Fun twist on Cinderella. I haven't read any of the other stories of the Fables series but this definitely got me hooked. It's hard to picture my most loved fairytale characters acting the way they are depicted here but I had so much fun that it didn't matter in the end.There were times in the s...
A pretty interesting premise and entertaining characters. I actually quite liked this book, and would have given it 4 stars if not for one glaring error in timeline control on the author's part, which annoyed me on both ends of the timelapse.. both on the front end when I didn't understand, and t...
Talk about going out with a bang - this book really manages to pull all the strands together and take the climax from Volume 3 and blow it out of the water. All the characters get time to shine, everything is tied together, and everything plays out very well. Some people live, some people die, an...
Paragaea: A Planetary Romance is the story of Akilina "Leena" Chirikov, who shortly after launching from Star Town in the Soviet Union, finds herself thrown into another dimension, a world of strange science and ancient mystery. There she meets another time-lost person from Earth, Lieutenant Hier...
It was an occasion on which, one might hazard to say, La Main Noire met his match. Late of Yorkshire, at that time living in France as a successful merchant, Reginald Taylor as his wont would take often to the open road in the hooded guise of the highwayman, thus to deprive wealthy aristos of ...
As they were escorted through cavernous halls lit by electric flambeaux and wide, carpeted corridors lined with portraits in gilt frames, it became apparent that the house had seen better days. Priceless furniture was covered beneath sheets of linen, gathering dust, vases and pots were choked wit...
She arranged herself on the cushion, trying to keep her teeth from chattering. This early in the season the air was chilly, and her new qipao banner dress left her arms bare and cold. She was thankful that the current style called for ankle-length hems and a high collar, at least; she’d have froz...
