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The Magpie Lord

(A Charm of Magpies #1)

K.J. Charles (Goodreads Author)

4.07 · Rating details · 13,215 ratings · 2,021 reviews

A lord in danger. A magician in turmoil. A snowball in hell. Exiled to China for twenty years, Lucien Vaudrey never planned to return to England. But with the mysterious deaths of his father and brother, it seems the new Lord Crane has inherited an earldom. He's also inherited his family's enemies. He needs magical assistance, fast. He doesn't expect it to turn up angry. M ...more

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Published August 4th 2017 by Kjc Books (first published September 3rd 2013)

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Jul 25, 2013 K.J. Charles added it · (Review from the author) · review of another edition

Shelves: gay, m-m, victorian, fantasy, books-by-me

I like m/m. I like fantasy. I like Victorian Gothic. I wrote an m/m Victorian Gothic fantasy. Well, someone had to.

If you're wondering what's the deal with the magpies...

British people count magpies. There's a rhyme everyone knows, of which the most common variant starts, 'One for sorrow, two for joy, three for a girl, four for a boy.' This book began its life when I pointed to three magpies in the park and told my daughter, 'Look, three for a girl,' and she said, 'But how did they know I'd be ...more

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Sep 03, 2013 Julio Genao rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Recommended to Julio by: MostlyDelores

Shelves: loved

riotously funny—and also hot.

bless my molly little stars—this was hysterical.

the joy i found in this pulled me right out of my hermit-hole and onto a keyboard to go write things.

gingerly.

because this one passage had me chortling so hard the cat sleeping on my belly had to stab me in four places at once to keep from being undulated right off the bed.

twice.

these characters are marvelous. dialogue like oscar wilde on absinthe.

never mind the sexual congress always being interrupted by the inconvenie ...more

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Aug 21, 2020 carol. rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: friend-recommended, time-period-fantasy, my-library-kindle

Written better than all of my QB™ reads, this is a fun palate-cleanser between more demanding books. Books that I’ve been avoiding, for instance, including finishing Romano’s well-done one on zombies (too long, too end-of-the-world depressing-people), Carter and Lovecraft (too creepy horror), The Light Brigade (too wartime), Indemnity Only (too 1980s sleezy Chicago crime couched in women’s rights). Idk, I really don’t, because I also hate rainbows and kittens.

“This is the drawing room. It proba Written better than all of my QB™ reads, this is a fun palate-cleanser between more demanding books. Books that I’ve been avoiding, for instance, including finishing Romano’s well-done one on zombies (too long, too end-of-the-world depressing-people), Carter and Lovecraft (too creepy horror), The Light Brigade (too wartime), Indemnity Only (too 1980s sleezy Chicago crime couched in women’s rights). Idk, I really don’t, because I also hate rainbows and kittens.

“This is the drawing room. It probably wouldn’t be so bad without the panelling, or the chairs, and if it was in a different house.”

Anyway, this is fun, fast break from all that. Sure, it opens with an almost-suicide which is a bit of an emotional slap, but we quickly find out that is unusual behavior from our extremely self-confident lead.

“But if I can’t find him through any of the clubs, we can just hang around all the filthiest opium dens in Limehouse till we meet him.”
“See?” said Merrick. “Things are looking up already.”

I burned through this on a lazy Sunday afternoon on the porch, because that’s just about the perfect time and place for a read like this. Great atmosphere with the growing threat of danger, but there’s some snappy dialogue in there to also provide humor. There is an instance or two of questionable relationship behavior, but it’s interesting because the characters call themselves out on it and–this is crazy, here–have a discussion about it. I don’t know what these modern authors are coming to, actually talking out relationship stuff.

“I don’t think anyone is entitled to exploit his fellows because of an accident of birth. You’re an earl, I’m a practitioner, both of us were born this way, and neither of us is entitled to feed off other people because of it.”
Crane considered that. “I’m bloody glad you’re here.”
“Really? Because I wish to God we were both somewhere else.”

