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The Court of Miracles – Are You Ready To Be Swept Away? Revolution is Bubbling in France, Revisiting the Days of Jean Valjean.
The Court of Miracles By Kester Grant Spoiler Alert! Summary Les Misérables meets Six of Crows in this page-turning adventure as a young thief finds herself going head to head with leaders of Paris’s criminal underground in the wake of the French … Continue reading
Posted in All Time Favorites, Friends, literary classics in review, young adult book reviews
Tagged 1828 Paris, Alternative history, best books in YA, Cosette from Les Mis, debut novel, epic adventure, Eponine Thénardier, Ettie, family relationships, France, Guilds, historical fantasy, historical fiction, House of Thieves, Inspecter Javert, Jean Valjean, justice, Kester Grant, law, Louis XVII, love, Nina, relationships, revenge, Revolutionary war, royalty, sisterly love, The Court of Miracles, the little black cat, the Tiger, wretched
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The Gilded Wolves – Are You Ready For A New Magic World?
Book Review : The Gilded Wolves e-book By Roshani Chokshi Spoiler Alert! Summary Set in a darkly glamorous world, The Gilded Wolves is full of mystery, decadence, and dangerous but thrilling adventure. Paris, 1889: The world is on the cusp of industry … Continue reading
Posted in young adult book reviews
Tagged adventure, Alternate Paris, alternate universe, aspergers, characters on the autism spectrum, danger, detailed magic systems, Enrique, France, Hypnos, Laila, mystery, New York Times Bestselling Author, Order of Babel, Roshani Chokshi, Séverin Montagnet-Alarie, snarky characters, steampunk, The Gilded Wolves, Tower of Babel, Tristan, Who were the gilded wolves, Zofia
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The Winter Sea – Hope For Spring
Book Review : The Winter Sea By Susanna Kearsley Spoiler Alert! Summary In the spring of 1708, an invading Jacobite fleet of French and Scottish soldiers nearly succeeded in landing the exiled James Stewart in Scotland to reclaim his crown. Now, … Continue reading
Posted in grown up books reviewed
Tagged 1700's, ancestral memory, betrayal, Canada, Carrie McClelland, characters who are authors, fiction, France, geneaology, historical fiction, historical romance, Hope for spring, Jacobites, King James Stewart, light read, love triangle, political intrigue, politics, Scottland, Slains castle, Susanna Kearsley, tasteful love scenes, The Winter Sea
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Mademoiselle At Arms
Book Review : Mademoiselle At Arms A Georgian Romance By Elizabeth Bailey e-book Spoiler Alert! Summary Threatened with a pistol by the young lady discovered in a deserted mansion, Major Gerald Alderley is instantly intrigued. Who is the beautiful intruder? And … Continue reading
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Tagged adventure, clean romance, compare to Fire and Hemlock, compare to Fitzwilliam Darcy Gentleman, An Assembly Such as This, compare to Moonraker's Bride, compare to Victoria Holt, danger, Elizabeth Bailey, Emigré Valade, England, fiction, France, Georgian Romance, Gothic Romance, historical fiction, light read, London, Madame Guillotine, Mademoiselle At Arms, Mademoiselle Melusine, Major Gerald Alderley, mystery, strong female characters
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“Garment of Shadows” – Historical Fiction in Morocco
Book Review : Garment of Shadows by Laurie R. King Spoiler Alert! Mary Russell wakes up in a strange room, in clothing that does not belong to her, with a few odds and ends in a pocket and without her … Continue reading
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Tagged Abdelkrim Khattabi, amnesia, Beni Ouriaghel, Berber independence, Berber tribes, British, colonization, Djebala, France, French resident-general, Garment of Shadows, guerrilla warfare, historical fiction, Laurie R. King, Maréchal Hubert Lyautey, Mary Russel, Mhemmed, Mohammed Abd el-Krims, Morocco, Muslim beliefs about dogs, Muslims, mystery, North Africa, political intrigue, revolt, Rif Republic, Rif Revolt, Sherif Nuley Ahmed el Raisuni, Sherlock Holmes, Spain, suspense, war
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