Audio: A Short Period of Exquisite Felicity

By: Amy D'Orazio

Narrated by: Harry Frost

Series: The Engaged to Mr Darcy Series

Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins

Release date: 05-29-20

Publisher: Quills & Quartos Publishing

Pride and prejudice variation/audible 

I can not believe it! Colonel Fitzwilliam, you are NOT a gentleman! I never knew this day would come, but Sir, I challenge you to a duel!

So that was a whirlwind. As for the rest, Darcy, I mean damn it, just TALK to her. Most of this book was him being sad because she had jilted him. Sad sad sad Darcy. Angry Darcy. Just man up! Talk yo her, ask her! I want to slap you too for being such a sad idiot.

And then there was the Colonel who was all Lizzy is evil, stay away from her. I wanted to slap him so bad.

Lydia was an idiot. Wickham, yes bad, but there were a few moments where I saw a soul

Still, my least fav in the series, because it was too long and Darcy was too sad

Is not the very meaning of love that it surpasses every objection against it? Jilted. Never did Mr. Darcy imagine it could happen to him.

But it has, and by Elizabeth Bennet, the woman who first hated and rejected him but then came to love him—he believed—and agree to be his wife. Alas, it is a short-lived, ill-fated romance that ends nearly as soon as it has begun. No reason is given.

More than a year since he last saw her—a year of anger, confusion, and despair—he receives an invitation from the Bingleys to a house party at Netherfield. Darcy is first tempted to refuse, but with the understanding that Elizabeth will not attend, he decides to accept.

When a letter arrives, confirming Elizabeth’s intention to join them, Darcy resolves to meet her with indifference. He is determined that he will not demand answers to the questions that plague him. Elizabeth is also resolved to remain silent and hold fast to the secret behind her refusal. Once they are together, however, it proves difficult to deny the intense passion that still exists. Fury, grief, and profound love prove to be a combustible mixture. But will the secrets between them be their undoing?

The Pariah by Anthony Ryan

Series: Covenant of Steel (#1)

Format: 561 pages, Paperback

Published: February 3, 2022 by Orbit

Fantasy/own

A week late writing this is never good...

I did dnf this last year and now I tried again. Something was not clicking, so the book was both ok at times and good. But at the end I did want more, I need to know what happens so I will buy the next one.

Alwyn is a young outlaw. Stuff happens and he goes through a lot before he becomes a soldier. It is a country where a pretender is trying to take the throne.

So it is about him trying to survive one bad situation after another. Making bad decisions, and without thinking making something off himself.

Why it was only ok at times I do no know, maybe it was the beginning. It was hard getting into, but when you do get in it gets good.

Born into the troubled kingdom of Albermaine, Alwyn Scribe is raised as an outlaw. Quick of wit and deft with a blade, Alwyn is content with the freedom of the woods and the comradeship of his fellow thieves. But an act of betrayal sets him on a new path - one of blood and vengeance, which eventually leads him to a soldier's life in the king's army.

Fighting under the command of Lady Evadine Courlain, a noblewoman beset by visions of a demonic apocalypse, Alwyn must survive war and the deadly intrigues of the nobility if he hopes to claim his vengeance. But as dark forces, both human and arcane, gather to oppose Evadine's rise, Alwyn faces a choice: can he be a warrior, or will he always be an outlaw?

The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri

Series: The Burning Kingdoms (#1)

Format: 533 pages, Paperback

Published: June 8, 2021 by Orbit

Fantasy/own

Princess Malini is imprisoned in the Hirana by her evil brother who has religion on his brain, and not the kind one. She will stay there until she is ready to burn, yes burn as her handmaidens burned.

The Hirana is a religious place in a conquered land. And they burned everyone there and now it lies desolate.

Priya is a servant for the local commander and she is meant to clean the former temple. But they will meet even though they are not supposed to. But Priya has secrets.

Rebellion is brewing. The crackdowns are hard. There is a plague going on...

I liked it. A good fantasy that ended pretty well too, I like when there is no mega cliffie. Of course there is a book 2 so I need that one cos nothing is solved. There is just a respit.

Imprisoned by her dictator brother, Malini spends her days in isolation in the Hirana: an ancient temple that was once the source of the powerful, magical deathless waters — but is now little more than a decaying ruin.

Priya is a maidservant, one among several who make the treacherous journey to the top of the Hirana every night to clean Malini’s chambers. She is happy to be an anonymous drudge, so long as it keeps anyone from guessing the dangerous secret she hides.

But when Malini accidentally bears witness to Priya’s true nature, their destinies become irrevocably tangled. One is a vengeful princess seeking to depose her brother from his throne. The other is a priestess seeking to find her family. Together, they will change the fate of an empire.

Best of August

 

Byyyyeeeee August! Hello 'Ber months!

Here are our faves for last month.

Best Book of the Month:

Blodeuedd - A Trade of Blood by

"Best book goes to Trade of Blood!!"

Carole -  The Score by Elle Kennedy

"A couple goodies, but this was the best."

Best Movie of the Month:

Carole -  Pressure (2026)

"Surprisingly really, really good."

Blodeuedd - Nadda this month

"I remember no movies..."

Best TV show of the Month:

Blodeuedd - The Marlow Murder Club (S1 -2) & Patience (S1-2)

"Nothing like British murders in summer." 

Carole - A.P. Bio (S1-4)

"Pleasantly surprised I liked this so much! It was fun."

Best Cover of the Month:

Blodeuedd's pick

Carole's pick