Month: April 2011

Book Review: Anne Perry’s Cardington Crescent

Book Review: Anne Perry’s Cardington Crescent

I received this book for free from the library in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Source: the library Cardington Crescentby Anne Perry historical mystery in a paperback edition that was published by Fawcett Books on April 12, 1988 and has 304 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon Other books by this author which I have reviewed include Death in the Devil’s Acre, Silence in Hanover Close, Bethlehem Road, The Cater Street Hangman, Callander Square, Paragon Walk, Resurrection Row, Rutland Place, Farriers’ Lane, Bluegate Fields, Midnight at Marble Arch, A Christmas Hope, Dark Tide RisingEighth in the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt mystery series set in late 19th century London. My Take As ever, Perry does a lovely job of recreating the sense of the late 19th century through the dialog and the mores, culture, and styles of the time. The part I don’t understand is why Emily and George and Aunt Vespasia are even staying at the Marches. They all live in London. Why would they be spending weeks at a house where they can’t stand its matriarch or her son?? I also resent the summary on […]

Posted April 15, 2011 by Kathy Davie in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

Book Review: C.L. Wilson’s Lady of Light and Shadows

Book Review: C.L. Wilson’s Lady of Light and Shadows

Lady of Light and Shadows by C.L. Wilson Series: Tairen Soul, 2 My rating: 5 of 5 stars Second in the Tairen Soul fantasy series, Ellie and Rain are still in the pre-wedding stages in Ellie’s hometown. The title is amazingly appropriate as that is exactly what Ellysetta is—a lady bright in the light and overshadowed by darkness. My TakeWow. We finally find out what Ellie’s fits and dreams are truly about. That poor kid. For the rest, yeah, it’s cliché but such a lovely formula it is. Wilson gives the truisms a twist and a flip creating a heart pounding story you will race to finish. The StoryRain is a fey and the Tairen Soul (shapeshifter, sorta) as well as the King of the Fading Lands who lost the love of his life 1,000 years ago during the Mage Wars; Ellysetta Baristani is the adopted daughter of a woodcarver in Celieria whom Rain has joyfully, and reluctantly, discovered is his soulmate. Time is running short for Rain, the tairen, and the Fading Lands. He must prevent an alliance between the Fading Land ally, Celieria, and the Eld, a land of the fey’s most grievous mage enemies. The Celierians have […]

Posted April 11, 2011 by Kathy Davie in / 0 Comments