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My Soul to Keep by Tananarive Due

June 30, 2021 by Bothari43 5 Comments

This one is basically an allegory about an abusive marriage, but it went to some interesting places. Dawit/David is immortal. He was made immortal by Khaldun hundreds of years ago in what would become Ethiopia. He can be hurt, but he heals. He can die, but he comes back the next morning. He’s lived multiple lifetimes, married, fathered children, learned different careers and languages. Currently, he’s married to a reporter named Jessica, with a five-year-old daughter named Kira. With this version of family, he’s actually […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: immortality, lying husbands, POC author, POC stories, tananarive due

Bothari43's CBR13 Review No:18 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror · Tags: immortality, lying husbands, POC author, POC stories, tananarive due ·
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Beginning of a Historical YA series

November 7, 2016 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

It isn’t a book’s fault when you’ve read a version of it better suited to your own personal tastes. I feel poorly for nor liking A Spy in the House more, since as a straight on 1850s historical fiction mystery should be right up my alley. I am a fan of Alex Grecian’s Murder Squad series which starts with The Yard, which is the same basic set up, but 40 years later. But I was left underwhelmed. I think it may be because Gail Carriger’s […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult Tagged With: faintingviolet, POC author, read harder challenge, YA

faintingviolet's CBR8 Review No:74 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult · Tags: faintingviolet, POC author, read harder challenge, YA ·
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