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Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare
“So many secrets between them. So many lies.” That’s it. That’s the book. (i am only half joking) Actual review: Although Chain of Iron is one of Cassandra Clare’s least action/mystery driven books the drama between the various characters is sure to keep you turning pages. Chain of Iron picks up 4 months after its…
3rd pov, 5 STARS, ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE, adventure, Alastair Carstairs, AMERICAN AUTHOR, ANGST, bi side characters, BISEXUAL/PANSEXUAL, Cassandra Clare, Chain of Iron, Cordelia Carstairs, curses, DEMONS, drama, Edwardian era, england, f/f side, fake dating, FANTASY, favourite authors, female authors, friendships, gay side characters, ghosts/spirits, great storytelling, HISTORICAL FICTION, lesbian side characters, lgbtq+, LONDON, m/m side, MAGIC, monsters, PARANORMAL, published in 2021, queer, read in 2021, ROMANCE, serial killers, shadowhunters, siblings, The Last Hours, TLH, wedding drama, YOUNG ADULT -
Maurice by E.M. Forster — book review
“No tradition overawed the boys. No convention settled what was poetic, what absurd. They were concerned with a passion that few English minds have admitted, and so created untrammelled. Something of exquisite beauty arose in the mind of each at last, something unforgettable and eternal, but built of the humblest scraps of speech and from…
1900s, 1910s, 20th century, 3.5 STARS, 3rd pov, academia, bad love, bildungsroman, BOOK REVIEW, Booklr, British author, british classics, Cambridge, campus, class, CLASSICS, coming of age, E.M. Forster, Edwardian era, england, first love, Forster, Greece, greek myths, HISTORICAL FICTION, lgbtq+, LGBTQ+ Author, lgbtq+ classics, LONDON, Longing, m/m, male authors, masculinity, Maurice, morality, philosophical, published in 1971, queer, read in 2020, ROMANCE, SEXUALITY, SOCIAL COMMENTARY, Southampton, UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE, unrequited love -
Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare — book review
“We don’t always love people who deserve it.” To be honest, I thought I was over Cassandra Clare….and it turns out I was very wrong. There is something about the Shadowhunter world that I find interesting. And over the past ten years or so I have grown fond of it and the characters that inhabit…
1900s, 20th century, 3rd pov, 5 STARS, ABSOLUTE FAVOURITE, action, adventure, Alastair Carstairs, AMERICAN AUTHOR, balls, bi side characters, BOOK REVIEW, Booklr, Cassandra Clare, Chain of Gold, Cordelia Carstairs, curses, DEMONS, drama, Dreams, Edwardian era, england, female authors, gay side characters, ghosts/spirits, great storytelling, HISTORICAL FICTION, lgbtq+, LONDON, m/m side, MAGIC, monsters, PARANORMAL, published in 2020, queer, queer side characters, read in 2020, REVIEWS, ROMANCE, shadowhunters, siblings, The Last Hours, TLH, URBAN FANTASY, YOUNG ADULT -
A Room with a View by E.M. Forster — book review
A Room with a View evokes a gentle Edwardian idyll: we follow the story’s characters through their paced long walks, their wanderings through Italy (in Florence there is the lovely view of the River Arno, Basilica of Santa Croce, Piazza della Signoria, and later on in Fiesole’s high fields Lucy, our main character, will undergo…
1900s, 20th century, 3rd pov, 4 STARS, A Room with a View, aristocracy, ART/CREATIVITY, BOOK REVIEW, Booklr, british classics, class, CLASSICS, drama, E.M. Forster, Edwardian era, england, Florence, HISTORICAL FICTION, HUMOR, Italy, LGBTQ+ Author, male authors, MARRIAGE, READ IN 2019, ROMANCE, Rome, satire, SOCIAL COMMENTARY, summer reads, travel
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