The Poisoner Mysteries (6 books in series)
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review 1: Good story. I have not read part one yet but this one interested me enough that I'm going to read #3 before circling back to the beginning of the series. As with most historical fiction quite a few of the characters are real but significant liberties have been taken with authenti...
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review 1: If you thought that "Poison" was slow, well, do I have a book for you! This book just dragged on and on and on. With Poison, I was hesitant to say that Francesca was a Mary Sue. I'm still hesitant to say it but her Sue-ish qualities are shining through and nearly blinding me. I e...
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review 1: I wanted to like this novel a lot more than I actually did. I will say, the second half picked up.. but the main character irritates me, with her constant repetition of her "dark nature", "dark profession", the "darkness inside me." I struggle to come to terms with the fact tha...
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review 1: I kind of adore the Poisoner mysteries. They're pretty much what I am hoping to get -- and generally don't -- when I read Philippa Gregory. They're engaging, well-written, entertaining, sexy, and great fun. Sure, it's easier working with invented characters in a historical settin...
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review 1: 4 stars for the plot as in some parts it was a bit annoying if you had read the first book, yet was still interesting. But if you could have assess the edition I would have given 1/16 of a star, as it was full of various mistakes, that if you would have played with red marker to ...
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review 1: While I still enjoyed this book, I didn't like it as much as the first two in the series. It seemed to deviate a lot from the plot of the first two and didn't even touch on Morrozzi, the main antagonist from them. Instead, Poole introduced an entirely new antagonist without compl...