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51 reviews
Deanna Raybourn

Mira, 2008

Her own woman
Lady Julia Grey (ne March) narrates and stars in the sequel to Silent in the Grave, which is also a 5-star book. A Victorian aristocrat from an eccentric family, Lady Julia is recovering in Italy from the events in the first book when her father summons her and her brothers home for Christmas. Julia, her two brothers, her maid, a new sister in law, and an Italian suitor travel home for the ...

Rebel Angels (The Gemma Doyle Trilogy)

118 reviews
Libba Bray

Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2006

Awesome book!
I LOVED this book! The first book in this series (A Great and Terrible Beauty) was a little slow, but this one is absolutely captivating! Gemma is easy to like and easy to realte to. The story is interesting, the descriptions are beautiful, and the characters are complex and wonderfully developed. This is one of the best books I've read in a long time. I wasn't sure after finishing the first ...

The Sweet Far Thing (The Gemma Doyle Trilogy)

121 reviews
Libba Bray

Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2007

Perfect Ending
I love this series and the last book is no exception. It is quite long but I was glad for the extra pages as I wanted to spend as much time as possible in this fictitious world. I am a sucker for happy endings so I was upset to hear that perhaps this wasn't going to be a fairy tale ending. I even put reading the book off, nervous that the end would ruin the whole series for me. Luckily I ...

Wuthering Heights (Bantam Classics)

499 reviews
Emily Brontë

Bantam Classics, 1983

very intense
The outdated writing style takes a little getting used to, but once you do, it's good. It's incredible to me how the author, with her unusually limited experience of the outside world, who probably never had a boyfriend or lover in her life and lived a secluded life in a remote part of Yorkshire with her sisters and died a virgin, could have created such an incredibly realistic and well-drawn ...

Great Expectations (Penguin Classics)

121 reviews
Charles Dickens

Penguin Classics, 2002

Great
My daughter had to read this book for school and she said it was a great read. She is 14 and it was easy for her to understand and follow.

The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective

48 reviews
Kate Summerscale

Walker & Company, 2008

A Fabulous Read!
This book reads with the pace and thrill of a murder mystery, but every detail is real. A little boy, nearly four, had his throat slit and his body was tossed into the cistern of an outhouse on the grounds of his upscale family's home in 1860. There are 12 people in the country manor at the time, some family members and others servants. Other hired hands live on the grounds, and everyone falls ...

A Great and Terrible Beauty (The Gemma Doyle Trilogy)

300 reviews
Libba Bray

Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2005

A fantastic enthralling read
If you liked the Twilight series, the Vampire Academy, etc., you'll love this series as well. Beautifully written words that are wrapped in magic, myth, and promises, Libba Bray leads you to another world entirely. It has romance, epic-ish adventures in other worlds, and enough magic to please everyone. Definitely read it. Once you start through the first few chapters, you won't be able ...

A Wallflower Christmas

34 reviews
Lisa Kleypas

St. Martin's Press, 2008

What a treat!
Lisa Kleypas is one of my favorite authors and to be offered this book on Amazon Vine was a real treat! I'm a big fan of her Wallflower series and she certainly didn't disappoint me with her newest romance between Rafe (Lilian's Brother) and Hanna which has her trademark heart stoppingly tender romance! The biggest plus for me was also to revisit all of my favorite characters from her series who ...

Silent In The Grave

95 reviews
Deanna Raybourn

Mira, 2007

Buy before the new cover!
The first time I read this book through, I read quickly, devouring the plot. The second time, I was delighted to find scrumptious tidbits of wit that I'd missed. Lady Julia's family is amusingly quirky, and her disillusionment with her husband is heartbreaking and realistic. Nicholas Brisbane is wonderful to read about, though I suspect he'd be fatiguing in real life. While Julia quickly ...

Seduction of a Proper Gentleman (Last Man Standing)

13 reviews
Victoria Alexander

Avon, 2008

The final book in the Last Man Standing series = A dash of magic, a 500 year old curse and good old fashion lust!
This is a historical romance with a dash of magic, a curse and good old fashion lust! Lady Kathleen MacDavid is told by her grandmother that she must marry the Earl of Norcroft to break a 500 year old curse. She ignores her grandmother then all the men she either love or is starting to have feelings for DIE. She decides to seek out the Earl of Norcroft but before she can come up with a plan her ...

