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All Lucas Tripp wants is prosperity for the tenants of his family s estate good weather for the harvest suitable matches for his sisters a little money left over at the end of the month and quality time with his boyfriend Alex Booker That s not so much to ask for right Wrong When his sister s new suitor suddenly disappears Lucas is drawn into an adventure of a lifetime kicking and screaming all the way Magical beings who were allegedly banished hundreds of years ago are coming through portals that were supposed to be shut against them and that s only part of Lucas s problem The rest consists of missing princes breaking and entering suspicious magicians well meaning women who are far too interested in Lucas s sex life the list goes on Lucas is decidedly Not Amused but he ll get over it someday Probably After all there s always Alex The Queen s Librarian
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Queens library room booking Lucas Tripp has a problem or make that several problems Not only does he have to worry himself to death about his family his money and his responsibilities but now he has to worry about where his sister s smitten suitor has disappeared to and forced to find the missing man His only help is his gigantic dog and his boyfriend Alex Booker But before he knows it Lucas is sucked into an adventure that has him talking to strange men who speak a different language losing his spoiled brat of a cousin and thrust into a magical mystery he had no idea even existed The only shining part in all this Alex Will Lucas be able to make his life sane or will things blow up before he even has a chance to figure out just what is going on This is a difficult review to write There were parts of the story I enjoyed and then parts I struggled with I enjoyed the characters for the most part Lucas is very naive for the world he lives in and quite oblivious when it comes to certain things as well He s adorably cute when he s flustered or nervous or upset or well he s adorable all the time Alex is very dashing and charming I loved that he s such a huge contrast of who Lucas is because that makes their relationship all the appealing especially since Alex has a jealous and possessive streak a mile long The story doesn t revolve around them as a couple it s about the adventure but their relationship and their chemistry is interwoven throughout the story so that you can understand their connection to this point which helps because Alex and Lucas are already a couple when the book begins. The queen's librarian epub read online One of my issues with this story is that it s a bit dry for my tastes I m sure Lucas thoughts were supposed to come off as funny or at least amusing but I found them a tad annoying which brings me to my next issue His inner monologue is very long winded and runs off into multiple directions that were hard for me to follow not to mention the repeating his monologue into dialogue sometimes grew annoying I didn t find him and his thoughts humorous or witty they were just irritating and a bit boring and confusing To be honest I don t even remember or understand half of what Lucas was thinking It grew tiresome keeping up with his thoughts which lessened my enjoyment of the book a great deal. Epub the queen's librarian pdf However I won t say there isn t anything good about this book Actually if you can get passed Lucas inner monologue the plot is somewhat suspenseful and interesting It was intriguing trying to figure out how Lucas and his land played a part in everything that happens and even funny to see Lucas squeal or screech when he was startled not to mention how he would swoon One character I really enjoyed was Laurie Lucas cousin I absolutely adored the spoiled little prince and how much trouble he caused everyone. The queen's library tea room reviews In the end this book had it s good parts and it s bad parts I do like Ms Cummings writing although Lucas inner monologue was just too much for me The world that was created and the adventure that Lucas and Alex are forced to take was intriguing and fun With the way the book ended I m looking forward to seeing what other mischief Lucas and Alex get themselves into especially if Laurie ends up causing trouble for the two If you don t have issues with an overabundance of inner monologue or a fantastical historical setting give this one a try English This one was just a little too cute for me and the plot was just a little too muddled It was very funny but it needed serious editing and a lot of dialogue cutting. Epub the queen's librarian pdf While the book does has romantic moments between established boyfriends Lucas and Alex it s of a mystery than a true romance Lucas as head of the Tripp family is tasked with finding matches for his sisters but once he finds a good one in Declan Slade the man mysteriously disappears forcing Lucas Alex and Lucas royal cousin Laurie to head off and find him It sounds like a fairly straightforward plot but I honestly can t even begin to untangle how we got from point A trying to find Slade to point B disrupting a circle of magic brought on my one of Lucas old suitors among all the other little points in between The characters spent a lot