Anyway, decent mystery, interesting dynamic duo, very interesting lead characters (including Merrick). I’d read more from this team, and that’s saying something, because I’m not usually a fan of this setting. Highly preferred over something like Ministry of Peculiar Occurrences, etc.

Thanks to Nataliya for trying and sharing this gem. I highly recommend her review.

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Jun 01, 2019 Nataliya rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Recommended to Nataliya by: Richard Derus

Shelves: 2019-reads, 2020-reads

Sometimes books trick you, delivering something you did not expect and therefore did not know you wanted, exceeding those expectations by a lot. When I picked up this one on a whim, all I expected was a couple of hours of mindless and easily forgettable steamy-romancey entertainment, but I underestimated K. J. Charles.

What I got instead was a ridiculously entertaining historical quasi-Victorian paranormal fantasy/mystery with a healthy dose of humor and, yes, a generous helping of steamy romanc Sometimes books trick you, delivering something you did not expect and therefore did not know you wanted, exceeding those expectations by a lot. When I picked up this one on a whim, all I expected was a couple of hours of mindless and easily forgettable steamy-romancey entertainment, but I underestimated K. J. Charles.

What I got instead was a ridiculously entertaining historical quasi-Victorian paranormal fantasy/mystery with a healthy dose of humor and, yes, a generous helping of steamy romance. But it’s really NOT a romance novel - the romance does not overwhelm the plot and certainly isn’t the plot. It’s there as a fun side action and not the main dish of this paranormal fantasy story. Which is exactly what I like.

“There are a number of recommended methods of dealing with ghosts—salt and iron, harmonic resonance, some people swear by exorcism, and not just the priests—but that's the fist time I've seen anyone try a left hook.”

Lucien Vaudrey, ((view spoiler)) is a new Lord Crane after sudden and suspicious deaths of his father and brother (both professional assholes), and ends up very reluctantly returning to England (stuffy puritanical morals are not his jam) with his manservant/ henchman Merrick ((view spoiler)) to get his inheritance in order. There he runs into a bit of trouble — you know, a tiny matter of a deadly curse. And so, naturally, he employs the service of a magical practitioner to help with that pesky curse.

“Is there a reason you’re making this a private compartment?” Stephen enquired warily.
“Yes,” said Crane. “Is there a reason your sleeve is soaked in blood?”

The problem is — the practitioner, Stephen Day ((view spoiler)), has long-standing issues with now dead members of the Vaudrey family and therefore is inclined to view Lucien not too favorably. But it’s a job, and Stephen plans to get it done. While at it, the reluctant allies discover that the mystery goes way beyond just revenge, and that their lives are in much more danger than expected.

“I do a job that makes me hated by quite a large number of my peers, including many who aren’t even warlocks, because I don’t think anyone is entitled to exploit his fellows because of an accident of birth. You’re an earl, I’m a practitioner, both of us were born this way, and neither of us is entitled to feed off other people because of it.”

In this quite short book the pace remains quite snappy, with no unnecessary dilly-dallying. There is an interesting magic system, magical bureaucracy, creepy Gothic manor, magical ancestors, headless ghosts, judgmental aunts, rude butlers ((view spoiler)), a bit of body horror and physical violence, power-hungry revenge cult, preconceptions that need to be cleared up, and an undeniable attraction between our two leads,with Lucien’s irreverent contempt of societal norms. And, of course, magpies. You get intriguing plot, clever humor and snappy dialogue, and (luckily) minimal angst.

“What the fuck, what the fucking, bloody devil-shit, what in the name of Satan’s swollen cock was that?”
“Do you speak in the House of Lords with that mouth?”

4 stars.

“Anyway, the point is…power is addicting. It’s hard to drag it out of the ether, but it’s so easy to tap people. Easy, effective, evil. And once one begins, terribly hard to stop, because the sensation of being without power is such a very horrible one. And of course it’s tempting for any practitioner to see the unskilled as lesser—less talented, less able, less worthy of consideration—and if you tap them for power, you start to see them as lesser beings altogether. Cattle, they call them—you,” he amended hastily. “There to feed on. There to use and discard. And that’s a warlock, more or less.”

