I loved this booked! I was always so intimidated to start it but once I started I couldn’t put it down. What a love story!

This was a quick fun read to get Summer reading started! After being introduced to a core group of characters, one couldn’t help but imagine being friends with them. This book had you cheering for them from the beginning, experiencing all the emotions throughout the duration. I can’t wait to read the next book in the series and read

An outstanding book by a pair of my favorite authors, both together and separately. Something very wrong is washing up on the beach; you won't believe what it is and even worse where it is coming from. For those familiar with the Pendergast series, this book showcases his sometimes partner and his ward. But in this book, Pendergast puts some innocent people in harm’s way and harm does come to them. I am looking forward to the next book to see how he deals with this.

While this book addressed an important issue, namely the treatment of Chinese Americans, I did not find it that enjoyable. It has some very funny parts, but the format of the book, being that of a screen play, was not to my liking.

The author of this true-life story does an amazing job of integrating the development of the “Origin of the Species” theory with the history of feathers and their use in fashion and fishing. He does this through his investigation of a feather theft from a museum. He describes the history and passion surrounding fly ties for fishing and although I have no interest in this, I found the overall story fascinating. And it is interesting to see how a young man can get caught up in the intensity and passion felt by lure tiers which ultimately ruins his life.

While I have enjoyed Cornwell's books very much in the past, this one is WAY too sci-fi for me. It also has a lot of technical detail about tools and equipment, but not a lot of explanation for the activity that is taking place. Very disappointed and I would not read another one from this series.

Very well written though sometimes uncomfortable to read . Almost a coming of age story of a young black woman , finding her ground , career and adult life - short and sweet with a bit sour mixed in .

Jenn mckinlay cleverly foreshadows her other series by introducing characters in the library series

Although the dysfunctional family planning this wedding we’re interesting , the story never evolved into something that made me love it

Reading this for my Georgette Heyer Book club - actually a re-read of this which I first ready many years ago. We started chronologically with the Black Moth but immediately went sideways into the books which reworked and referenced plot and character from the Black Moth. Still love Heyer's meticulous research and writing, but at least of her tropes in this and the prequel, These Old Shades, are disturbing, even based as they are on the use of the historically accurate assumptions and mores of the times.