D Reviews / HaikuEgypt / Historical Romances180 Comments
(Lots of spoilers ahead – beware!) What happened here, Dray? Your first book was so very good. This one screwed the pooch. In first book, Selene takes control of her own fate ends on happy note this book takes that book and pretty much destroys it I ... more >
B- ReviewsAvon / Egypt / reunited-lovers12 Comments
Dear Ms. Guhrke: When I read a couple of books in your bachelor girls series, I wasn't sure your historical voice was compatible with my reader's ear. Then Jane started urging me to read your new back-to-back releases, which are set a few (crucial) years later, starting with Wedding of ... more >
B Reviewsancient-Rome / Egypt / haiku / Stephanie Draven8 Comments
We briefly enjoyed regular haiku reviews and then our haiku-ist retired. Over Christmas, I found this in my inbox. How fun, right? Bring back the haiku review. Lovely cover art Plus Cleopatra’s daughter Equals auto-buy You know your Romans. Wikipedia research? Not here. The real deal. Young orphan Selene The ... more >
A Reviews19th century / archeology / Egypt / mystery64 Comments
Dear Ms. Peters: Not since I discovered the JD Robb In Death series have I enjoyed such a rich reading glom as I am now with the Amelia Peabody books. There is a particular pleasure in discovering a series well after its inception, knowing that you can glut on an ... more >
B- ReviewsEgypt / Gail Carriger / gaslight fantasy / shapeshifters / vampires20 Comments
Note: This review will contains spoilers for the first book in the series, Soulless. If you prefer to be unspoiled I suggest skipping this review. Dear Ms. Carriger: Changeless starts of slow and ends with a big cliffhanger. Ordinarily, I am not a big fan of cliffhanger endings but this ... more >
B Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book Reviews / Ebookscurse / Egypt / Nathalie Gray / Paranormal28 Comments
Dear Ms. Gray, Now normally I don’t read paranormals, erotic romance or novellas as I’ve found they usually don’t work for me in any combination or alone. So imagine my surprise when this one does. Work, I mean. I just goes to show what luring me in with a story ... more >