3.5 stars.Highly enjoyable read. Full review to come...Maybe.At first, I started reading this book and was lost. Who were all these people? What were they doing? Maybe it was just me but it seemed like you just jump right in.
Me want to read this! Me want to hear this in its audio book form and have some eargasm--TOM Mother-effin'-life ruiner Y U SO ADORABLE HIDDLESTON will be narrating this one. UGGGGHHH!!
I'm a bit of a history nerd, but I also love books with fantasy and magic, so picking up this book when I saw it at the library was a bit of a given. French Revolution and gypsy boys with abilities? Yes, please! I know someone who has very similar tastes in books at me that counts this in their top ...
I heard some good reviews about this book, but it wasn't my cup of tea. The story was alright, but I'm not interested enough to keep picking up the rest of the books in the series. So, just ok.
I enjoy French history but this book was... convoluted! While the basic plot was fine, some of it really could have used major re-writes. The magic was extremely unbelievable and there were parts that were large conversions that the servants had that were extremely unnecessary. The ending also felt ...
There is absolutely nothing that I didn't like about this book, and probably far too many that I loved to name. Baroness Orczy's The Scarlet Pimpernel remains one of my favorite books, and although this book did not show me a different side to the Reign of Terror and I did at times wonder how much r...
As a book of magical realism, it’s really good. I liked the interweaving of real historical events with magical ones, and I especially liked how the magical stuff just was, without any big fanfare or anything. The writing was very pretty in some places, and the pacing of the story was almost perfect...
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