Tag: series
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Book Review: Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome
I’d been unaware of this series until I watched the movie adaptation. I fell in love with the story and charming characters. Seeing that this was a decent-sized series, I wanted to give the books a go…
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Book Review: The Secret War by Stacy Lynn Miller
For once, I was aware that I would be starting in the middle of a series. The synopsis was too intriguing to pass up. Unfortunately, within a couple of chapters, I realized that this is a series that absolutely needs to be read from the beginning. I was missing a lot of the backstory, and…
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Book Review: Priscilla Speaks by Kirk Ward Robinson
Priscilla Speaks is the fourth installment of The Speaks Saga. I was aware going in that I would be reading out of order (though it is my preference to start at the beginning, even when the books can be read as standalones)…
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Book Review: When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton
Set during the Cuban Missile Crisis era, When We Left Cuba is a blend of espionage and romance. Beatriz, a Cuban exile, is pulled into CIA operations against Fidel Castro. Through this work, she meets Nick, a senator from Florida. Her involvement with him adds even more risk on top of already dangerous work…
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Book Review: Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez
I accidentally read this series out of order, beginning with Just for the Summer. Although the books can be read as standalones, I realized while reading Part of Your World that I was definitely missing some nuance and backstory/context…
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Book Review: Emily Wilde’s Compendium of Lost Tales by Heather Fawcett
I must say, I’m impressed with myself for starting and finishing this series without a major gap in between the books. I read Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries this past November and I finished Compendium in March…
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Book Review: Emily Wilde’s Map of the Otherlands by Heather Fawcett
Picking up where Encyclopaedia of Faeries ends, Emily Wilde is beginning another project: mapping the faerie realms. Her research, along with the interest of Wendell Bambleby, brings her to map and study the various portals to these realms…
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Book Review: A Stranger in the Family by Jane Casey
A Stranger in the Family is the 11th book in the Maeve Kerrigan series, however, it stands strong on its own. I went into the book with no former knowledge of the series and was able to keep track of the characters…