Book: Black Swan Rising Author: Lee Carroll Genre: Fiction/Supernatural/Fantasy Summary: When New York City jewelry designer Garet James stumbles into a strange antiques shop in her neighborhood, her life is turned upside down. John Dee, the enigmatic shopkeeper, asks her to open a vintage sil...
When New York City jewelry designer Garet James stumbles into a strange antiques shop in her neighborhood, her life is about to be turned upside down. John Dee, the enigmatic shopkeeper, commissions her to open a vintage silver box for a generous sum of money. Oddly, the symbol of a swan on the box ...
When we last we left Garet James, she had finally made it back to the present time to find that she had not returned to the present with her love the 400 year old Will Hughes, but a younger and human version of him. Will justified this decision by suggesting that he was giving Garet the best of hims...
When we last left Garret and Will, Will had stolen the box in the hope of traveling to the summer country in order to become human again. In The Watchtower, Garret follows Will's trail, determined to join him on his journey. The Watchtower shifts POV between Garret and Will for a large part of the ...
3.5Not bad, not great. Interesting characters, but the plot feels so "been there, read that already". I had hoped for more originality, but still, this wasn't bad. It just could have been so much better. Review to come.
Garret James is an ordinary New Yorker, with a very complicated lineage. On a day out, Garret stumbles upon Lee, the proprietor of a weird store. Lee is not interested in her ability to make jewelery but he does request that she open a silver box for him. Like Pandora's box, when Garret opens it, d...
Read until 20% but could not get into the story, not much seemed to happen in time I spent reading, don't know if was writing style, was very descriptive - just didn't move quick enough for me to invest more time in it. It has many good reviews, but not for me. DNF**I received this book via netgalle...
I'm almost done with this book and I want to say that it is killing me to read it. I am fairly sure my eyes are going to get stuck in the back of my head at some point from excessive rolling. I figure I only have a few chapters left, so may as well finish, but I suspect I won't have good things to s...
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. I'm not a fan of vampires and werewolves in modern fiction and I'm getting fairly bored with the whole Fey/Faerie thing, as well. However, I love it when authors use John Dee as their villain. I sort of feel sorry for the guy. I wonder if he and Rasputin w...
Having read and enjoyed Black Swan Rising I blogged The Watchtower on my Wishlist. Sarah Broadhurst from Sarah’s Book Reviews http://sbroadhurstreviews.blogspot.com/ offered me to read her copy. This is my guest post on her blog.Garet’s quest to find Will and find out more about herself starts in ...
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