The Twelfth Enchantment: Library Edition

from Romonko

This book is not the usual kind of book that I read, but I love David Liss's writing, so I persevered. It wasn't bad at all. The book is a historical romance with a very large dose of magic and the occult. Lucy Derrick is an interesting protagonist, and we see her develop and grow as she discover...

from BooksForDinner

Lord Byron, William Blake, the industrialization of England, magic, golems...golems?!? A departure for Liss...still in the historical fiction realm, but jumping into the hot fantasy/monsters/historical figures/Jane Austen thing. Fun, well written...could have been a disaster, but I enjoyed it. Ni...

from Cariola

Let me start by saying that while I love historical fiction, I'm not a fan of fantasies or mysteries. So if you are into ghosts, faeiries, revenants, sorcerers, devil dogs, and the like, you will probably enjoy this book more than I did. My interest was held more by the arrival of literary figure...

from justabookreader

I kept seeing this book at my bookstore and finally gave in one day when I was feeling a slight reading slump coming on. I'm glad I picked it up that day because when the slump hit, this was a perfect little book to bring me out of it. The characters are sweet, lovingly hateful, and were Austen-e...

from pierthinker

Lucy Derrick is a slightly down-at-heel young woman with a tainted past wondering where her life is going in early 19th century England and resigned to being pushed into a marriage and future over which she has little control. Then she finds out she is a witch and has a pivotal role to play in a ...