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Book Review

Gilded Cage by Vic James

Gilded Cage

Gilded Cage, which is the first book in the “Dark Gifts” series, is emphatically not a romance. However, it’s the kind of story that I think might appeal to those readers who like fantasy and alternate history that includes class struggles. Beware, though, as this is the first book of a trilogy and I doubt that everyone will have a happy ending. Things certainly are figuratively and literally messy by the end of the first … Continue reading Gilded Cage by Vic James

Farewell, Downton Abbey

Here in the US, we are at the end of the final season of Downton Abbey. We’ve been with the Crawleys and their staff for deaths, births, war, taxes, parties, weddings, and 13 years of the Dowager Countess’s acerbic wit. What a weekend, indeed. I can 1000000% say that I started watching Downton because someone talked about it on SBTB back during the first season, so thank you for that, whoever you are. (Sarah: You’re welcome!) This … Continue reading Farewell, Downton Abbey