Book Reviews / DNF Reviews1880s / class-difference / Con / con-artist / Duke / England / erotic photograph / historical romance / Late Victorian / London / medium / mentorship / spiritualism4 Comments
Dear Julia Bennet, Your book, set in 1888 London, sounded like something I would enjoy so I took a chance and bought it. The story starts with a séance. The titular heroine is a “medium” while the hero, Alex (a duke), has a passion for unmasking con artists. He is ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviews / C- Reviews / D Reviews / DNF Reviews / Reading ListsBaron / Duke / Earl / marriage-of-convenience / mistress heroine / Reading lists / seduction / virgin / widow9 Comments
This past January, I read Mary Balogh’s Huxtables series. Although it was a mixed bag for me, even the Baloghs that don’t work for me often make for interesting reading. Here are my thoughts on the books: First Comes Marriage After a short prologue setting up the hero of book ... more >
A- Reviews / B+ Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviews / Reading Listsamnesia / death / Duke / engineer / Fantasy / hidden identity / historical romance / humorous / leadership / Reading lists / secret agent / seige / stage manager / superheroes / terminal illness / theater / Urban-Fantasy8 Comments
The Rook by Daniel O’Malley A couple of you mentioned enjoying this book in our December open thread. It had been languishing on Mount Kilimanjaro my TBR pile for years, and the love in the open thread prompted me to actually read it. Myfanwy (rhymes with Tiffany) Thomas comes to ... more >
B Reviews / B+ Reviews / C+ ReviewsADHD / Contemporary / Duke / grumpy hero / interracial relationship / Scotland / sword making32 Comments
Dear Alyssa Cole, I was so excited to read this book. The cover is gorgeous and the book itself had a great start – with lots of fun humour and strong characterisation. I was wearing out the highlighter function on my reader with all the quotes I wanted to put ... more >
B Reviews / B+ ReviewsDuke / family-reunion / Historical / joint review / long lost heiress / martial arts / orphans / Regency / reversal of fortune13 Comments
Back in August, after Someone to Love came up on Twitter, Kaetrin and I decided to review it together. -Janine Janine: Someone to Love, Mary Balogh’s latest historical romance, launches a new and intriguing series. The novel begins with a meeting between Mr. Brumford, solicitor to the late Earl of ... more >
C Reviews / C+ Reviewsarranged-marriage / Duke / historical romance / mistaken-identity / romantic comedy / Traditional Regency19 Comments
Trigger warning: ableist language Dear Ms. Balogh, By my count I’ve read some twenty-five of your traditional regencies, those slim volumes published by Signet between 1985 and 1998. By now, I thought I knew what to expect from those books: fascinating character studies powered by psychological acuity and emotionally charged ... more >
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