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The Houseguest From Hell

A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

October 1, 2024 by RouletteGirl Leave a Comment

When you think of T. Kingfisher your mind probably goes to her horror novels first. Maybe you think of What Moves the Dead, or A House With Good Bones. But her fantasy work should not be ignored, and her latest – A Sorceress Comes to Call – is an astonishing mix of fantasy, horror, and Regency novel all in one. Cordelia is a girl who has been abused and controlled by her mother all her life. There are no secrets allowed in their house, nor […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Horror Tagged With: Regency Fantasy, t kingfisher

RouletteGirl's CBR16 Review No:39 · Genres: Fantasy, Horror · Tags: Regency Fantasy, t kingfisher ·
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Magic & Manners

January 26, 2017 by Emperor Cupcake 7 Comments

The Cecelia and Kate books, set in an alternate-history Regency England where magic is commonplace, chronicle the lives of two cousins as they find love and foil a dastardly plot (Sorcery and Cecelia), travel the Continent while foiling an even more dastardly plot (The Grand Tour), and wrangle a number of children and dogs while foiling a slightly less dastardly plot (The Mislaid Magician). I adore the first book in this series. It’s an epistolary delight. Wrede and Stevermer wrote the story via “The Letter […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult Tagged With: Caroline Stevermer, children are the absolute worst, emperorcupcake, genteel boinking, Patricia C Wrede, Regency Fantasy, Sorcery and Cecelia, The Grand Tour, The Mislaid Magician

Emperor Cupcake's CBR9 Review No:12 · Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult · Tags: Caroline Stevermer, children are the absolute worst, emperorcupcake, genteel boinking, Patricia C Wrede, Regency Fantasy, Sorcery and Cecelia, The Grand Tour, The Mislaid Magician ·
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