I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.TurncoatIt is part of the Renegades of the Revolution series and is a in Paperback edition on March 5, 2013 and has 395 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon I’m guessing it’s the first in the Renegades of the Revolution historical fiction series revolving around a female spy and a noble British major. (Thorland appears to be promoting this as if it were part of a series, but I can’t find any other information about it…) My Take This was just excellent. And interesting to read right after C.C. Humphreys’ Jack Absolute (Jack Absolute, 1) revolving around the exact same time period, place, and those characters who were not fictional! Do read Jack Absolute and then The Turncoat if only for Humphreys’ read on Benedict Arnold’s character. It’s not a deep story, but well filled with drama and tension and no little wit… “André says you would make a fine Kate,” Peggy offered… “My parents are no longer taking suggestions on the subject of my name, Captain André.” The unexpected start is of […]

I received this book for free from in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennoxin Hardcover edition on October 24, 2007 and has 245 pages.Explore it on Goodreads or Amazon An odd look at the horrid history of a small family. My Take A friend at Goodreads recommended this story, and I’m sorry I ever picked it up. It was a horror to read and to read about. I can’t understand people like these. And that sister???! Omigod. I keep wanting to say this was well-written, that O’Farrell used words well. And she did, but only in fits and starts. She flits back and forth between Esme’s youth, Iris’ youth, over to Kitty’s life, and back to today from paragraph to paragraph, within paragraphs and never gives you a heads up. It’s like being on a mental Tilt’a Whirl. It’s such a confusion of words that it’s probably won some literary award. It is a terrifying look at the social rules and fears of the time — I’m thinking it was the early part of the twentieth century. It’s also a time […]