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The Linnet

The Linnet

By Elizabeth English (aka Elizabeth Minogue) Read: June 2010 Rating: Sigh. I have been waiting to read this book since I read The Prince (Jan ’06). I loved that so much that I immediately set my sights on the only other book under this name. Alas, The Linnet does not live up to The Prince’s [...]

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The Bodyguard

The Bodyguard

By Joan Johnston Not Read: May 2010 Rating: Ungh Truly disappointing. I wanted to flesh out my Men In Kilts category, and I just couldn’t bring myself to finish this. Scotland, approximately Regency-era-ish? Hard to know. I wasn’t too keen on the opening chapter, but, hey, openers are hard. Kitt’s father, the head of Clan [...]

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The Skull of the World and The Fathomless Caves

The Skull of the World and The Fathomless Caves

By Kate Forsyth Read: ~2002, November 2009 Rating: Gripping Hoo-! I was up MUCH later than intended last night, polishing off the last of book 6, which I read right on the heels of #5. Good reading, there. When I say gripping, I mean it. The last third especially… The Skull of the World follows [...]

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The Forbidden Land

The Forbidden Land

By Kate Forsyth Read: Sept-Oct 2009 Rating: Nostalgic Number four, in what was meant to be a trilogy. I had always liked this one because it stars one of my favorite characters: Finn. Fionnghal was born a princess, heir to the MacRurach clan, but was kidnapped by Maya’s regime to use as a tool. The [...]

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The Cursed Towers

The Cursed Towers

By Kate Forsyth Read: July 2009 Rating: Comfortable So, Lachlan and Iseult have won their throne! But now the land is covered in Bright Soldiers and the coasts are being raided by Fairgean. Maya the Ensorcellor is at large, and her followers are planning an insurrection. The Righ goes to war. There’s isn’t really a [...]

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The Pool of Two Moons

The Pool of Two Moons

By Kate Forsyth Read: Way Back When, July 2009 Rating: Bonny Book Two in the Witches of Eileannan is a big ‘un. It covers TWO mega-battles/wars, and a giantass cast of characters. I love it. And plenty of men in kilts. Not much fetishizing of the kilts, but plenty of kilts. And women kilting their [...]

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Witches of Eileannan

Witches of Eileannan

By Kate Forsyth Read: Early 2000s?, June 2009 Rating: Love I owe one of my good friends a debt of thanks for turning me onto these. At the time it was just the first two on the shelf and we all thought it would be a trilogy. Imagine our delight when it turned into SIX [...]

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How to Abduct a Highland Lord

How to Abduct a Highland Lord

By Karen Hawkins Read: April 2007 Rating: Fun Mmkay, I am a sucker for men in kilts. So much so that I’m adding a new category to the Fun Shtuff. Why? Cuz men in kilts are Hawtt. Ahem. I grabbed this and ran–I just had a good feeling about it. And I was so right. [...]

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