Tag: Holly’s Reviews

Throwback Thursday Review: Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke’s Heart by Sarah McLean

Throwback Thursday Review: Eleven Scandals to Start to Win a Duke’s Heart by Sarah McLean

This review was originally posted on April 27, 2011. I was somewhat disappointed with the 2nd book in this series, Ten Ways to be Adored When Landing a Lord, but this was much more on par with MacLean’s first release, Nine Rules to Break When Romancing a Rake. I really enjoyed it. The characters came […]

Review: Shield-Maiden: Under the Howling Moon by Melanie Karsak

Review: Shield-Maiden: Under the Howling Moon by Melanie Karsak

I fell in love with Lagertha, a character in the History Channel’s show Vikings. The description of this book made it sound like the MC was a young Lagertha, which really appealed to me. I found that to be pretty accurate. Hervor is an outcast, unwanted and unloved by almost all. In her dreams Odin […]

Lightning Review: The Prince and the Troll by Rainbow Rowell

Lightning Review: The Prince and the Troll by Rainbow Rowell

This was a well-written short story that really seemed to serve no purpose. I enjoyed how the friendship between Adam and the Bridge Troll developed, and there was a lot of witty dialogue, but the story lacked any kind of cohesion or conclusion. The Road (aka Climate Change and Development) were bad, but there’s nothing […]

Review: One Fine Fae by Molly Harper

Review: One Fine Fae by Molly Harper

Charlotte is a midwife to magical creatures. Mystic Bayou has been home to magi for years, but thanks to a rift that opened due to a magical artifact, humans and magi alike have been gaining strong magical powers. Charlotte is hired to help the residents with their pregnancies, a prospect she’s pretty thrilled with. Leonard […]

Review: Ten Things I Hate About the Duke by Loretta Chase

Review: Ten Things I Hate About the Duke by Loretta Chase

Ten Things I Hate About the Duke is the second book in Lorreta Chase’s Difficult Dukes series. I haven’t read the first book in this series, but I quite enjoyed this one. I don’t think I missed much by skipping book one, though I will probably go back and read it at some point. Cassandra […]