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“The woman was a holy terror: the sweetest face, the pillowiest bosom, and a perspicacity that stripped a man naked in seconds.”

The Hollow of Fear (Lady Sherlock, #3) by Sherry Thomas

December 4, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

This series is so fun. I think this is my favorite one so far, because it did two things. First, the plot hinges on Charlotte/Sherlock saving her dear friend and would-be paramour Lord Ingram from murder charges when his wife turns up dead on his estate in a gruesome fashion. And second, we finally get to see Charlotte in action at crime scenes and investigating herself. She does this by inventing another Holmes brother and dressing up as a man, saying she is both there […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: historical mystery, Lady Sherlock, mystery, narfna, reimaginings, Romance, Sherlock Holmes, Sherry Thomas, The Hollow of Fear

narfna's CBR14 Review No:203 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: historical mystery, Lady Sherlock, mystery, narfna, reimaginings, Romance, Sherlock Holmes, Sherry Thomas, The Hollow of Fear ·
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“I’d follow a clown into a storm drain if he had a baby goat in pajamas.”

Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez

November 22, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

Objectively Part of Your World is probably closer to four stars, but I had a really good time with it so I’m giving it five. This book was so uplifting and charming and cozy and swoony. Firstly, before we get to plot, probably good to know that this takes place in a very, very, very light sff atmosphere, so there will have to be some suspension of disbelief, but honestly that’s not hard to do here (the idea, I think, was to try to create an approximation […]

Filed Under: Romance Tagged With: Abby Jimenez, Contemporary Romance, light sff, m/f, narfna, part of your world, reimaginings, Romance, speculative

narfna's CBR14 Review No:195 · Genres: Romance · Tags: Abby Jimenez, Contemporary Romance, light sff, m/f, narfna, part of your world, reimaginings, Romance, speculative ·
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“None of us are what we were.” #CBRBINGO – Question

What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher

November 2, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

I literally just wrote a review for the book I finished a day before I finished this one where I could barely remember what had happened or how I felt about it, and then comes this book where I feel like I just read it yesterday and it’s vividly imprinted on my brain. And yet I gave them the same rating. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Maybe I’ll bump this one up to 4.5 stars. It really was very well done. Fantastically creepy. I was already scarred for life […]

Filed Under: Horror Tagged With: cbr14bingo, Edgar Allan Poe, historical fiction, historical horror, narfna, novellas, Poe, re-tellings, reimaginings, t kingfisher, the fall of the house of usher, what moves the dead

narfna's CBR14 Review No:176 · Genres: Horror · Tags: cbr14bingo, Edgar Allan Poe, historical fiction, historical horror, narfna, novellas, Poe, re-tellings, reimaginings, t kingfisher, the fall of the house of usher, what moves the dead ·
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Does what it says on the tin. #CBRBINGO – Snake

The Murder of Mr. Wickham by Claudia Gray

November 2, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

The short, spoiler-free version: Two thumbs up, very fun. Surprisingly angsty. Does justice to murder mysteries and to Jane Austen. The longer, mostly spoiler-free version (spoils the premise and which characters are in the book from the Jane Austen canon): But where is Elinor?? I am disappointed that she only merits a couple of mentions in this book when we are in Marianne’s POV, but maybe Claudia Gray just doesn’t love her as much as I do. That’s pretty easy to do, I guess, because […]

Filed Under: Fanfiction, Mystery Tagged With: cbr14bingo, claudia gray, fanfiction, historical mystery, Jane Austen, mystery, narfna, professional fanfic, reimaginings, The Murder of Mr. Wickham

narfna's CBR14 Review No:172 · Genres: Fanfiction, Mystery · Tags: cbr14bingo, claudia gray, fanfiction, historical mystery, Jane Austen, mystery, narfna, professional fanfic, reimaginings, The Murder of Mr. Wickham ·
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The Curse of Being At Near Maximum Capacity of Chins While in France

The Art of Theft by Sherry Thomas

January 3, 2020 by Jen K 2 Comments

This is the fourth novel in the Lady Sherlock series, and will contain spoilers for the previous novels since the character relationships are very much dependent on actions in previous novels.  While all the novels have their own stand alone plots, they very much build on each other for wider context and aren’t the type of mysteries that are relatively stand alone and independent of each.  Having said that, Thomas provides enough context throughout the novel that it’s not necessary to reread the previous novels […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History, Mystery Tagged With: 19th century england, Lady Sherlock, reimaginings, Sherlock Holmes, Sherry Thomas, The Art of Theft

Jen K's CBR12 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, History, Mystery · Tags: 19th century england, Lady Sherlock, reimaginings, Sherlock Holmes, Sherry Thomas, The Art of Theft ·
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Intriguing Ideas, Weak Mystery

The Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter by Theodora Goss

September 26, 2018 by Jen K Leave a Comment

Bingo Square: Cover Art I don’t often buy physical books anymore but when I visited The Ripped Bodice in LA in June, I wanted to provide some financial support.  Between the description and the cover, I was hooked. I am a sucker for these type of covers (I also quite liked the cover of A Curious Beginning, much more than the actual book).  Overall, I think there was a bit too much set up going on in this book for potential future books.  It was […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: cbr10bingo, classics revisited, reimaginings, the extraordinary adventures of the athena club, the strange case of alchemist's daughter, theodora goss

Jen K's CBR10 Review No:161 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Suspense · Tags: cbr10bingo, classics revisited, reimaginings, the extraordinary adventures of the athena club, the strange case of alchemist's daughter, theodora goss ·
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