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Merissa (11805 KP) created a post

Oct 11, 2022

"You get pulled straight into this book, and what Elizabeth is trying to solve, right from page one, and It does not really let you go!"

Tour & #Giveaway: Love, Untruths, and the Smuggler's Ruse (A Tenet Gentlemen's Club #2) by Anne Shaw - @Archaeolibrary, @debbiereadsbook, @GoddessFish, @author_shaw, #Historical, #Romance, #Regency, 4 out of 5 (very good)

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Assassin's Creed (2016)

5.8 (33 Ratings) Rate It

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Through its a revolutionary technology that unlocks his genetic memories, Callum Lynch (Michael...

Deborah (162 KP) rated Lady Anne's Deception in Books

Dec 21, 2018

I read this on my Kindle, having recently been republished. Not quite sure why it was part of a trilogy marketed as Regency Royal as only the first book was set in the Georgian period - this was much later (early 20th century) and none of the books were related to each other at all. Heroine in this one a bit silly, but still, MC Beaton always gives you a good read.

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Mekkin B. (122 KP) rated Sorcerer to the Crown (Sorcerer Royal #1) in Books

Sep 13, 2017

Fabulous Magical Regency Romp

Sorcerer to the Crown is a Regency era fantasy novel packed with romance, mystery, and adventure. Fans of historial fiction and gaslamp fantasy like Jonathan Strange & Mister Norell, the Chrestomanci series, or A Great and Terrible Beauty will enjoy this romantic romp through an alternative London where magic is a gentleman's sport and issues of race, class, and gender are as worrying as the general decline of magic in England.

Zacharias Wythe charms as the stoic Sorcerer Royal and Prunella Gentleman, the snarky orphan with a troubling amount of magical talent, is easily his match. The relationship between the two has a Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet quality that still manages to feel fresh and unique.

Cho has crafted a wonderful fantasy world replete with interesting characters and intriguing mysteries, it's easy to see why this book gained a nomination for 2016's Locus Award for Best First Novel.

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Phil Rosenthal recommended The Lady Eve (1941) in Movies (curated)

The Lady Eve (1941)

1941 | Classics, Comedy, Romance

10.0

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"Preston Sturges at his best. This was the first of his films I ever saw, in a revival at the Regency in New York, and it was a revelation. You’ve never heard dialogue so funny or move so fast. Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda are hysterical, and it has maybe my favorite line ever in a movie—Fonda asks a fancy old society lady at a dinner party if he’s missed anything. She says, “The fish was a poem.”"

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The Northman (2022)

7.9 (11 Ratings) Rate It

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The Northman is an upcoming epic revenge thriller, that explores how far a Viking prince will go to...

Deborah (162 KP) rated The Viking's Touch (Victorious Vikings #2) in Books

Dec 21, 2018

The Viking's Touch appears to be a sequel to an earlier book by the same author, but it can be read as a standalone novel - I know because I hadn't read the previous story!

My usual historical romances tend to tend to be set mainly in the Regency period, so this was a bit of a change for me. It took a little while to get into, but overall I thought it was a good story with strongly drawn characters. A bit more violent and bloodthirsty than your average Regency, I have to admit, but as a change I did enjoy it.

The protagonists, Anwyn and Wulfgar were both sympathetic characters, but carrying a great deal of emotional baggage from their pasts. Ignvar is maybe a character who is a bit too black to be real as he doesn't appear to have a single redeeming feature, but on the bright side you do feel like cheering when he finally gets his comeuppance, and this sort of book is really about making you feel good, so I guess that van't be a bad thing!