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Look. Listen. I'm always going to give the books in this series 5 stars. I love them so much. (You want a sure thing, Jeaniene? You need someone to 5 star the next Bones ARC? I'm your girl.) And Bones is my 1st Book Boyfriend (It was before I met Rysand and now we're in a triangle but that's alright. Who doesn't love a good triangle?)
This book wasn't as compelling to me as Halfway To The Grave but that's probably because I've read HTTG about 4 times, so I didn't need to know what was going to happen next since I already knew it. But Bones had a fresh perspective that I really enjoyed finally seeing. As in HTTG, I found Cat annoying, even through Bones' loving eyes. I thoroughly enjoyed it whenever Bones would have enough of her pity party and snap her back into reality. And I loooved being front row for Bones' internal struggle/pining for Cat (fans self).
Is Bones going to have a One Foot in the Grave perspective?? Do it, Jeaniene. I need it.
This book wasn't as compelling to me as Halfway To The Grave but that's probably because I've read HTTG about 4 times, so I didn't need to know what was going to happen next since I already knew it. But Bones had a fresh perspective that I really enjoyed finally seeing. As in HTTG, I found Cat annoying, even through Bones' loving eyes. I thoroughly enjoyed it whenever Bones would have enough of her pity party and snap her back into reality. And I loooved being front row for Bones' internal struggle/pining for Cat (fans self).
Is Bones going to have a One Foot in the Grave perspective?? Do it, Jeaniene. I need it.
This was the 9th read of my "History of Romance curriculum and I loved it, my favorite so far.
It was so good.
Linda Martin is an orphan who accepts a position as a governess for the 9-year-old Compte Phillipe de Valmy. But her hiring is shrouded in some mystery. Her employers, the young Compte's uncle and aunt, only want to hire an English governess (Linda speaks fluent French, but she conceals this from her new employers), after the previous French governess leaves.
Despite some misgivings and the difficulty of pretending she doesn't understand the French-speaking people around her, she settles in nicely. She likes the town and cares for her young charge.
However, all that changes when a series of strange accidents befall Phillipe, coinciding with the arrival of the de Valmy's handsome adult son Raoul, who is also more than a little interested in Linda.
This book has everything >channels Bill Hader's Stephan< Mystery, suspense, romance! The last 3rd or so of the book was un-put-down-able. I could have used a touch more romance, particularly at the end where the FMC/narrator was basically like "What we said to each other is just for us to remember" but the reunion and HEA were still pretty satisfying. This might be one I pick up again and again.
It was so good.
Linda Martin is an orphan who accepts a position as a governess for the 9-year-old Compte Phillipe de Valmy. But her hiring is shrouded in some mystery. Her employers, the young Compte's uncle and aunt, only want to hire an English governess (Linda speaks fluent French, but she conceals this from her new employers), after the previous French governess leaves.
Despite some misgivings and the difficulty of pretending she doesn't understand the French-speaking people around her, she settles in nicely. She likes the town and cares for her young charge.
However, all that changes when a series of strange accidents befall Phillipe, coinciding with the arrival of the de Valmy's handsome adult son Raoul, who is also more than a little interested in Linda.
This book has everything >channels Bill Hader's Stephan< Mystery, suspense, romance! The last 3rd or so of the book was un-put-down-able. I could have used a touch more romance, particularly at the end where the FMC/narrator was basically like "What we said to each other is just for us to remember" but the reunion and HEA were still pretty satisfying. This might be one I pick up again and again.
4.5 stars.
I received an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
As soon as I started reading this book, I got a little worried. I don't know anything about tarot and this starts with a fair amount of tarot canon. However, after finishing the book, I feel like I learned a bit. Like, I'm not going to go out and read cards in the French Quarter or anything, but the next time a friend tells me about her reading my eyes won't glaze over while I nod blankly.
Kit, the MMC, is The Fool who leaves his home in the Arcana realm because he is unsettled and fears he is going through a Reversal. On Earth, he encounters Thea, who is a spy/assassin defecting and intent on exposing the organization that created her. Kit joins her on her mission, and they discover their deep connection to one another along the way.
