I’m not going to lie. I significantly prefer the fairy tale retellings in this fantasy series to the Sherlock Holmes pastiches featuring Nan and Sara. I didn’t dislike this book, but I found myself not as invested in the main characters as I could have been. Both women gain new skills and mastery over their … Continue reading Review: The Bartered Brides (Elemental Masters #13) by Mercedes Lackey
Review: A Scandal in Battersea (Elemental Masters #12) by Mercedes Lackey
The novels of Mercedes Lackey's Elemental Masters series take two forms. The first is re-imagined fairy tales set in Edwardian England (and Europe beyond). The second is a more of a traditional (historical) urban fantasy series that centers around a group of magicians, psychics, and mediums in London, starring two plucky young women and their … Continue reading Review: A Scandal in Battersea (Elemental Masters #12) by Mercedes Lackey
Review: A STUDY IN SABLE by Mercedes Lackey
I was excited by both the return of Nan and Sarah in Lackey's Elemental Masters series and the introduction of this universe's version of Sherlock Holmes and the Watsons. The aspect of this novel that I was most impressed with was that my brain never once tried to "cast" my mental images of the characters … Continue reading Review: A STUDY IN SABLE by Mercedes Lackey