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Aug 17, 2013 Vio rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: awesome, fantastic, i-likey-a-lot, amazing, intrigue, historical, favourites, wanted-more, quirky, excellent

What do I say and how many times can I say I loved it. I was enthralled with Magpie, its a sensational story. Lucien and Stephen are gorgeous MC's and their sizzling *hot and bothered loving* is so passionately, perfect. Eerie magpies, brilliant and fresh writing, creepy, gripping witchery! Best of all, is the unforgettable and awesome tattoos, damn fascinating and magically twisty, I never saw that coming and it surprised the hell out of me. Can't wait for the sequel, if it was available now I ...more

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Jun 27, 2018 Adina rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, fantasy-sf, romance, urban-fantasy-pr

This was my first M/M Romance and I can’t believe how much I enjoyed it. I would never have tried this genre or this author it weren’t for my 2 GR friends MsSmartarse and Roxana who convinced me to give The Magpie Lord a try after praising this series like two teenage fangirls. After I read it I understood why and I think I might join the fanclub. I am not usually a fan of romance but if you throw in some fantasy and a set the novel in Victorian London then I might catch the bait. Which I did.

L ...more

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Sep 08, 2013 Ami rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Recommended to Ami by: Vio

Shelves: mm-historical-medieval-steampunk, mm-fantasy-pnr-futuristic-scifi, 5-stars_rating, mm-mystery-suspense-thriller

4.85 stars rounded up to 5-stars

This is another book that I will not even consider without the reviews from my Goodreads friends. Historical is not my genre of choice; so any titles with historical tag will be low priority for me. However, I am a huge fan of mystery and paranormal. Contemplating the positive reviews and the fact that this story had paranormal mystery element, I decided to take the plunge.

And what a delightful surprise it was...

The story opened with Crane trying to commit suicide ...more

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Feb 04, 2016 Alienor ✘ French Frowner ✘ rated it liked it · review of another edition

Recommended to Alienor ✘ French Frowner ✘ by: Navessa

Shelves: 2016-reads, historical, fantasy, alternative-pov

3.5 stars. I deeply regret to announce that this review is probably going to be all over the place. Not (all) my fault, though.

Because, confidence : I wanted to write a "charm recipe review" for this book, because obviously, this hysterical story called for it (or, made me think it was a good idea) so as I'm not expert on witchcraft (understatement of the year), of course I thought : Hey, Google is your friend on this! So I gently typed something along the lines of, "love spell recipe", and ...more

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Sep 10, 2013 Susan rated it really liked it · review of another edition

OMG...tardiness is my pet peeve and I'm SO LATE to the party!!!!! I've seen you all read and rave over this book and I really wanted to read it...I swear I did. But, you know...I just...don't love historicals. And I don't love paranormal. And and....all this other fluffy stuff was calling out to me.

*boink* <-that's me hitting myself upside the head.

Silly girl. Silly, silly girl!!!!

What a FUN read! And not just fun, but CREEPY. And not just fun and creepy, but HOT. And not just fun and creepy a ...more

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Dec 13, 2017 ✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, romance, i-must-be-mad, what-is-happening-to-me, br-2018, my-friends-corrupted-my-soul, machalo-tbr-cleaning-challenge-2018, 2018, machalo-challenge-2018, poof-gone-harem

Actual rating: 3.75 stars.

Okay, let's get a few things straight before we begin:

① YES, I did read this book ~~semi-willingly~~.

And

② YES, I nearly almost practically rated it 4 bloody shrimping stars.

And

③ YES, I am actually going to read the next book in the series.

So please go ahead and do all the gasping and fainting you need to do right now, so that we can move on and stuff. Thank thee kindly.

