Mar 19, 2024
There can be no doubt that the most enchanting way to spend a wet day is indoors with a cup of tea in one hand and a book in the other.
—C. J. Archer, The Untitled Books
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There can be no doubt that the most enchanting way to spend a wet day is indoors with a cup of tea in one hand and a book in the other.
—C. J. Archer, The Untitled Books
A necromancer was different to a spirit medium, in that mediums could only speak to ghosts that had decided to remain and haunt their place of death. They could summon spirits into the living body of another through possession, but the spirit had a will of its own and a medium could not control it. A necromancer could raise a spirit that had already crossed over and control it—any spirit, no matter how long ago they'd died. The spirit could go anywhere in its ghostly form and not be confined to their place of death. That made necromancers much more powerful.
C.J. Archer, The Last Necromancer (The Ministry of Curiosities, #1)
Glass and Steele, by C. J. Archer
All books narrated by Marian Hussey with the exception of the first (narrated by Emma Powell)
Since I listened to all of these so close to one another I am going to post links to my reviews (they are sort of short) for all of the books below, as well as the synopsis for the first book. All I can say is that I thoroughly enjoy everything that I have read so far from C. J. Archer. She manages to hit every one of my buttons that I absolutely adore. Historical, fantasy, romance, mystery, angst. It's always a thrill to listen to one of her books.
(Also, this series is unfinished. Another book is set to be published in March 2021. I'm not happy about having to wait.)
Synopsis for The Watchmaker's Daughter:
India Steele is desperate. Her father is dead, her fiancé took her inheritance, and no one will employ her, despite years working for her watchmaker father. Indeed, the other London watchmakers seem frightened of her. Alone, poor, and at the end of her tether, India takes employment with the only person who'll accept her - an enigmatic and mysterious man from America. A man who possesses a strange watch that rejuvenates him when he's ill.
Matthew Glass must find a particular watchmaker, but he won't tell India why any old one won't do. Nor will he tell her what he does back home, and how he can afford to stay in a house in one of London's best streets. So when she reads about an American outlaw known as the Dark Rider arriving in England, she suspects Mr. Glass is the fugitive. When danger comes to their door, she's certain of it. But if she notifies the authorities, she'll find herself unemployed and homeless again - and she will have betrayed the man who saved her life.
My Reviews:
Literature Poster: The Ministry of Curiosities by C.J. Archer
The Librarian of Crooked Lane - C. J. Archer
The first book of the sequel series to Glass and Steele.
Having lost her brother in the Great War and her mother to Spanish flu, Sylvia Ashe is struggling to make her way in post-war London where no one wants to hire women anymore now that the men are returning home.
Upon discovering in his old journals that her brother suspected he was a silver magician, Sylvia sets out to find famed magician India Glass in the hopes that she will be able to help shed some light on her family history. Instead, she finds India's son, Gabriel, and becomes entangled in his investigation of a stolen magician-made painting.
This series is shaping up to be just as effortlessly addicting as any of Archer's other books. I am looking forward to uncovering the mystery of Sylvia's past, and it looks like Gabe has some secrets of his own that have me intrigued!
The Glass Library series: The Librarian of Crooked Lane | The Medici Manuscript | The Untitled Books | The Dead Letter Delivery | Secrets of the Lost Ledgers | The Journal of a Thousand Years
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"Death's a machine," Gus chimed in. "And like God, too. A god-machine. Don't push him or he'll come down on you like a ton of bibles."
C.J. Archer, The Last Necromancer (The Ministry of Curiosities, #1)
"I'm sure he is, but it's not me he'll be angry with. As a prisoner, my duty is to escape. As my jailors, it's your duty to keep me in here. Which one of us failed?"
C.J. Archer, The Last Necromancer (The Ministry of Curiosities, #1)
The Journal of a Thousand Years - C. J. Archer
The final book in the Glass Library series reveals who Sylvia's father is and who has been trying to kidnap/kill Gabe. It wraps up the story very nicely, but for whatever reason I wasn't as invested in this final installment as I was in previous books. I'm probably going to take a break from C. J. Archer for a while; as entertaining as her books are, they are also quite formulaic and I think I've grown tired of the formula.
Glass Library series: The Librarian of Crooked Lane | The Medici Manuscript | The Untitled Books | The Dead Letter Delivery | Secrets of the Lost Ledger | The Journal of a Thousand Years
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