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thebookishunicorn's review
4.0
A fun retelling of the first meeting between Lord Carlston and Lady Helen from his perspective. I really enjoyed the second half when he met with a Deceiver, it was both enlightening and gave me even more questions that needed answering!
pewterwolf's review against another edition
2.0
I can't help but feel this is more a novella aimed more towards fans of the series than people curious over the series (like myself). But am intrigued over one or two things so might have to see if I have time to read [b: Dark Days Club|15993203|The Dark Days Club (Lady Helen, #1)|Alison Goodman|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1439928937s/15993203.jpg|21750762]
amibunk's review
2.0
Rather disappointing. This short story offers ver little information we didn't already know from reading the first book in the series. To justify its necessity there really should have been a few more nuggets of information, particularly about Lord Carlson himself. Overall it's not very worthwhile.
erinarkin20's review
5.0
I loved getting the first meeting between Helen and Carlston from his POV. It was exactly as I expected it to be!
freesien's review
4.0
I really like Lord Carlston and to get to read his side of their first meeting and more was totally awesome!
maplessence's review against another edition
2.0
2.5★
When I read a post in the Librarians' Group that this novella was available online
https://hcau-assets.supadu.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/04033540/Lusus-Naturae.pdf
I snapped it up. I saw Ms Goodman speak at a Georgette Heyer conference a few years ago;
and she was a very engaging speaker.
Unfortunately this is a fragment which makes just about zero sense unless you have read the rest of the books. It is well written though, so if I do pick up the rest of the series I may revise my rating. May. I think every piece of published writing should make sense to the reader, no matter where they pick up a series.
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When I read a post in the Librarians' Group that this novella was available online
https://hcau-assets.supadu.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/04033540/Lusus-Naturae.pdf
I snapped it up. I saw Ms Goodman speak at a Georgette Heyer conference a few years ago;
and she was a very engaging speaker.
Unfortunately this is a fragment which makes just about zero sense unless you have read the rest of the books. It is well written though, so if I do pick up the rest of the series I may revise my rating. May. I think every piece of published writing should make sense to the reader, no matter where they pick up a series.
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darquedreamer's review
4.0
Lusus Naturae is such a short novella that it probably doesn’t need a review, but since The Literary Piratesses and I (my phenomenal book group that will be introduced to my blog soon!) love The Dark Days Club (book 1) and The Dark Days Pact (book 2) so much, I decided to post my thoughts on this awesome novella! For those that love Regency London, look no further than this amazing series!
This novella is told from Lord Carlston’s perspective upon meeting Lady Helen in The Dark Days Club. We get a very intriguing perspective of how he views Helen upon first meeting. We also get a glimpse of his doubts toward her ability, and get a little more of his personality than we did in book 1. There is a surprising twist that we learn about, which were unaware of in books 1-2. I feel that the novella was a nice addition to the story line and felt like it stayed true to the books in both writing style, and character traits.
This novella is told from Lord Carlston’s perspective upon meeting Lady Helen in The Dark Days Club. We get a very intriguing perspective of how he views Helen upon first meeting. We also get a glimpse of his doubts toward her ability, and get a little more of his personality than we did in book 1. There is a surprising twist that we learn about, which were unaware of in books 1-2. I feel that the novella was a nice addition to the story line and felt like it stayed true to the books in both writing style, and character traits.
beebliobibuli's review
3.0
3.5 ⭐
The first meeting from Lord Carlston's point of view, interesting event happening that wasn't mentionned in the first book.
The first meeting from Lord Carlston's point of view, interesting event happening that wasn't mentionned in the first book.