The Diviners
RECOMMENDED: The Diviners by Libba Bray is $2.99! This is YA fantasy set in 1920s New York, so you can bet there are plenty of amazing clothes and fancy speakeasies. I personally loved the cast of characters, especially the heroine Evie and Evie’s uncle, who happens to curate an occult museum. However, some people found Evie to border on the TSTL category. Any readers care to weigh in on what they thought?
Evie O’Neill has been exiled from her boring old hometown and shipped off to the bustling streets of New York City–and she is pos-i-toot-ly thrilled. New York is the city of speakeasies, shopping, and movie palaces! Soon enough, Evie is running with glamorous Ziegfield girls and rakish pickpockets. The only catch is Evie has to live with her Uncle Will, curator of The Museum of American Folklore, Superstition, and the Occult–also known as “The Museum of the Creepy Crawlies.”
When a rash of occult-based murders comes to light, Evie and her uncle are right in the thick of the investigation. And through it all, Evie has a secret: a mysterious power that could help catch the killer–if he doesn’t catch her first.
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Stealing Mr. Right by Tamara Morgan is 99c! This is a romance between a jewel thief and an FBI agent. Both Elyse and I grabbed this from the Goodie Room at RT. Elyse has started it and says there’s some great back and forth banter. The book is told through the heroine’s POV and some reader’s wanted more romance between the hero and heroine. The second book is $1.99 and you can preorder the third one for $2.99!
“A sexy, fun, cat-and-mouse chase that hooked me from page one!” –Jennifer Probst, New York Times & USA Today Bestselling Author of The Marriage Bargain
I’m a wanted jewel thief.
He’s FBI.
What’s that saying? Keep your friends close…and your husband closer.Being married to a federal agent certainly has its perks.
1. I just love the way that man looks in a suit.
2. This way I always know what the enemy is up to.Spending my days lifting jewels and my nights tracking the Bureau should have been a genius plan. But the closer I get to Grant Emerson, the more dangerous this feels. With two million dollars’ worth of diamonds on the line, I can’t afford to fall for my own husband.
It turns out that the only thing worse than having a mortal enemy is being married to one. Because in our game of theft and seduction, only one of us will come out on top.
Good thing a cat burglar always lands on her feet.
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The Wrong Bride by Gayle Callen is $2.99! This historical romance has a mistaken identity element and a hint of an arranged marriage. Some readers wished the heroine was a bit stronger in personality, while others recommend this for fans of slow burn romances.
USA Today bestselling author Gayle Callen creates an unforgettable story of mistaken identity and irresistible attraction in this first in a wonderfully engaging series set in the Scottish Highlands…
Shaken from sleep during the night and bundled off to the Highlands by a burly Scot, Riona is at first terrified, then livid. Hugh McCallum insists they were promised to each other as children to ensure peace between their clans. The stubborn laird refuses to believe he’s kidnapped the wrong Catriona Duff. Instead, he embarks on a campaign of slow-burning seduction.
At first, Hugh cares only what their marriage can do for his people. Now he’s starting to crave Riona for her own sake, but her true identity jeopardizes his clan’s contract. And unless she chooses to risk all to be his bride, he’ll lose the only thing he prizes more than the lands he’s fought so hard to save—the passionate marriage they could have together.
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What Happens Under the Mistletoe is $2.99! This is a historical romance holiday anthology from some well-known authors in the genre. Some readers recommend this quick read to get into the holiday spirit, while others say the romances happen a bit too quickly. (But that’s often a common problem in novella-length romances, in my opinion.) Have you read this one?
New York Times bestselling authors Sabrina Jeffries, Karen Hawkins, and Candace Camp, and USA TODAY bestselling author Meredith Duran come together for a sizzling historical romance holiday anthology.
Stunned by the heat of an unexpected kiss on a cold winter’s eve, two strangers from vastly different worlds turn hotheaded principles into burning passion in Sabrina Jeffries’s delightful yuletide story, The Heiress and the Hothead. In the snowy Scottish countryside, Karen Hawkins’s rakish duke has an unforgettable holiday encounter in Twelve Kisses when the alluring lady he surprises under the mistletoe is not who he expected, but a long-lost love with a score to settle. In By Any Other Name, Edinburgh is aglitter for Christmastime as Candace Camp sends a curious gentleman in hot pursuit of an intriguing lady in disguise—one who refuses to reveal her true identity, though she fears he has already stolen her heart with his kiss. In Sweet Ruin, will the festive spirit of the season sweep Meredith Duran’s feisty heroine beneath the mistletoe—and back into the arms of the dashing rogue whose carelessness soiled her reputation and sent her into exile in London?
In this all-new story collection sparkling with sexy charm and heartwarming wit, four beloved bestselling authors reveal the mix-ups and make-ups, the missed chances and golden opportunities that come but once a year.
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I haven’t read that last one, but the words “holiday anthology” are like drinking hot chocolate. I am so ready for the glitter-and-magic book time!!
does the here in the “wrong bride” cover have either too small head or too long torso? o.o
I love Libba Bray’s Diviners series and my friend and I are buddy reading the third book right now. The atmosphere is wonderful, the characters are diverse, and the plot is original and interesting. I didn’t find Evie TSTL; I think she’s trying her best to make it in a hard world, and while her selfishness can come off as annoying (my friend hates her, haha), I see her as determined.
I also adored the Tamara Morgan books. I thought the first was sexy, funny and smart, and I really enjoyed the second one, too. $2.99 for book 3? I’m totally here for that.
I wanted to like The Diviners but I really didn’t like Evie’s voice…something about the Depression-era slang felt like authorial trying to hard to me.
@cbackson, I had the same problem. I would have enjoyed it so much more with about 50% less slang. I think Libba Bray is super awesome, though.
Didn’t Libba Bray write A Great and Terrible Beauty? I was really underwhelmed by the main character in that book despite the pretty cover and great title.
LOVE, love, love The Diviners. Lair of Dreams is amazing, too. I have Before The Devil Breaks You, since I like my reading murdery and spooky in October, but haven’t read it yet. Looking forward to it. Oh, and as for Evie being TSTL, she does kind of start that way, and selfish to boot, but she’s learning, and has had some good character development, especially in the realm of how to use her power for something other than her own benefit.
I *love* the Diviners series, so much. I don’t think Evie’s TSTL—I think she’s a teenager, and boy golly she can be a jerk in the first book, but tbh it doesn’t bother me in the least. She’s grieving, and she’s really trying to make it in a rough world. Agree with those who’ve said she gets some pretty tremendous character development—they all do, really.
Tl;dr I think they’re marvelous; I enjoy the slang; and I like that the teenage characters act like, well, teenagers.