of time talking about old family lines magical ancestors and weird traditions specific to this odd regency urban fantasy setting but little of it ends up getting us faster towards a conclusion Cummings is definitely better at giving her characters unique funny things to say than she is in formulating a coherent plot That isn t unforgivable in a generally fun short book but it made for a chaotic reading experience. The queen's library tea room I was also irked by the very loose historical basis I have no problem with re imagined historical settings where LGBT folks are accepted by society in fact I wish we had of them But I would like the rest of the fictional society to mirror those fantasy ideals In this book all of Lucas sisters are older than him yet he s in charge of finding them husbands who will take over their expenses It was sort of demeaning He s allowed to be openly in a relationship with his boyfriend Alex but the women have no sexual agency or independence which feels a little icky He s also so obviously inept at being head of house that it s laughable he s in charge of anything much less the state of his sisters virtues And as an avid reader of lesbian fiction I doubt these poor ladies would be allowed to date each other which makes me a little sad. Queens library opening times The setting was fun but it felt a little sloppy and I wish Cummings tweaked it a little better I do like the idea of a fun paranormal mystery series that focuses on humor and world building than romance though Alex and Lucas relationship was the sweetest part of the book and their easy love is great as a background for what could ve been a much better plot With a lot of work this could turn into a series like Jordan D Hawk s Whyborne Griffin series but it isn t quite there yet English I am a laugh out loud person at movies or stage plays In my younger years a local theatre company enjoyed having me in the audience for comedies because for all my education I have a very plebeian sense of humor catch things quickly and get the audience laughing along For some reason I only laugh out loud with a book if something is so outrageous that it startles me into a burst of laughter. The queen's librarian epub read online Yeah I was a bit put off at times because while funny some of the slang was very contemporary Is that an anachronism The one that sort of sticks in my mind is to the effect of Do you lurve me You had to be there to understand the smile at that moment And at times the contemporary slang is out of place in a setting that is sort of Regency sort of Victorian England but one in which men loving men isn t a lifted eyebrow thing at all But still very very funny. The queen's librarianv cv template word Lucas is marvelous and I sort of wanted to just cuddle him at times though of course I couldn t do that without annoying Alex thoroughly The plot is clever the characters are interesting including the variants on stock characters in M F Regency Victorian romances. The queen's library tea room I am definitely looking forward to of The Queen s Librarian and his further adventures If I say anything that might be a spoiler and I don t do spoilers s Eric English Well that was an unexpected surprise Edited to Add OH NOES It s listed at Book 1 of a series but there is no Book 2 English I m a huge Carole Cummings fan I didn t think this was going to be anything like her Wolf s own or Aisling series which are packed full of Demons and Gods death and destruction and it wasn t I didn t think it was outstanding but I really enjoyed it and there seems to be room for It was fun English I still don t understand why women write these books Or why women read them And I ve asked the women on both sides of that equation But I know why I like them and why I read them although it makes me the scandal of my entire professional and social circle This is the sort of book that J. The librarians queen of hearts K Rowling could have written if she d had the guts and hadn t been afraid about losing some of her audience and hence all that lovely money Imagine Book 6 Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince when Harry and Ron both discover love and the joy of snogging imagine if Neville Longbottom had come out as a gay wizard with all his back story and had fallen for another of the students at Hogwarts Imagine how that one little added fillip would have embraced thousands of young anxious readers by validating their lives in this landmark series in young adult fiction Imagine how much of a hero Neville would have been to them in book 7 To me Well Carole Cummings gives us a bit of what that might have been like in The Queen s Librarian At least it does if you think the way I do Carole Cummings The Queen s Librarian is right up there in terms of comic writing and fast pacing with a brilliant piece of fanfic called The Student Prince by FayJay that s floating about in the fanfic ether It is set in a magical very British world that seems to be sort of 18th century no technology hair in queues but with language that constantly skims along the border of anachronism but it s British so to American ears it all sounds ye olde and authentic or at least plausible. The queen's librarians summary and analysis As a huge fan of