Lady Helena Investigates A very nice costume drama on the page. Too much of everyday detail, not much investigation. The first installment feels just like that – one part of a larger picture. The nartration is interesting but un-hurried There is plenty of time for all sorts of detail and flashbacks. A story of young…
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When champagne is not enough – Book review for NetGalley – A Necessary Murder by M.J.Tjia
A Necessary Murder Hello, my friend. This is exactly how this book felt. This book is second adventure of Heloise Chancey. I met her again. I spend a couple of days in her company. And just like an old friend, I was happy to see her but a bit bored with her stories (as I…
Tale is not fairy – Book review for NetGalley – The Girl in the Tower (Winterlight Trilogy #2) by Katherine Arden
The Girl in the Tower I liked the first book better. I could have left my review at that. I liked the first book in the trilogy, The Bear and the Nightingale better, much better. The second installment was very heavy, very slow and not very magical at all. The Girl in the Tower was…
We live by lies – Book Review for NetGalley – The Liars’ Asylum by Jacob M. Appel
The Liars’ Asylum This book took two tries. On the first attempt I approached as the description on Goodreads said: a collection of love stories. I started reading it and quit. It did not take me at all. Then, I decided to give NetGalley its dues and read the book and started again. And the…
You can’t mend a broken cup – Book review for NetGalley – Just Another Week in Suburbia by Les Zig
Just Another Week in Suburbia One week can change life. It can turn your world upside down and break your heart. It can bring you so much pain and no joy. It can… be just another week in suburbia. A story of betrayal from man’s eyes was an eye-opener for me. This book took a…
Foxes ‘ r ‘ Us – Book review for NetGalley – Happiness by Aminatta Forna
Happiness This is one of the hardest reviews I ever had to write. It is hard not because the book is bad, quite the opposite. It is hard because I could not figure out what it was about. One day I thought it was about foxes and humans, how connected everything else in nature, how…
Almost like old times – Book Review for NetGalley – Murder at Keswick: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery by William Todd
Murder at Keswick Picturesque Lake District, summer season, Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson. What more can one want? Nothing. Well, one can want to see how Sherlock behaves on holiday… But one would have to wait indefinitely as The Death does not take a holiday, ever. Mr Holmes and Dr Watson find themselves in English…
Let me go – Book review for NetGalley – Before I let you go by Kelly Rimmer
Before I let you go Who lets go of whom? This is a very loaded question when it comes to this book. Before I let you go is the story of older sister who, eventually, lets go of her younger sister. But she never lets go of herself… The story of addiction is always a nightmare….
When truth costs too much – Book review for NetGalley – The Hangman’s Secret by Laura Joh Rowland
The Hangman’s Secret (#3 Victorian Mystery) Being the third book in the series of adventures of photographer Sarah Bain and her friends, The Hangman’s Secret was very easy to catch up with. It was easy to catch up with the story so far and the story got my attention. I’d love to read all of…
Mommies Dearest – Book Review for NetGalley – The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy
The Perfect Mother I have been there myself. I was a first time mum once. A long time ago. Now I am older and wiser. Now I am jaded and sageful. Now I can smile and wave away first-time-mums agonies and shenanigans. They are crazy. They are mumzillas… But Losing a child is unspoken nightmare….
