![]() Older maid Sarah, younger maid Polly, Mr and Mrs. But it’s not just about the Bennets and the events that take place in “Pride and Prejudice,” it’s about the servants’ lives and a servant romance. This is the Bennet household and daily affairs as seen by their servants and other working class characters. The other lure was the lone sentence from the book quoted on the back – “If Elizabeth Bennet had the washing of her own petticoats, Sarah often thought, she’d most likely be a sight more careful with them.” That sounded so period but without trying to sound “Regency,” that I said, “Self, let’s give it a whirl.” What caught my attention and made me pause, then read the book? It’s the downstairs edition for one thing. It takes a lot to even get me past the blurb stage but “Longbourn” did it. ![]() Though I’ve only read a fraction of the multitude ones that have been published, I find myself sick to death of variations on Austenlandia – the sequels, the prequels, the paranormal and, slightly less so, the contemporaries. ![]() Usually when I see a book that is in some way based on Jane Austen’s novels, I shy away from it. ![]()
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I’ll take a piece of Carrie Soto forward with me in life and be a little better for it.”-Emily Henry, author of Book Lovers and Beach Read The kind of sharp, smart, potent book you have to set aside every few pages just to catch your breath. “A heart-filled novel about an iconic and persevering father and daughter.”- Time “An epic adventure about a female athlete perhaps past her prime, brought back to the tennis court for one last grand slam” ( Elle ), from the author of Malibu Rising, Daisy Jones & The Six, and The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo.“An epic adventure about a female athlete perhaps past her prime, brought back to the tennis court for one last grand s #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER.Enter for a chance to win Carrie Soto Is Back! ![]() ![]() ![]() Summer of the Seventeenth Dol l plays at the Heath Ledger Theatre until May 20. Adam Mitchell’s direction and the creative team as a whole are to be lauded for crafting such a magnificent piece of work. 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Summer of the Seventeenth Doll by Ray Lawler is an Australian play and was originally set in the mid twentieth century. It can sometimes take a lot to make a really stand-out cast, well, stand-out. ![]() When you experience a lot of theatre in your life, you do grow accustomed to a certain kind of quality of performance. ![]() ![]() ![]() As for James, the marquis, he probably should have revealed his true identity to Elizabeth long before, but his secrecy is almost part of the fun. ![]() Elizabeth’s struggle, determination, and frustration all feel genuine. ![]() This is one of Quinn’s earlier books and it shows in the more stereotypical set-up, but it’s still a lot of fun. Unknowingly, she is already falling in love with one, as Lady Danbury’s new estate manager, Elizabeth’s tutor in the ways of flirtation, is actually a marquis. Desperate times call for desperate measures, so Elizabeth decides to somehow marry a rich man. Elizabeth acts as a companion to Lady Danbury, but that doesn’t pay enough for her to send her little brother, a viscount, to Eton like generations of his forebears have gone, nor even for their sustenance. Elizabeth Hotchkiss and her orphaned, poor, but noble family are in desperate need of a savior. ![]() ![]() ![]() And ohh my, there are some predictable things in the book, just like in book one. And of cause I started to read the book right away. I must admit that I jumped and screamed when I saw that I had gotten approval to get the arc of “These twisted bonds”. I received an eARC from the publishers through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this and I hope that this isn’t the last we see of some of these characters! I do feel like the plot maybe had more intricacies and mystery in the first book, but I still thought it was good. ![]() I do wish that some of the final climax chapters with the enemy Queen were elongated as it did feel like it was wrapped up pretty neatly – even though I could tell that the plot was leading in that direction. ![]() I did predict pretty much everything that happened so there weren’t really any twists for me, but that didn’t detract from my enjoyment at all. I really enjoyed the addition of a few new characters (side note: I need a Misha spin-off □) and I felt that all the characters had the arc they deserved. I found the beginning a little slow and I struggled to get back into the world after the initial action-packed chapters. ![]() I found These Twisted Bonds to be just as addictive a read as These Hollow Vows! 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The series includes both direct novelizations of several Assassin's Creed games, and books that function as standalone narratives, although some of these tie-in with one or more of the games in the franchise. The books are set across various time periods and, like the games, revolve around the secret war fought for centuries between the Assassin Brotherhood and the Templar Order. The Assassin's Creed series is a collection of novels by various authors, set within the fictional universe of the Assassin's Creed video game franchise created by Ubisoft. New Star Press (in China, 2019–present).United Kingdom, United States, France, Chinaįrench ( Fragments series, The Silk Road) ![]() ![]() I don't think I'll try another book by this author. After trying to get through Labyrinth I'm glad that it wasn't. I read The Winter Ghosts by the same author recently and really enjoyed it, and felt that it should have been longer. ![]() I get that the author knew what she was talking about she wrote 500 pages about it. ![]() It reminded me of when you write assignments at school and you have to put quotes and references in to prove you know what you're talking about. The thing that finally stopped me from reading was the amount of French phrases throughout it. I did try to get through it but it felt like a chore to read. After reading that many pages of a book you should feel like you know the characters, but they bored me. The main characters lacked personality and I didn't like any of them. ![]() It could have done with a very thorough edit before it made it to print. It was incredibly slow-going and the flowery prose, littered with cliche, odd word usage and unnecessary description, was hard work to read. ![]() I abandoned this book about a fifth of the way in. previous 1 2 3 next sort by previous 1 2 3 next Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. I've been wanting to read it for a while, but noticed it shortly after I'd finished reading Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code, and as it sounded similar I decided to leave it a while before I picked it up. Books by Kate Mosse (Author of Labyrinth) Books by Kate Mosse Kate Mosse Average rating 3.72 143,632 ratings 13,586 reviews shelved 342,631 times Showing 30 distinct works. I was really disappointed with this book. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Reading Level: 5.4 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 13.0Įnter the dark, magical world of the House of Night series by bestselling authors P.C. Review Citations: Entertainment Weekly pg. 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