★★★ #ThrowbackReview #FortunesFool @mercedeslackey This series is innovative and fun. Ms. Lackey turns the fairytale world upside down with her tongue in check poking fun at the stereotypical tropes. How do characters in this book avoid being typecasted and forced into doing something they don't want to do? This series is definitely different and a charming experience. This book can be read as a standalone. In this lighthearted at times story, Ekaterina is a seventh daught

★★★★ #NoraRobers #BorninFire #ThrowbackReview I loved this trilogy of three Irish sisters. I must have read this book many times over the years. Maggie is the oldest and a favourite of her father's. She is a glassmaker and at odds with her mother all the time. This story is so easy to remember for me because it made such an impression with the backstory. Specifically, there are multiple sides to every story. When I first read this book years ago, I had serious hate on fo

★★★ #NoraRoberts #ThrowbackReview #BlackRose Book two in this trilogy is a good continuation of book one. This can be read as a standalone, but better experienced when reading in order. I love Ms. Roberts trilogies where she has friends or family members find their mates. In this one, we focus on the "lady of the house", Ros Harper. Ros is a strong woman who is also single mother. As a lover of flowers, this trilogy with its flower themes appeals to me. Why does it seem

★★★ #CatherineCoulter #TheWildBaron #ThrowbackReview The start of the Baron series, this book takes me back to when Ms. Coulter was mostly a historical romance writer. This one is a bit of misdirection between Rohan Carrington and Susannah. Susannah's claim of ruin is not all that it seems. When these two team up, they are able to uncover a mystery. I found this new series to be in line with her other historical romances and enjoyed it. What I enjoy about Ms. Coulter's his

★★★ @AuthorCFeehan #ShadowGame #ThrowbackReview This is where it all started for the GhostWalkers. When I picked up this book, it was quite different than the Carpathian series. There is a bit more suspense here and I liked the military involvement plus the psychic element. Almost 2 decades ago, this was still a pretty new and fresh genre that not many authors tried. I found the premise interesting and kind of plausible since orphan girls at least in Asia were more plentif

★★★ #NoraRoberts #DaringtoDream #ThrowbackReview The Dream trilogy is about three friends growing up as sisters. I enjoyed trilogies like this because each one features a friend and the bonds between them are clear to see. This first one is Margo who is the daughter of a "servant" instead of the "lord of the manor". Readers who enjoy the breaking of social-economic class stories will enjoy this one. This title to this story is appropriate as it is Margo who wants to dream b

★★★ #BurningWater #ThrowbackReview I remember when I first found this book. It was so exciting and new because very few authors were writing this type of fantasy/suspense/paranormal story. I have since learned this type of book is labeled as Urban Fantasy. I devoured this book and wanted more. Specifically, I liked the guardian theme and pairing up the paranormal with the "normal". Happily, after this first book, two more followed, and then nothing. So you can imagine m

★★★ #ThrowbackReview Silence of the Lambs came out in a movie and it was amazing. I was blown away by the acting, the storyline, everything. So of course, I had to go to where it all started. I picked up this book to read about Hannibal Lecter. Suffice to say, the movie and later the TV series worked better for me than the books. This story is more about the FBI agent who needs to leverage Hannibal to help him with a case. If I recall, most of this book is pretty detaile

★★★★ #ThrowbackReview #homage #PatriciaAMckillip This review is going to be more of a homage to Ms. McKillip. I am shocked she passed away with nary a news article. I wouldn't have known if her death had not been posted in a FaceBook Group. Even then I looked her up in the news, there were conflicting dates for when she passed. Since she is on my list of books to catch up with, this will be about the lovely fantasy - Alphabet of Thorn. I find the later Ms. McKilip to be mor

★★★★ #ThrowbackReview I remember really enjoying this book primarily because it is water related. I'm a water baby and love stories with mermaids, sirens, kraken, etc. I find looking back at many of Ms. Tepper's books is that she writes for niche group. Many of them are similar in vein . . . social-economical commentaries mixed in with a secret society of women determined to protect mankind. If you liked her Women's Gate book, this one may be one you enjoy too. Our protag

