This review is for the audiobook version of The Other Side Of Midnight, by Simone St James. This might just be St. James’s best work so far! In 1920s London, psychic Ellie Winter, daughter of the famed Fantastique, is asked to help a mysterious government agent find his sister’s ghost. Gloria Sutter used to be Ellie’s best friend, until her scheming brought ruin to the Fantastique. The New Society was trying to bring legitimacy to psychic phenomenon, but their testing proved Ellie’s mother a fraud, […]
More Like This, Please
This review is for the audiobook version of Bristol House, by Beverly Swerling. This book is practically Sarah bait. History, adventure, ghosts, and a little romance, what more could I want? The story follows Annie Kendall, Tudor historian specializing in religious symbols on doors, as she begins a new research project in London. Annie is a recovering alcoholic trying to rebuild her academic career and has been given a fantastic opportunity to research Jews in the Tudor era, and is set up in an […]
I love stories told from multiple perspectives… These all happen to be girls!
I got this book from the library, and I had to wait for like 15 people to read it and bring it back before I could get it. I totally understand now. I COULD NOT put this book down! I read it at lunch time while I was at work. Like to the point where I probably could’ve gotten fired because I couldn’t stop reading and get back to work. Rachel rides the train everyday to work. Well, kinda to work (just read the book […]
Early CBR8 popularity front-runner?
I can see why they recommended this at SBTB: it’s a clever, succinct romance between two characters who share obvious charisma. The prose is witty and sophisticated, and Lucy Parker struck a remarkable balance in writing dialogue that demonstrated the characters’ intelligence while also remaining casual, which made everyone on the page seem much more realistic than I often encounter in contemporary romance. (This, in fact, is a hidden pet peeve of mine: authors bend over backwards to inject “cleverness” in banter between characters, but […]