Milleen (47 KP) rated How to Stop Time in Books
Nov 14, 2018
David McK (3562 KP) rated Hunted (The Iron Druid Chronicles, #6) in Books
Jan 30, 2019
It also has quite an unexpected killing-off of a major character early on - in the first chapter or so - and an unexpected event roughly about halfway through.
As before, this is mainly told from the Point of View of Atticus himself, although there are the occassional parts of the story that are told from that of Granuaille.
With the chase finally ending up in England (more familiar to me), and with the introduction of what looks likely to become a new major character at the tail end of the story, I'm looking forward to seeing where the series goes!
Deborah (162 KP) rated Tides of War in Books
Dec 21, 2018
The novel takes place predominantly during the Peninsular War, following both some of the soldiers and seeing how those in England cope with the situation. There were quite a few characters and quite a lot going on; I did feel that we never really got deep enough into any of the characters to really know them - really, my favourite was Racket the dog! It was the sort of book where I wanted to see how it ended, but didn't care enough about the characters to feel much about what happened to them - I felt they wren't developed enough and had revealed enough to the reader to earn my sympathy
Erika (17789 KP) rated The Locksmith's Daughter in Books
Jan 21, 2019
I really liked the main character, Mallory, made some dumb decisions, like everyone, but it was nice to see that she legitimately learned from her mistakes.
After Mallory ruined her reputation, her father seeks out the Spymaster of Elizabethan England, Sir Francis Walsingham, to give her a job. She becomes a spy, seeking out Catholics. Again, I was thankful that the Queen only appeared in person once.
Harper Collins totally got me on this one, and I was glad to read it.
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