★★★ ½ @mysherrilyn #UnleashtheNight #ThrowbackReview Ready for angst? Who am I warning? If it is a Ms. McQueen book you know it is going to be filled with angst, drama, and painful conflict. I read this book back in 2006 and I still remember it. This is how many emotions Ms. McQueen pulls out of me. After 16 years, her books have only become more angst-filled, tormented, and finish with a bittersweet ending. In this one, Wren is a quiet weretiger working at a safe haven

★★★ #ThrowbackReview It has been a while since I read a Gennita Low book. For the longest time, I eagerly waited for any book she wrote so I could pick it up and read. Ms. Low did seem to take a hiatus for a bit as her day job if I recall, is being a roofer in a hot southern state! Talk about two totally different occupations. I enjoyed her speculative fiction along with her psychic suspense type stories. This is a series I read the first two books and recommend for some

★★★ #ThrowbackReview #MercyBurns I am a huge fan of Ms. Arthur. Her first book in this new series pulled me right in. There are dragons! I love dragons and want to learn more. The second book is a bit of a letdown and I hoped for more books in this series. Since there are only two books, my guess is that it never took off which is unfortunate. This world has the potential to go so much more. Mercy is our key character here and she's similar to the dragon shifters in the

★★★★ #TheMargarets #ThrowbackReview Another highly feminist ideology-influenced tale, Ms. Tepper brings to us the brain-bending The Margarets. For the third of this book, the jumping between different points of views yet all are the same person confused me to no end. For many of Ms. Tepper's books, her distinct writing style is tough to follow those new to her. Even some of us older readers need to grit down and really pay attention to where she's going and try to create n

★★★★★ @JCareyAuthor #Godslayer #ThrowbackReview #Mustread Once upon a time, when Borders still existed there were these awesome author book signings. When I found out the talented Ms. Carey would be making an appearance, I promptly called my favourite Borders bookstore manager and reserved a spot high up in the signing. I actually liked this author's innovating writing so much that I followed her second book signing that week to Home | Nicola's Books (nicolasbooks.com). P

★★★★★ @JulieGarwood #Favouritebook #MustRead #Ransom #ThrowbackReview One of my all time favourite books, I have read this book at least 50 times or more. I am not quite sure why I didn't have a review written. I love the main female character in this book, Gillian. I love her so much and how she treats children that when I read this book and thought one day I would have at least one child, I wanted to use the same endearment Gillian uses. Alas, whilst I was unable to have

★★★★ @JulieGarwood #ThrowbackReview #TheWedding Hard to believe this is book was read almost 20 years ago. During the turn of the century, I mostly read historical romances and I adored the Scottish Lairds before it was even a fad. I find it interesting that almost 2 decades later, the rest of the world has caught up with the Scottish brogue. Or at least they find it sexy instead of just incomprehensible. I wonder, am I the only one that reads these books with the Scottish

★★★★ #TakenbyFire #Throwbackreview Full disclosure, I read this completed series out of order. These books can be read as standalone but are probably better-experienced reading in the correct order it was published. This is the final book in the series and perhaps is my favourite. The sex in here is a tad lighter than the other. What I specifically liked is how there are two distinct people living in one body and how authors Sydney Croft created Melanie and Phoebe. The au

★★★ ½ @MaryJaniceD #SleepingwithFishes #ThrowbackReview This cover caught my eye in an airport bookshop during my travel years. Then I saw it was Ms. Davidson who wrote the hilarious Betsy the Vampire Queen books so I had to pick it up. It delivers a fresh new snarky mermaid who isn't sex, glamourous and all-powerful. Instead, we get Fred. I adore Fred. She is funny and just trying to get through life in spite of her parentage. Fred's crankiness is part of her appeal. I al

★★★★★ @JCareyAuthor #ThrowbackReview Coming fresh off of Kushiel's trilogy, I immediately picked up this book from Ms. Carey back in 2004. Thinking back to this book, I'm still impressed with its unique perspective. From then till now, I have read another 5535 books (according to GoodReads) and have not encountered another book as innovative in this manner. Warning alert. This duology is from the perspective of the losing side, even though they are the Good, not the Evil.