this sort of gay fantasy Nicole Kimberling s Sea of Stars and Turnskin novels come to mind I was also very pleasantly surprised that this book could easily be a YA selection For all of the obvious intensity of Lucas and Alex s romance there it nothing that treads beyond PG13 in this book a fact that I find both a relief and charming Any teenager disappointed at being left out of the world of Hogwarts entirely would find solace in this book not only in the relationship itself but in the fact that the idea of these two young men being a couple doesn t bother anyone at all The word gay never appears but it doesn t need to This is not a deep or profound study of good and evil It is a farce but we all know farce is difficult than tragedy because it needs to be fast and light and sparkling and razor sharp And this book is Oscar Wilde would be impressed with the banter and the dialogue and the comic asides and Lucas s drunken ramblings which open the book in a delightfully disorienting way Although tidily wrapped up by the ending there is a definite opening for a sequel something to which I will look forward with bated breath Plus I have a thing about redheads My friends all know English I m not sure how I feel about this story or even whether I liked it or not I knew what I was getting into a fun light hearted fantasy with an established couple I thought I was in the mood the three four times I picked it up and put aside with a maybe later after a Chapter or two It took me about a month to finally get through it Scatterbrained Lucas kept getting in the way and he overshadowed everything else His thoughts his inner musings and rambles while sometimes amusing were all over the place and being in his head was so so tiring He left me jittery on edge exhausted and ultimately lost I wasn t able to settle into the story and kept wandering I can than appreciate humor but I need some balance and this one was a bit too OTT for meor maybe I never quite managed to find the right mood after all English That was a fun read Characters did tend to get lost in their thoughts every once in a while right to the point where a paragraph or two needed to be re read to follow the events but on the whole it was adorable funny and very engaging DHope book 2 comes out soon 4. Queens library opening times Cassandra thank so much for recommending this one D English I thought this book was amazingly wonderfully great It kept me smiling from begining to end There s no formulaic romance here but a comedy fantasy action adventure story which is fine by me I can get a formulaic romance anywhere so it was great to read something different and this was so sweet charming quirky and funny it just made me happy The fantasy plot is a little simplistic but its how the characters react to the challenges that makes it gold They re so human they get drunk and fall down they misunderstand things to great comedic effect they run when they think they re going to get their asses kicked I loved it They are eccentric and OTT but they avoided becoming caricatures because they were rounded out Lucas for example is scatterbrained at times and totally OCD BUT he s totally devoted to his family sacrifices so they can be taken care of and shows bravery and strength when he has to He s really not a cliche scholarly pretty boy and I appreciated that I so appreciate that the author didn t sacrifice characterization for comedy She didn t have to Her comedic timing was GREAT Not something I thought I d ever comment on in a romance novel I even loved the quirky hyphenated adjectives I just loved this book I can t wait to read it again I hope there will be especially after the revelation at the end I can t wait to see how Lucas handles his new vocation. Queens library study room booking One to read when you want to smile laugh out loud and just feel good English This book is just a fun light amusing read with a sweet lovely established relationship at its heart Lucas is adorable distracted a little awkward so busy taking care of everyone else that he can t see his own needs or his own worth Thank goodness he has Alex who found him seduced him and somehow moved into his life as his lover and partner although Lucas still seems a bit confused about how that miracle happened And Carole if you ever feel inclined to write us that story the one where Alex comes along to court a girl and instead finds the wonderful man that is Lucas and manages to convince him that he s truly wanted I d read that one in a heartbeat The fantasy plot is interesting and the resolution is amusing The dog and cat are excellent supporting characters and the world building is satisfying without needing a whole lot of detail and exposition The story lost a little momentum plot wise in the last third but plot wasn t really the attraction here Lucas and Alex will go on my list of favorite couples and this book immediately goes into my comfort reread shelf Just awwww Finished with a big smile on my face English
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The queen's librarian pdf download I don t think LOL happened here but damn Ms Cummings you are one funny lady.
Queens library room booking It s been a long time since I ve smiled my way through a book as I did with TQL.5 stars
