Quicksilver is the latest installment in Amanda Quick/Jayne Ann Krentz’s Arcane Society series. This one was written under the pseudonym Amanda Quick, which means we went back to Victorian England, where doctors are coming out with revolutionary new treatments for female hysteria, and the paranormal is all the rage. Virginia is a glass light reader, […]
Category Archives: Book Reviews
If I’m reading it, I’ll write about it here — scifi, fantasy, romance, mystery, non-fiction, or whatever my book club makes me read.
Book Review: The Hundred Secret Senses
What an odd book. This is one of those I never would have picked up had it not been for my book club, and another one of those reasons I’m glad I’m in a book club, and that I use it to help me read outside of my comfort zone. I’m still not entirely sure […]
Ghost Story (The Dresden Files)
This may be the most difficult review I’ve had to write, because I love the Dresden Files, and have been consistently rating them 5 enthusiastic stars for a long time now. I am totally a fan of Jim Butcher and will continue to look forward to the next book in the series, BUT… I have […]
Book Review: Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ’s Childhood Pal
This is one of those books I never would have picked up if not for my book club, my monthly oust from my comfort zone. And yet again, I was surprised by what I got out of the experience. This may sound strange, but I loved the middle of this book. As Jesus (Joshua) and […]
Book Review: Kiss of the Highlander
***Warning: This title and my review are not fit for children.*** This is pure, no-holds barred, romantic fantasy at its most basic and primitive level. This entire series is one of those guilty pleasures for me, because if you try to think about it with logic, it falls apart. But if you just let go […]
Book Review: Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor
Short, sweet, and poignant. Six-year-old Holly stops speaking after her mother dies in a terrible car crash, leaving her orphaned and in the care of her two uncles, Mark and Sam. Mark, who never wanted children, steps up and falls easily in love with the little girl, though he worries about her. Then one day, […]
Series Review: Codex Alera
I offered my impressions of Furies of Calderon back in May, focusing on the contrast between Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files series, and this epic fantasy series. Since then, I have finished all six books in the series, and thoroughly enjoyed them. Tavi continued to be my favorite character throughout the series. He’s clever, surprisingly confident […]
Book Review: Son of the Morning
One terrible evening, Grace St. John, an expert in ancient manuscripts, witnesses the murder of her husband and brother. From what she overhears, she’s next — and it all has to do with the documents she’s been translating. Alone, afraid, and on the run, Grace has to use every ounce of cunning she didn’t even […]
Book Review: Scarlet Nights (Edilean #3)
Yay! My run of bad luck with Jude Deveraux is over! She was literally the first romance author I ever read, and over the years I have continued to love most of her stuff. Actually, the first book in this series was one of those I didn’t care for, and I unknowingly skipped the second, […]
Book Review: Unforgettable
Sixty seconds after you turn away from Nat Morgan, you won’t remember anything about him — not how he looks, not what he said, not even what you did together. And if you think that sounds disconcerting to you, just imagine how it feels to Nat. His mother forgot him every night when she went […]