Nicely done! A question, though: what's with the feathers, my Little Barnacles? I mean, last time I che ...more

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Jul 19, 2013 SheReadsALot rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Recommends it for: anyone with an imagination

Recommended to SheReadsALot by: Vio

Shelves: m-m-romance, historical, fantasy, part-of-a-series, boss-employee-relations, funny, law-enforcement, tattoos, hero-thy-name-is-cocky, hot-alpha-male

Love. Sex. Magic.

*sigh* love that song. And this book totally put me in the mood for it.

But in context to this book, it's more like Magic, Sex...Love, maybe?

I'm sure by now you've read and seen multiples of people losing their minds for this book. Body parts and fluids in awe of this book. Buzz, buzz buzz! The overtaking of everyone's news feeds, I secretly dubbed it Magpie-gate.

When books are super popular, so soon since it's release and everyone lays 5 star reviews like free candy, I usually g ...more

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Sep 08, 2013 Kat rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: m-m, fantasy, friend-recs, goodreads-hype, seriously-biatch-read-it, sweet-anticipation, historical-romance, victorian, steampunk, kj-charles

Team Magpie!

The thing with Goodreads hypes is that I usually end up a little disappointed. Not this time. I'd started The Magpie Lord months ago, but at the time had a little trouble connecting to the steampunk-ish chaos of the opening scene. And I hesitatingly admit that -- despite GOT's Tyrion sexy thing Lannister totally rocking his 4.5 ft -- discovering that one of the protagonists is a 5 ft scrawny shrimp didn't exactly help upping my excitement level.

Then her HOT short story in the antho ...more

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Sep 05, 2013 Emma Sea rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, historical-setting, au

I've got some conflicted feelings about the book. I can see why everyone loved it so much. The dialogue between the MCs is snappy and made me chuckle more than once.

Can you let me go, please, I’ve got some sort of atlas in my back.

At the same time, here are the most annoying 54 words I've read in the last 12 months:

It was an involved story, veering between farcical and exciting, and Crane knew he told it well. He couldn’t see the smaller man’s face as clearly as he’d have liked, but the shaman w ...more

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Jul 02, 2018 Richard Derus rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: kindled, quiltbag

Real Rating: 4.5* of five

Yep. Big winner, this book. Big. Liked everything about it. Yeup. Everything.

I'll come back for a normal, articulate review soon.

***NOT-SOON***

Careless of me to lose sight of this really very enjoyable tale. The problems I still have with books featuring majgickq are lessened when, like Author Charles, one goes to the trouble of thinking the actions and reactions necessary to make the manipulation of the world work consistently. The Magpie Lord, ancestor of Lord Crane, o ...more

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Sep 02, 2013 Heather K (dentist in my spare time) rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: price-was-right-2-99-or-less, paranormal, m-m, magic, loved-it, hype-hype-hype, historical, ghosts-spirits, favorites-2014, first-in-a-series-i-love

**Everyone! Get your butts over to Amazon and get this gem for only $0.99 today (71% off), 2/9/15! http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00C6ZTNAU/r...**

Started off slow but just got better and better! No time for a proper review, must keep reading on! ...more

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Jun 04, 2018 Ms. Smartarse rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Recommended to Ms. Smartarse by: Roxana Chirilă

Shelves: mm, historical, guilty-pleasure, fantasy, mystery, ghost-story, regency-victorian-era, part_of_a_series, rave, murder

In case you didn't know, I have an extremely well maintained "want-to-read" shelf. I take it out at least every few months, dust it off, move books around, ensure that there's enough variety in there... that sort of thing. But most importantly, it helps me keep up my regular German reading. In theory, that is.

In practice, rigid reading lists often cause me to fall into severe reading slumps. So when a Victorian Gothic murder mystery with liberal MM flavoring gets waved into my face I cave. Hard ...more

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Aug 02, 2015 Lois Bujold rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Recommends it for: readers who like slashfic, without having to absorb a fandom first

Recommended to Lois by: found on rec list for summer reading that also included one of my books

Well, that was fun.

