“She had no idea what to expect, so there was no predicting what would be needed.” Vellitt Boe, Professor at the Women’s College at Ulthar, goes on a journey to find her student, Jurat, who has run off with a man she’s been seeing. He is planning to take her away to the waking world where, “He says there are millions of stars.” The problem is that Jurat’s father is a trustee of the board for the college and the board will likely get angry […]
“It takes more than trinkets and promises to intrigue me now.”
Miss India Steele is down on her luck. She has recently lost her father, and her fiance has dropped her after taking over her father’s shop in Victorian London. It is in that shop that she meets the mysterious Mr. Matthew Glass while confronting her ex. Mr. Glass employs her to help him find a watchmaker in London who created an absolutely unique pocket watch, and is the only one who can repair it. Miss Steele helps Mr. Glass, meeting his strange bunch of family […]
“I want to be one of the most joy-inducing human beings that you’ve ever encountered.”
My initial impulse was to use the following The Princess Diarist quote as title for this review, “If you have a penis and a job, being handsome is a fantastic bonus but hardly a necessity.” My decision to purchase and read The Princess Diarist is not an original one following the death of Carrie Fisher. I am not alone in having found her to be a childhood role model as Princess Leia and again as adult Carrie Fisher. She seemed so approachable and she allowed […]
“I’m exactly where I need to be”
Girl has nightmares about everything she went through saving her faerie lord and the faerie realm. Faerie lord fears for the girl’s safety and won’t let her leave the house. Girl goes back and forth–some days she gives in to depression and lets him keep her in; some days she tries to rebel and wants to get out and do something. Faerie lord refuses to allow her to do anything. Then Faerie lord #2 swoops in–is it to save her? Is it to call in […]