Svetlana's Reads and Views

  Name of Book: Author: ISBN: Publisher: Part of a Series: Sequel to How to Become Dark Lord and Die Trying (Dark Lord David duology) Type of book: Fantasy, humor, earth girl stuck in fantasy novel, relationships, love, another world, battles, war, friendships  Year it was published: Summary: Characters: There are old favorites and new in this book. Main characters would be Davi and Tsav as well as the new friends in terms of Johann who is Davi's on and off ex in previous lifetimes and his husband Matthias who is related to an evil duke. There is also Cyrus one of the founders. Davi continues to show off her personality as she gets closer and closer to Tsav and she also learns a bit about her past and herself. Tsav definitely seems to take a backseat and seems to be more of a prop for Davi in my opinion although she does make her feelings and wishes known. Johann is best described as hypersexual yet someone on marijuana and is very similar to Davi?  And Matthias is highly...

   Name of Book: Author: ISBN: Publisher: Type of book: Relationships, connections, contemporary times, 2020s, mother/daughter relationship, Minnesota, ghosts, mysteries, secrets  Year it was published: Summary: Characters: Main characters would be Alice and Fern. Alice is the mother who does miniatures and comes from an abusive household. Alice is very afraid of a lot of things and quite often doesn't allow for Fern to have a stable life or community. I also get the sense that the two are more like sisters than mother and daughter. Fern is a precocious, curious and can see ghosts. She also loves mysteries and often tries to fit them into her real life. The side characters include Noel, Alice's love interest who is a medieval historian and is into monks as well as the landlady, the mermaid lady, a soldier and a psychic, and, eventually, a ghost who is a con artist and is looking for her sister.  Theme: There is a connection between everything Plot: The story is in th...