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Book Review

A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn

A Perilous Undertaking

A Perilous Undertaking is book 2 in the Veronica Speedwell series. I advise that you start with book one, A Curious Beginning, to get a better sense of the world, and the characters. I read the two books one after the other, so my impressions are influenced by their proximity in my brain, but looking solely at book two and skipping book one leaves a wealth of motivation and development behind, and readers would miss out on … Continue reading A Perilous Undertaking by Deanna Raybourn

Book Review

A Talent For Trickery by Alissa Johnson

A Talent for Trickery

I have never read a book by Alissa Johnson before, and after I read A Talent for Trickery I had that “Nomnomnommoremoremore” feeling which is a problem because Alissa has written a ton of other books and I don’t know when I’ll find time to read them all. But I do know that I want to read them NOW. Because A Talent for Trickery was so good, you guys. Really superlative. I ate it up. … Continue reading A Talent For Trickery by Alissa Johnson