All Through the Night by Connie Brockway

All Through the Night by Connie Brockway
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I had the Audible audio book edition of this book.  Let me first say it was sort of hard to judge some parts of the book because I kept getting distracted by the narrator.  She was fine doing the female voices but when she was trying to do the sexy male voice it just threw the story for me.  I though it varied from inappropriate to just creepy sounding.  Yeah, no.

I liked the idea of female thief prowling the streets of Regency London while be pursued by the secret service agent, but it just didn't deliver as much excitement as I was craving.  It turned out to be a pretty standard issue  historical romance.  I thought it was a good read but not a keeper for me.


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Death Sworn by Leah Cypess

Death Sworn by Leah Cypess
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Well, I finished Death Sworn by Leah Cypess today, and I really liked it.  I got it as a recommendation for liking   and  
.  I feel like it really held up as being similar in tone and content to those series, but that isn't to say the stories are the same.

It's pretty obvious at the end of the book that this is apparently the first in a series.  It has enough closure to the story to make it a satisfying enough read on it's own but there are quite a few dangling plot threads that I can only assume will be picked up in following books.

I guess this would fall into the category of young adult fantasy.  It has some light romantic themes but thankfully is lacking in the endless pages of angst ridden longing and insta-love.  To which I can only proclaim, Hurrah!  I'm looking forward to the next book.

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