B+ Reviews / Recommended ReadsAgent/Spies/Undercover / estranged family / family relationships / Fantasy / gaslight fantasy / Orbit25 Comments
Dear Ms. Elliott, I loved the first novel in your Spiritwalker trilogy, Cold Magic. It introduced us to an alternate earth in which the ice shelf never receded, the Empire of Mali fled out of Africa and formed an alliance with the Celtic tribes, and colonialsm never happened the way ... more >
B- ReviewsFantasy Romance / forced-marriage / gaslight fantasy / infidelity / Orbit16 Comments
Dear Ms. Elliott, The first novel of your Spiritwalker trilogy, Cold Magic, was my favorite read of 2010. To say that I’ve been eagerly anticipating the sequel might be an understatement. I had a few mishaps in obtaining a review copy but thanks to Jane’s heroic efforts, I received one ... more >
Book Reviews / DNF Reviewsgaslight fantasy / Megan-Hart / student / teacher8 Comments
Dear Ms. Hart, Selfish is the Heart is the third book in your Order of Solace series, and I was not sure what to expect of it given how widely my responses to your two earlier works in this series differed. I gave Pleasure and Purpose an A- review, and ... more >
C+ Reviews19th century / France / gaslight fantasy / Italy / road trip / shapeshifters / steampunk / vampires26 Comments
Warning: this review contains spoilers from the last book, which are central to the plot of this one. Dear Ms. Carriger: The cliffhanger to your second Parasol Protectorate book, Changeless, definitely worked its storytelling magic on me, and by the time Blameless was released, I was still dying to find ... 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 Category / B- Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / Gail Carriger / gaslight fantasy / Orbit / Paranormal26 Comments
Dear Ms. Carriger: Orbit kindly sent me a copy of your book for review. (Thanks Orbit). I became interested in this book, not because of a blurb or someone else’s review or anything like that. No, I became interested in the book after spending far too long playing with the ... more >