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Just One More Chapter
Just One More Chapter rated it 7 years ago
Are you in the market for an Arthurian type tale that pulls you along in a riptide of ye old prose...fae folktales with little to no gritty substance..High fantasy without true danger in quest or trial... fae princes with daddy issues caught in the midst of an insta-bromance that might be boarderlin...
Abandoned by user
Abandoned by user rated it 7 years ago
This book was 100% adorable, and if I had found it as a middle-grade reader, I would have loved it. There were aspects of it that were wholly unbelievable, and the portrayal of both Sherlock and Mycroft Holmes was not canon, but I am no purist and didn't care a whit. The basic premise is that Sher...
Chris' Fish Place
Chris' Fish Place rated it 7 years ago
Disclaimer: ARC via Netgalley. Beverly is not Mrs. Fletcher. This is not Cabot Cove. The dead body isn’t freshly dead. Needless to say, Beverly is not having a good day. She isn’t sure about her income and then there is a skeleton in her backyard. ...
Chris' Fish Place
Chris' Fish Place rated it 10 years ago
First, I love this cover. It is an awesome cover. This is a book about meaning and not about character. To be blunt, Springer’s plot too isn’t quite as tight as it is the other work. But the symbolism of this story, the philosophy, the idea of wholeness and being. Wow. And people think fantasy is ...
TsalagiWriter
TsalagiWriter rated it 10 years ago
There are short stories from 15 different authors and each story is based on something that actually happened to each author.Two of my favorite authors, Joan Lowery Nixon and Jay Bennett, contributed stories to this collection. Their stories were quite good, but actually most of the stories in this ...
Kylex
Kylex rated it 11 years ago
These seems like a collection of 'what if' scenarios from various fantasy Authors and they are very enjoyable for a casual read; a few of them would even qualify for college-level analysis, I believe.
Bashara Likes Books
Bashara Likes Books rated it 11 years ago
I came to this series because I was so deeply impressed by another series by the same author – Enola Holmes – which tells the story of Sherlock Holmes’s much younger sister. Honestly, at first it sounded preposterous to me, but I was assured by a trusted source that it was better than it sounded. A...
Chew & Digest Books
Chew & Digest Books rated it 11 years ago
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Fiery Book Deva
Fiery Book Deva rated it 11 years ago
This book was very interesting. I haven't read an adult suspense thriller in awhile. However, this did not disappoint. I had a horrible time getting hooked because of the subjects at hand. But, I would say after the cabin in the woods scene it all changed. Very good book with a unique writing style....
A Voracious Reader
A Voracious Reader rated it 12 years ago
*Book source ~ Many thanks to Untreed Reads for providing a review copy in exchange for an honest review. Marietta Becker is working undercover at a singles dance trying to discover who is responsible for the deaths of five very different men, but who most of them had some connection to the single...
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