The thing about tropes is…sometimes they work for us. The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker, by Leanna Renee Hieber, is full of them—prophecies, unexplained magical forces, fated love match, etc.—but I was entertained. After reading Hiding in Plain Sight, I needed something fluffy to rea...
This book had a very slow and confusing start. I almost put in down and picked a different one. It's a bit too descriptive in places. Percy annoyed me at first. She was very meek and apologized too much. She does grow and gain in spine and confidence (and stops apologizing all the freaking time). I ...
The title is a misnomer. I would have titled this The Twistingly Tangential Tale of Miss Percy Parker instead. Good lord, how this story wandered.I'm going to be quoting a lot from this book in this review. The quotes are too priceless not to be used, and they give a pretty good impression of the en...
While I initially had some difficulty getting into this story, by the time I was a couple of chapters into it, I could not put the book down. Well, unfortunately, I did HAVE to, but I didn't WANT to. The title is so very appropriate, as well--this truly was a "strangely beautiful tale." There is no ...
So here's the deal, we spend the entirety of the book building up to this moment when the h, Ms Percy Parker, is announced as the one in the prophecy, only to, 50 pages (or less) from the end, have 5 of the 6 decide that no, it's this other female person who just conveniently manages to mold herself...
Sometimes the language got a bit too flowery for my taste. But it was a good story with good characters....and it kept me reading. In this was it is a success.
This book was fantastic! Hieber's writing is like a breath of fresh air after reading so much that lacks any style what so ever. Writing an authentic Victorian piece is challenging much less incorporating the paranormal into an affective gaslight piece. And what's more, Hieber actually managed to...
There's something haunting and slightly dreamlike about the title and cover art of this book. At times, that's almost the tone achieved in the writing. At other times, not so much. Unfortunately, this created a problem for me. I never quite felt like a part of the story. Instead of being a parti...
Leanna Renee Hieber has created a fantastic and spellbinding adventure in THE STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL TALE MISS PERCY PARKER. Her writing is positively captivating. She creates a lovely and believable glimpse into a genteel Victorian-era London plagued by ghosts. The foggy streets of London are lit by g...
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