It got off to a good quick start with the hero's life-threatening dilemma, with not a lot of time spent Explaining Things viz the worldbuilding. This worked rather well. One absorbed the idea of a late Victorian world with magic, with many possible literary antecedents -- I'm thinking a cross between Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Harry Potter deep background, and who knows what else (though perhaps not The Lustful Turk), but the summed effect seemed fresh to me. The plot stay ...more

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Sep 08, 2013 Kaje Harper rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, favorites, historical, intense, m-m

Some books strike me right from the start with the uniqueness of their world-building, the vividness of their characters, or the pleasure of the writing style. This story did all three.

This is about a Victorian England in which the practice of magic and warlockery is an ominous undercurrent to life. Against this imaginative backdrop, the author brings together two wonderful MCs. Stephen Day is a magician, small in stature and unassuming in appearance, but powerful enough to take on warlocks and ...more

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Jul 08, 2018 Em Lost In Books rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2010-19, 4-star, br-with-ini, 2018

What a charming story!

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Jul 19, 2017 Alex ✰ Comets and Comments ✰ rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: guilty-pleasures, its-getting-hot-in-here, m-m, lgbtq, mystery, recommended-to-me, new-adult, romance, thin-line-between-love-and-hate

"The past was dead. They were alive. He wanted this man so much. Right here, right now, exactly like this."

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I devoured The Magpie Lord in less than a day and in one sitting. This is one of my highest guilty pleasures and it was so so so close to 4 stars!
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The World
*raises a toast*
To K.J Charles, for creating a world so damaged and lovely and bittersweet. A world which has all the literary ingredients for a reader to get magnetized into it. A world where if you close your ...more

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Sep 08, 2013 ~✡~Dαni(ela) ♥ ♂♂ love & semi-colons~✡~ rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: m-m, historical, british-boys, fantasy-magic

4.5 stars

This is a brilliant novel by K.J. Charles, her first apparently, which is hard to believe. Dickens meets Harry Potter meets sexy m/m romance. We have magic, magpies, mystery, intrigue, witty dialogue, friendship, and love.

I loved the juxtaposition of arrogant, cool Lord Crane (who tops 6 feet and has magical blood in his veins) with neurotic, kind-hearted Stephen (all 5 feet of him, who is a judiciary, a sort of judge and jury, for the magical Victorian community). Stephen hates Crane ...more

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Sep 08, 2013 Macky rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Recommends it for: Anyone who wants to read something refreshingly different.

Shelves: audio, lgbt, favourite-series

Edit: 24/7/19 Re-read/Listen to Audible Edition
Story ⭐️5⭐️
Narration ⭐️5⭐️
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Original review:
Fabulous, unusual, wonderful, magical, different creepy, funny, witty, quirky, Sexy, scary, awesome.... I want more!

I want more charismatic Crane, I want more mysterious unassuming yet powerful Stephen, I want more Merrick, more magical magpies, more tattoos, more warlocks, witchcraft , simmering sexual tension, sizzling chemistry and edge of your seat tension.

WOW! That's what I call refreshin ...more

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Feb 07, 2016 ȷαεlα rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Oh my God! OMG! This was perfect! Absolutely amazing. I have no words! Why did it take me so long to read this??

Where do I begin?

Crane is a wealthy 37 yo English Lord. He has been living in China for the past two decades. He is very a charismatic person. Handsome, eligible, smart. But when he returns to England, after his father and brother were found dead, he has a hard time adjusting and his life is in danger. To help him with this matter, there's a ordinary little man, barely 5 feet, a 28 yo ...more

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Sep 09, 2013 Steelwhisper rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: british-authors, historical-romance, m-m, panders-to-stereotypes, victorian-era, boring-sex, paranormal, steampunk, cover-love, female-rewritten-as-male

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. 1.5* rounded up for GR

No, I don't like it. I don't exactly hate it either, I'm between "really meh" and "bored to tears". I also do not at all and that is emphatically not at all, get the hype this book is getting.

