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    The Bone Key by Sarah Monette

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    So apparently I have a thing for books about repressed introverts who’re plagued by the paranormal when they’re not working in a museum. I’m not really surprised. It combines my love of books, antiques, mysteries and the paranormal, plus there’s a character with the potential for some sort of clam situation if they have a cute enough sidekick. (Spoiler: Kyle doesn’t have a sidekick (or friends). He also doesn’t go anywhere in a character development sort of way. It’s the only downside to an otherwise wonderful book.) Sarah Monette is the lady who wrote The Goblin King (as Katherine Addison), one of my favorite books from 2014! This is the…

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    Love Lessons by Heidi Cullinan

    December 12, 2015

    Iron & Velvet by Alexis Hall (2013)

    April 30, 2015

    Stalking Darkness by Lynn Flewelling (1997)

    February 7, 2015
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    Lady Knight by L.J. Baker (2007)

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    Show me a story about a lady knight who falls in love with a noblewoman and I will show you MY HEART omfg this was so good! Crazy stressful, because it’s set in pseudo-medieval times where everybody is against a woman knight (even if she can kick all y’all’s asses) and nobody wants a rich noblewoman to date her and there is ALSO a religious fanatic who wants to start a holy war and it’s so, so stressful.

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    Necropolis by Jordan L. Hawk

    August 20, 2015

    Adrien English Mystery series by Josh Lanyon

    August 12, 2015

    False Colors by Alex Beecroft

    December 15, 2014
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    Widdershins by Jordan L. Hawk (2012)

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    I somehow stumbled across Widdershins while browsing through something on Scribd. I’m so glad I did, because I ended up having an amazingly fun time reading it.

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    Jackdaw by K.J. Charles

    July 9, 2015

    Spectr vol. 1 by Jordan L. Hawk

    September 25, 2015

    Think of England by K.J. Charles

    October 2, 2016
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    Flight of Magpies by K.J. Charles (2014)

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    I don’t know why I bother preordering books (see: this post), as I almost always put off reading them until way later anyway. Case in point: this book! I’ve had it since pub date, but I waited ages to read it. I suppose it’s the excitement of knowing that it’s going to show up in my mailbox/Kindle? And I WAS/AM excited for Flight of Magpies to be published! It’s the third book of a series I’ve very much enjoyed, with characters I like and a wonderful fantasy-mystery plot. So in the previous book, A Case of Possession, Crane and Stephen worked through some problems in their relationship: namely, do they…

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    Ancillary Sword by Ann Leckie

    September 8, 2015

    The Magpie Lord by K.J. Charles

    September 27, 2014

    The Philosopher Kings by Jo Walton

    August 10, 2015
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    Prosperity by Alexis Hall

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    Memory wrote an excellent review of Prosperity back in October, and it was SO excellent that I went on NetGalley and found Prosperity and requested it for review myself! And I’m so glad I did, because I LOVED it. There is steampunk (or maybe gaslamp)! There is alternate history (kinda)![1. It’s actually set in an alternate universe! Love love love alternate universes.] There are air ships and monsters living behind the sky and lesbians and a bisexual protagonist and crime lords and a nonbinary ship captain and a floating city and, really, the only thing missing was a band of sky pirates. (Maybe they’ll be in another book.)

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    Jackdaw by K.J. Charles

    July 9, 2015

    Lady Knight by L.J. Baker (2007)

    June 19, 2015

    Widdershins by Jordan L. Hawk (2012)

    February 17, 2015
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    False Colors by Alex Beecroft

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    I had a nice chat on Twitter with the author after September’s #WizardBBC book chat[1. about power issues in fictional couples, actually.], and I went looking for her books on Scribd afterwards because another club member recommended them to me. I adore historical romance[1. It’s the only kind of romance I go looking for deliberately.] and I especially adore anything set in the Age of Sail. False Colors had a picture of two sailors and a historical ship on the cover; I was in, even before I read the summary.

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    In Discretion by Reesa Herberth

    August 8, 2015

    A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar

    November 23, 2014

    A Hero at the End of the World by Erin Claiborne

    December 24, 2014
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    A Case of Possession by K.J. Charles

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    So remember how much I loved The Magpie Lord? Take that love and apply it to A Case of Possession, because it was just as good a read! All the great stuff from the first book is in here– great characters[1. including Stephen’s magic partner, who I was very excited to meet. She is snarky and hard as steel, but with a marshmallow center. Love her!], and interesting setting/worldbuilding, fun (yet scary) magic stuff, tricksy mystery, etc. etc. It’s not just a copy-cat of The Magpie Lord, though. For one thing, there are Chinese vampires instead of evil wizards. Also, things are complicated from being in the city rather than…

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    The Bone Key by Sarah Monette

    July 3, 2015

    Jackdaw by K.J. Charles

    July 9, 2015

    REVIEW: Shadows on the Moon by Zoe Marriott

    April 24, 2012
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    The Magpie Lord by K.J. Charles

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    My friend Memory, who is a total book enabler, talked a lot of positive talk about The Magpie Lord earlier this month. I stared at the cover for a few days and then finally took the plunge and bought it once my other friend, Jenny (also a book enabler[1. She also has a podcast! Go listen to her podcast, it is awesome.]) started talking it up, too. Turns out I am very susceptible to peer pressure! Current feelings about this book can be accurately represented with this gif: HOLY HELL was this book fun! It has a lot of things I like in it, all wrapped up in a big…

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    Spectered Isle by K.J. Charles

    April 8, 2018

    Love Lessons by Heidi Cullinan

    December 12, 2015

    Think of England by K.J. Charles

    October 2, 2016
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Romance as in either a book focused on the romantic relationship between two (or more) people, with a happy ending; OR a book with a romantic subplot (and probably a happy ending because I’m a sucker for those).

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