...
“Could I fight against rumor? I did not think so, for rumor had no grave and only bore seeds. It germinated in the air, thrived in the sun, and ripened in the shadows. It would not die in the rain and fly only higher in the wind.” The Empress of Bright Moon is...
...
“I had learned a fundamental truth about killing: The victim's anguish is brief and fleeting, but the murderer's endures forever.” History can be dry and uninspiring, but Kalogridis infuses Catherine de Medici’s life from 1527 to 1572 with the unique characteristics of a Medici and the unfolding events of history, the melding of...
...
“I am not quite sober you know. In fact, I am drunk, but I cannot help feeling this is all a trifle, shall we say, irregular?” This is a charming and delightful tale of an adventurous young heiress and a jaded baronet. He has never been in love and never met a woman...
...
The Whale Road by Robert Low (✬✬✬) This first novel in the Oathsworn series is good as with most first books there are some flaws. The major flaw I feel is the first three chapters of the book, they’re written poorly, I had to struggle just to reach chapter four. However, I’m glad...