I'll be frank, please don't bite my head off!

Firstly, it's a rip-off. It's a rather badly disguised concoction of:

1. LaMont Cranston (Lucien and Crane? Even the same initials) is "The Shadow". Which used to be a pulp novel series in the 1930s, was then put on radio (Orson Welles cut hi ...more

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Sep 08, 2013 Ingie rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Recommended to Ingie by: Vio

Shelves: series-first-part-to-be-continued, books-i-read-2013, romance-m-m-novels

4 1/2 Stars - cool, nicely done and addictive

I'd no idea what this novel would be. By the blurb and other reviews it sounded like a historical M/M with some paranormal element. Yes, and on that some thrilling suspense of course. All genres at the same time in a rather short novel (maximum of 200 pages or less). This is the first installment in a new series with recurring main characters. My friends (Vio mostly) convinced me that this was something extra good. And it was. I'm addicted!!

Lucien Vau ...more

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Jun 01, 2018 Simone rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: historical, paranormal-shifter-vampires, series, favorites

***4.5 Stars***

I wanted something different and boy, did I get it!!!

Different, as this is not a typical historical romance. The paranormal element was a nice catch... Ugh, who am I kidding? It was the icing on the cake. Well, I could have done without some gruesome details, though, so if the next books are even more detailed in this aspect, I will need some heavy support here. And a nightmare watch. You hear me? But there was definitely a lot of magic in the air and I loved it!!!

Dif ...more

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Jan 26, 2017 ☙ nemo ❧ (pagesandprozac) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: 5-star, adult, historical-fiction, mystery, magic, fantasy, romance, lgbtqia, ebooks, favourites-read-in-2017

"What the fuck, what the fucking, bloody devil-shit, what in the name of Satan's swollen cock was that?"

things i like:
- mysteries
- birds (magpies being one of my favourites)
- victorian england
- magic
- gays
- good sex scenes

what this book had:
- all of those ...more

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Sep 05, 2013 Jenn rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: angst-drama, cozy-mysteries, enemies-to-lovers, fantasy-world-building, favorites, favorite-authors, fictional-husbands, hilarious, i-own, m-m

Too many people have written fantastic reviews, but I shall give some quick thoughts.

I CAN'T believe this is a debut novel. Where has this wonderful woman been all my life?! The author said the second book comes out in January and she has the third one in second draft!

Anways, this book is FUN. Amazing banter between both of the main characters, as well as the secondary characters. Fun magic that reminded me of being excited by storylines like this as a kid, but it's definitely all adult in tone. ...more

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Jul 14, 2020 Melindam rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: lgbt, wheelaton-5, fantasy-by-female-authors, humour, audiobook

This has been so much FUN!!

M/M romance is not a genre I usually read, but a lot of my GR friends praised this book PLUS I could borrow it for free from Audible, so I thought: whyever not?

And I liked it. Thankfully it's not an angsty will-they/won't-they/why-don't they kind of stuff.

It was a lovely mash of Victorian steampunk-gothic-magical fantasy with an M/M romance which was no way overwhelming, but added definite spice to it all.

The writing is very good, full of humour, there is a solid and e ...more

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Sep 09, 2013 Mandy*reads obsessively* rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Recommended to Mandy*reads obsessively* by: Vio

Shelves: ebook-owned, buddy-read, abuse-trauma, adventure, angst-galore, bad-dad, boo, cinderfella, closet, crooks

I bought it ( use coupon GREATFICTION this month and save ) anyway, I got it because Vio was ~~badgering~~ very adamant that I needed to read this book.
And such enthusiasm should be rewarded. ;)

On Monday the 16th Susan and I are going to BR this one. We'd love to have joiners. :))

Ok let me start with everything awesome about this story.
The characters are vivid and interesting and even the minor characters play important roles.
The mystery and suspense were very well done, the magical world bu ...more

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