As stated above, it started off slow for me, but once I got into it, I was all in. Fox creates a robust world and is able to sprinkle social commentary in this fast, fun read. Kit is book-boyfriend worthy, near-perfect in his interactions with and adoration of Thea, and their spicy scenes are deliciously spicy. A great 1st book that left me primed for book 2.
I received an advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
As soon as I started reading this book, I got a little worried. I don't know anything about tarot and this starts with a fair amount of tarot canon. However, after finishing the book, I feel like I learned a bit. Like, I'm not going to go out and read cards in the French Quarter or anything, but the next time a friend tells me about her reading my eyes won't glaze over while I nod blankly.
Kit, the MMC, is The Fool who leaves his home in the Arcana realm because he is unsettled and fears he is going through a Reversal. On Earth, he encounters Thea, who is a spy/assassin defecting and intent on exposing the organization that created her. Kit joins her on her mission, and they discover their deep connection to one another along the way.
As stated above, it started off slow for me, but once I got into it, I was all in. Fox creates a robust world and is able to sprinkle social commentary in this fast, fun read. Kit is book-boyfriend worthy, near-perfect in his interactions with and adoration of Thea, and their spicy scenes are deliciously spicy. A great 1st book that left me primed for book 2.
Trupp's prequel to Jane Austen's Persuasion is both alike and unlike anything I've ever read. Alike in that, it read like a Jane Austen regency romance, complete with Emma Thompson's voice as my internal narrator (I don't know why. It's just something my brain does.) Unalike in that, our protagonist is older (ripe old age of 27!), Jewish, and an astronomer! Oh, and she also immigrates to pre-revolutionary Buenos Aires, an unlikely setting for a regency romance!
Abigail Issacs suddenly finds herself alone and with few options for her future, until friends of her recently-late brother Jonathan put her on the path to fulfill his secret plans to immigrate and open a school in Buenos Aires, upending all her own plans for the future. One of these friends is the amiable Lieutenant Raphael Gabay, who is frustrated and confounded by the brilliant astronomer's ambivalent-bordering-on-irritated attitude toward him. Will Abigail see past his jests and quips to his true feelings?
This book had a fresh perspective and was well-researched and well-written. I wanted more of everything. I definitely wanted more Mr. Gabay!
Abigail Issacs suddenly finds herself alone and with few options for her future, until friends of her recently-late brother Jonathan put her on the path to fulfill his secret plans to immigrate and open a school in Buenos Aires, upending all her own plans for the future. One of these friends is the amiable Lieutenant Raphael Gabay, who is frustrated and confounded by the brilliant astronomer's ambivalent-bordering-on-irritated attitude toward him. Will Abigail see past his jests and quips to his true feelings?
This book had a fresh perspective and was well-researched and well-written. I wanted more of everything. I definitely wanted more Mr. Gabay!
It's a post-apocalyptic world where dragons terrorize, destroy, and kill. The remaining cities have turned themselves into forts enclosed by ruined and abandoned cars to keep the survivors safe.
Claudia is a survivor who scrapes by the best she can, scavenging and stealing to support herself, her sister Amy, and their friend Sasha. Until she gets caught and her punishment is to be sacrificed to a dragon, to either tame it or perish.
This book did exactly what a Ruby Dixon book is supposed to do: deliver a fast, fun, and incredibly sexy read. The FMC was feisty and witty. The MMC was sexy and possessive. The spicy scenes were ghost pepper hot. This is one I feel like I could revisit for a quick jolt to a reading slump.
Claudia is a survivor who scrapes by the best she can, scavenging and stealing to support herself, her sister Amy, and their friend Sasha. Until she gets caught and her punishment is to be sacrificed to a dragon, to either tame it or perish.
This book did exactly what a Ruby Dixon book is supposed to do: deliver a fast, fun, and incredibly sexy read. The FMC was feisty and witty. The MMC was sexy and possessive. The spicy scenes were ghost pepper hot. This is one I feel like I could revisit for a quick jolt to a reading slump.