And Only to Deceive

63 reviews
Tasha Alexander

Harper Paperbacks, 2006

My New Favorite Author
I loved Tasha Alexander's writing style. It was so smooth and the story was so lovely! I couldn't put the book down. If you like period writing...especially 19th Century, you'll really enjoy this book. I also love Emily, the main character. She's strong, fun, independent, but also flawed and easy to relate to. I love this book and a Poisoned Season. I will be reading A Fatal Waltz and any ...

The Importance of Being Earnest

11 reviews
Oscar Wilde

Prestwick House Inc., 2005

Quick, clean, and to the point!
I recieved this script within three days of ordering. Well packaged inside and out this book was without even a dent (being paperback). The script itself is fabulous! Very witty and entertaining. Keeps the audience interest and the ending is very satisfying. Thanks! Very happy with my purchase!

Dracula (Enriched Classics Series)

15 reviews
Bram Stoker

Pocket, 2003

A True Classic
Bram Stoker's influential late-Victorian novel remains a dominant presence in the realm of horror and vampire literature. While some modern readers may have difficulty with the late 19th-century writing style, the novel itself is a rewarding experience for anyone willing to consider the work, and the use of language should not be held against its brilliance. Though not the first word in ...

A Beautiful Blue Death (Charles Lenox Mysteries)

27 reviews
Charles Finch

St. Martin's Griffin, 2008

A delightful debut
If Charles Lenox were to have his way, all he'd wish for are warm boots, a blazing fireplace, some tea and sandwiches, and an hour or two spent with his maps. But the aristocratic amateur sleuth is always in demand in Victorian London. His childhood friend, Lady Jane, appeals to his innate curiosity and investigative skills. Her upstairs maid, Prudence Smith, who'd moved to the household of ...

The Black Hand: A Barker & Llewelyn Novel

14 reviews
Will Thomas

Touchstone, 2008

I just LOVE this series
I couldn't wait for #5 to come out & it's as enjoyable as the rest. If you read the quote from Laurell K. Hamilton regarding this series, I simply couldn't agree more. My only fault is why can't Mr Thomas start writing 2 of these each year?

Buckingham Palace Gardens: A Novel (Charlotte & Thomas Pitt Novels)

27 reviews
Anne Perry

Ballantine Books, 2008

An avid thriller
Anne Perry's BUCKINGHAM PALACE GARDENS receives a hard-hitting narration by veteran Michael Page, who has recorded over 50 titles for this publisher alone. His voice spices a survey of Buckingham palace after a fatal house party draws in one Thomas Pitt to investigate the crisis. An avid thriller evolves.

Fingersmith

157 reviews
Sarah Waters

Riverhead Trade, 2002

Wonderful
I'm not sure how to describe this story, I don't really want to tell you anymore than I knew before I started reading it. It's so much better to be surprised by the twists and turns, I will tell you there are many. Sue Trinder is a thief from London who has set out to assist one of her compatriots, known as Gentleman, into tricking Maud Lilly into marrying him, in an effort to get his hands ...

The Winter Rose

48 reviews
Jennifer Donnelly

Hyperion, 2008

If you loved the Tea Rose, you'll love this book!
I loved The Tea Rose, and this story was just as beautiful and engaging. While the prose may not be the highlight (a few too many sentence fragments--for emphasis-- in my opinion, and sometimes a bit sappy), the story is a gem. Donnelly has done her research; the historical allusions are accurate and interesting. The characters (some old favorites and some new) are complex and realistic. The ...

Tipping the Velvet: A Novel

162 reviews
Sarah Waters

Riverhead Trade, 2000

Great storytelling
Let's get right to it, shall we? This is one fine novel. Period. Regardless of the fact that it deals with lesbian society during the late 19th century doesn't mean that it will alienate everyone save its target audience, as gay novels sometimes tend to do. These characters are first and foremost 3 dimensional and they leap off the page at the reader and grab him by the throat (in a good way, ...

The Meaning of Night: A Confession

74 reviews
Michael Cox

W. W. Norton, 2007

A Modern Dickensian Tale
Michael Cox's novel, "The Meaning Of Night", is a blend of classic Dickens meets the modern master of the plot-twist, Robert Goddard. Anyone who claims the novel is overlong and tedious simply does not get it. For fans of classic, Victorian-style literature with a flair for the dramatic will love this tale. Edward Glyver, our narrator, commits a random act of motiveless murder and the reason ...

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