Rating: 5🌈 London 1885. Someone is killing molly boys. Horribly. And in a terrifying window into this horror mystery story, we get to know just enough of each victim to empathize with them, then be with them as they walk to their deaths. I had no idea. Victorian England is such a harsh country to… Continue reading Review: Molly Boys (London Underground Book One) by Vaun Cassidy
Category: Historical
Review: Charles, Earl of Crofton (Earls of Crofton, #3) by Rebecca Cohen
Rating: 4.25🌈 Rebecca Cohen’s Earls of Crofton series, past and present, are among my favorite romances to read. It’s a been a delight to be able to follow the members of the Redbourn family throughout the centuries, from the first Earl of Crofton, Anthony Redbourn and his lover, the actor Sebastian Hewel, all the way… Continue reading Review: Charles, Earl of Crofton (Earls of Crofton, #3) by Rebecca Cohen
Review: Into The Riverlands (The Singing Hills Cycle #3) by Nghi Vo
Rating: 5🌈 The brilliance and beauty of the narrative of Into The Riverlands (The Singing Hills Cycle #3) by Nghi Vo is the reason I read. It’s the reason I’ll stay up all night, my mind filled with the characters and imagery and possibilities Vo has created within this powerful story. It’s the reason why… Continue reading Review: Into The Riverlands (The Singing Hills Cycle #3) by Nghi Vo
Review: Midwinter Firelight by K.L. Noone
Rating: 4.5🌈 Midwinter Firelight, a sequel to the inestimable Snowed In, takes place 2 months after the events of that story that introduced us to Constable Kit Thompson, empath and Bow Street Preternatural Division, and his now lover, the Honorable Harry Alden, younger brother to the Earl of Fairleigh. This is a case where the… Continue reading Review: Midwinter Firelight by K.L. Noone
Review: The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle #1) by Nghi Vo
Rating: 4.75🌈 I’m not sure how I came across this incredible author and series. Perhaps it was that amazing cover or the hints of cultural magic mixed with references to strong women within an ancient history fantasy setting in the description. The Hugo award helped. Doesn’t matter. It doesn’t prepare a reader for the sheer… Continue reading Review: The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle #1) by Nghi Vo
Review: The Love and the Anger by Rebecca Cohen
Rating: 5🌈 It’s the 10th anniversary of The Actor and the Earl , the novel of Lord Anthony Redbourn , first Earl of Crofton, and actor Sebastian Hewel . This story launched two series (The Crofton Chronicles and Modern Crofton) and the beginnings of a long, remarkable love story. The Love and the Anger is… Continue reading Review: The Love and the Anger by Rebecca Cohen
Review: The Case of The Undiscovered Corpse (Cambridge Fellows/Alasdair and Toby Mystery ) by Charlie Cochrane
Rating: 4.5🌈 It’s wonderful to return to those fabulous Cambridge Dons Orlando Coppersmith and Jonty Stewart, now in their 70’s, still living happily together in Hyacinth Cottage, and teaching at their beloved St. Brides College. It’s 1952 when a movie producer with an idea for a potentially new film script featuring comes calling for the… Continue reading Review: The Case of The Undiscovered Corpse (Cambridge Fellows/Alasdair and Toby Mystery ) by Charlie Cochrane
Review: Once A Gentleman (Love in Portsmouth #2) by Eliot Grayson
Rating: 4.25🌈 Once A Gentleman is a M/M Regency romance by Eliot Grayson, the second in the author’s Love in Portsmouth series. This reminded me why I loved the Regency novels so with characters at near constant flash points with each other , starting from the moment Kit Hewlett fell awkwardly into the arms of… Continue reading Review: Once A Gentleman (Love in Portsmouth #2) by Eliot Grayson
Review: Obsidian Island by Arden Powell
Rating: 3 🌈 Based on the description, Obsidian Island easily fits into the historical gothic horror genre that’s wonderfully scary stuff to read. Especially if it’s well written, with a subliminal message of dread building along with suspenseful actions flowing through the storylines. Coming from the author of the wonderful Flos Magicae Universe stories, I… Continue reading Review: Obsidian Island by Arden Powell
Review: Much Ado About Lady MacBeth by Rebecca Cohen
Rating: 4🌈 Rebecca Cohen dives back into Elizabethan England with Much Ado About Lady MacBeth. A enlarged, rewritten version of a short story, it takes place in the same universe as Cohen’s historical Crofton Chronicles. Those are favorite books of mine featuring a certain Earl and actor Sebastian, who is very present here! It’s wonderful… Continue reading Review: Much Ado About Lady MacBeth by Rebecca Cohen
Scattered Thoughts and Rogue Words 