The Water Witch by Juliet Dark

February 12th, 2013 Kimberly Review 30 Comments

12th Feb
The Water Witch by Juliet Dark

I loved The Demon Lover, book one in the Fairwick Chronicles and was eager to return to Fairwick and all of the supernatural creatures who reside there. I will confess that in my heart of hearts I was also hoping that somehow Callie and her succubus lover Liam would be reunited. Dark delivers a beautiful, and enchanting tale that kept me enthralled. I loved the characters, the mystery and the magic of this college town.

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There Once Lived a Girl Who Seduced Her Sister’s Husband, and He Hanged Himself: Love Stories

February 11th, 2013 Kimberly Review 4 Comments

11th Feb
There Once Lived a Girl Who Seduced Her Sister’s Husband, and He Hanged Himself: Love Stories

I have not had a lot of experience with Russian literature but was very curious about the seventeen short stories contained within the pages of There Once Lived a Girl Who Seduced Her Sister’s Husband, and He Hanged Himself. This is a follow-up to the author’s New York Times best seller There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor’s Baby. I really enjoyed some of the tales and thought others were ok. What Petrushevskaya does give us is a dark, gritty, in your face look at the misery, love and loss of those living in communist controlled Russia during her youth. Imagine if you will a look inside the apartments of the projects.

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