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K Dramas and C Dramas Part VIII

29. Under the Skin (Chinese Drama) This is a modern day drama with crime solving, mysteries and police procedure as its theme. Ngl, I watched this because I wanted to see a character played by Tan Jian Ci get a happy ending. Like I was so heart broken with what happened to his character in Lost You Forever, so this was cathartic for me. Also, I ship the two male leads, go sue me. 30. Defendant…

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K Dramas and C Dramas Part VII

25. The Story of Kunning Palace (Chinese Drama) I finished watching this one yesterday and I have FEELINGS. This deals with one of my favourite tropes in Chinese dramas, where a character goes back to their own past after dying, and gets a chance to restart their life, to make different choices, if needed. This one also had Bai Lu as the female lead, which was a major attraction for me. It’s…

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C Dramas and K Dramas Part VI

21. Melody of the Golden Age (Chinese Drama) This is also one of the many, many Chinese shows that are entertaining without being memorable in any way. There’s a revenge plot, some political intrigue, an innocent female lead (which in most Chinese shows turn out to be annoying, but not in this one), a supposedly hardened male lead, and all the usual shenanigans. 22. Detectives in Trouble (Korean…

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More C Dramas and K Dramas

17. Blood of Youth (Chinese Drama) This is one of those shows I love to rewatch. Once again, it didn’t find favour with my daughter, so subjective opinion here! I loved the found family vibes and friendship in this and that Xiao Se was more or less helpless for most of the book and that even Wuxin needed help despite his powers. The romance didn’t feel natural to me, tbh. I’m the kind of person…

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C Dramas and K Dramas Part IV

13. Fangs of Fortune (Chinese Drama) Idek what to say about this show. I finished binging it this morning. Pulled an all nighter a day ago when I started watching. Am too old to pull all nighters, let me tell you. It’s completely destroyed me. I love shows that tear the heart out of my chest, and this one did just that. I’m seeking solace in fanfics now. The acting, the costumes and the gay…

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K Dramas and C Dramas Part III

9. The Untamed (Chinese Drama) This is a show which was at one time one of my favourites and it is even now, but for different reasons. I liked the book a lot more, and if you want to read the book, it’s available under Seven Seas Press as Grandmaster of Demonic Cultivation. For those that prefer print books, it’s going to be a valuable addition to their lists. It’s also an m/m romance book that…

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Chinese and Koran Dramas Part II

So, continuing this from yesterday. Again, there’s no particular order to these things! 5. Lost You Forever (Chinese Drama, 2 seasons) This was one of those shows that I once started, abandoned and then picked it back up, and everything clicked. I binged both seasons. It was so good. If it was not a C Drama, it could have been a Why Choose RH. Also, the characters are amazing in this. Everyone…

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Some C Dramas and K Dramas that I watched Part I

I love watching C Dramas and K Dramas. While I tend to watch more of period and costume shows when it comes to the Chinese shows, I find I love modern ones when it comes to Korean. Anyway, these shows are in no particular order, and though I’m not reviewing them, I will be saying what I think in a few words. 1. Nirvana in Fire (Chinese Show) Did I say there was no order? I may have lied because…

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Review of Rowan and Aldred by Lucie Fleury (Ambrosia 2)

Blurb Rowan is a bully. Always has been, always will be. After all, what better way to prevent people from hurting you, than hurting them first? But this time, he’s gone too far. The God of Justice has heard about his crimes, and now he must suffer the consequences…Aldred, God of Justice and Retribution, is all too willing to take Rowan into his dungeon to deliver the sentence he rightly…

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Review of Death at Will by Tam May (Adele Gossling Mysteries 3)

Blurb Teddy Roosevelt has just been elected president and even Arrojo can’t deny progressive reform is here to stay. Rebecca Gold, one of the era’s New Women, comes to Arrojo to start her own law practice and lands the affluent Thea Marsh as her first client.Thea dies unexpectedly and the trail of suspects leads to her own family. In particular, her beloved eldest son, Theo, is accused of the…

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Review of A Stab in the Dark by Suzannah Rowntree (Miss Dark's Apparitions 5)

Blurb Undead dancers, underhanded management…and a deadly opera ghost in 1890s Paris! Now comfortably wealthy for the first time in her life, Miss Dark finds herself looking forward to her crew’s newest assignment at the Paris Opera.  Certainly, it’s tough luck on the tenor whose grisly death has put an unceremonious halt to the new Wagner production. But helping Vasily to steal the Paris…

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Review of Dark and Dawn by Suzannah Rowntree (Miss Dark's Apparitions 4)

Blurb Spectres, smugglers…and the heist of a lifetime in colonial Hong Kong! Thief she may be, but Molly Dark has rules: she only ever steals to benefit others—never herself. This time Molly only wants answers about the death of her father and the worrying persistence of his ghost—answers which almost certainly lie with his former business partner, Sir Humphrey Seton. Yet from the moment Miss…

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Review of Dark and Stormy by Suzannah Rowntree (Miss Dark's Apparitions 3)

Blurb A murdered ballerina…a family of vengeful vampires…and a glittering coronation in Imperial Russia.Moscow in the springtime is an unhealthy place for a fugitive Grand Duke like Vasily Nikolaevich Romanov. But Molly Dark has been learning to trust the ex-vampire prince, who hasn’t betrayed her quite as often as she expected.Besides, there are plenty of good reasons to visit Russia this…

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Review of Dark Clouds by Suzannah Rowntree (Miss Dark's Apparitions 2)

Blurb My Review This book is the second of the series, and it has the distinction of having broken me out of a reading slump. I had enjoyed Tall and Dark so much and always meant to read the rest of the series, which I now have. Molly and her companions with the exception of Nijam have agreed to help Franz Haber in righting the wrongs that cannot seek the help of the law. When the book begins,…

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SPSFC First Chapter Reads Day 6

Accidental Intelligence by Bryan Chaffin Blurb TALES FROM THE QUANTUM VAULT In his debut novel, Bryan Chaffin transports us to the year 2139, where corporate combines have their own Senate seats, the surveillance-state is all-encompassing, humans live most of their lives in the Omninet, and sentient AIs are partners with the world government. It’s not all bad, though. There are docbots, you…

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SPSFC4 First Chapter Reads Day 5

Above Dark Waters by Eric Kay Blurb Artificial therapy so great, you’ll never log off! (And won’t notice the ads).A near-future sci-fi about brain privacy in the age of unfettered surveillance capitalism. How cyberpunk begins: brainwave reading AIs become not only super-intelligent, but super-emotive.What will companies do when they can read your actual mind? How far will they go to get your…

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SPSFC FIRST CHAPTER READS DAY 4

A Universe Upon Us by Marc B. DeGeorge Blurb When Ceri boarded the colony ship with her parents, they were escaping the destruction on Earth. They’d sleep in stasis for a thousand years, then wake on their new home, free from the ravages of war.But for Ceri, it was not to be.The adults of the Stratford stole her childhood and replaced it with terror. For seven years, they forced her and her…