Genre: Fiction / Fantasy / Romance

Unexpected Magic by Jude Knight

Unexpected Magic by Jude Knigh..

Posted 07/09/2026 by Charli in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

And another historical romance novel has now been read – but this one was most definitely a fantasy romance. Unexpected Magic takes place in the Regency/Victorian era of the UK, but not in our universe or history. No, Ms. Knight created a bit of alternate history and a different universe – one in which people and animals are born with magic. She gives a wonderful explanation of her thought process and how she created her magic system and alternate history at the end of the book – which I was tempted to skip over but was glad I had not. Characters Unexpected Magic has a wonderful cast of characters, although our story focuses on two of them mostly: Jasper Thornton and Cordelia Nettleford. Jasper is a wonderful character – a man with a mage-gift that is powerful but wild and uncontrolled. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t. You don’t get […]

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For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten

For the Wolf by Hannah Whitten

Posted 06/24/2023 by Charli in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

I was approved for For the Wolf on NetGalley before the book even came out. But however many times I tried to read it, I just couldn’t do it. So I told NetGalley I couldn’t finish it and wouldn’t be giving feedback. Then I bought it on Kindle, along with For the Throne, thinking maybe if I had the whole duology, I’d read it. It took me a year to actually read For the Wolf, but when I did, I read it in 2 or 3 days. Holy cow, I don’t know why it took me so long to actually get into this book and read it. I love Red, Neve, Arick, Raffe, Lyra, Fife, and Eammon. I absolutely can’t stand Kiri. I seriously wanted to throttle her the entire book. As for Neve and Arick, they were misguided in their actions but they did what they thought was right. […]

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