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Soulless by Gail Carriger
Soulless. The Parasol Protectorate is an exuberant novel. Its setting, Victorian London, is people with werewolves and vampires and includes a nod to the steampunk subgenre. The writing is vivid and humurous, the rules of this alternative universe well-developed, and the heroine engaging. The book’s opening scene is one of the best I’ve read recently.…
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Blocked In (fiction)
“I’m sorry.” The inadequacy of the phrase stilled the swiftly scrawling pencil, but only for a moment. Jodi Reeve pressed the pencil firmly back onto the page. There had to be a note, then people wouldn’t worry. “I had to leave. J.” Discarded, the pencil lay at a 33 degree angle on the white notepad.…
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Cootchy-coo
A distressingly ugly baby,but one can’t say so.Good manners. Kind heart. Pity.“She looks just like you.”
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The Price of Freedom
“The Price of Freedom” is a romance fantasy novella I’ve just this minute sent to Carina Press. So I’m having a little brag at how brave I am to submit it. Not that Angela James, the Editor there, is ever nasty. Still, it’s scary to have your words out there, risking rejection. And I have…
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If you like Robin McKinley…
Beauty haunted me when I read it years ago. It remains a favourite retelling of an old fairytale. The following authors vary a bit in style, but they all write fantasy and, I think, what draws me to them is a kindness in their work. Patricia Wrede Elizabeth Scarborough Mercedes Lackey Tanya Huff Anne McCaffrey…