Tuesday, November 27, 2018

Review of Lady Charlotte's Dilemma, by Fallacious Rose



This tale is both twisted and salacious. Though scandalous things take place, it may be characterized as more of a romp than a romance.

Lady Charlotte is a homebody who is constantly mortified by the wiles  her mother, the widowed Viscountess Letitia, employs to insert her into fashionable society. Her escape from the vapidity of her second London 'season' takes place when she comes down with a most peculiar illness, from a vampire's bite!
Running home to her family's estate, which neighbors that of the Duke her mother has been pursuing, reveals hitherto undisclosed inherited tendencies... and and gets her in trouble with Oswald, the handsome young vicar.
A bawdy comedy of errors ensues, as Lady Charlotte continues to seek a solution to her health problem that won't ruin her reputation. Is the Duke's house party, including a midnight 'black Mass',  going to make the whole situation better-- or infinitely worse?

The resolution of Charlotte's dilemma will keep you guessing up till the very end.

 https://www.amazon.com/Lady-Charlottes-Dilemma-Fallacious-Rose-ebook/dp/B07KX63T1L/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8

 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/42968955-lady-charlotte-s-dilemma

Monday, November 12, 2018

Review of The Priestess of Camelot by Helgaleena

Those who enjoyed Marion Zimmer Bradley's retelling of the Arthurian legend will be quite happy with this new alternative, which has plenty of well-described love scenes. 

It's a shame about the historical inaccuracies in the book, which render Anya a 'Rus from Jutland'. Evidently author confused Viborg in Karelia with Viborg in Denmark. All notes about supposed equivalency of Rus with Vikings are thereby invalidated. However since this is not a history book per se, it is only interfering with our suspension of disbelief. Also the dying visions are rendered in full as if Anya came back to life to write them down. Third mistake: heavy mention of using the herb coneflower, which is exclusive to North America. Scratch the Pulitzer off the wish list, Heirs of Camelot.

That said, it's a pleasant, Goddess-affirmative fantasy of feminine fulfillment. I have a feeling the cursing of Morgaine is going to set up plenty of future adventures.



 https://www.amazon.com/Priestess-Camelot-Prequel-Heirs-ebook/dp/B07HSYTNRT/ref=cm_cr_srp_d_pdt_img_top?ie=UTF8


Monday, November 5, 2018

Helgaleena Healingline's Reviews > An End to Summer



This coming-of-age story took a lot of world building. I believe it is successful in that, as well as in conveying a soulmate-level MM romance.

Alexander's journey in parallel worlds is epic. I can only imagine that the epic will continue in future volumes; they'll have to top this one, which won't be easy.

Five stars for fantasy, five for erotic romance, and five more for relevance to our own existential dilemmas.

 https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36313937-an-end-to-summer