his country house, to search through the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance Tagged With: #CBR6, historical romance, Lauren Willig, Malin, mystery, Napoleonic wars, Pink Carnation, spies, The Masque of the Black Tulip

Malin's CBR6 Review No:29 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery, Romance · Tags: #CBR6, historical romance, Lauren Willig, Malin, mystery, Napoleonic wars, Pink Carnation, spies, The Masque of the Black Tulip ·
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