Enjoy Lombre De Lépée Written By Josh Lanyon Publication

January,

,Stars Mysterious myths and an interesting adventure part, . . but too little snuggle factor for me

A Josh Lanyon fantasy / mystery tale,:hrs narrated by sitelinkMax Miller new for me,

A little disappointed to be honest, .
Hardly a romance but a pretty interesting mystery, Although very different with a strange feeling over it, Both the story itself and this slow and quite odd narration, Melancholy and very quietly in the expression, but still enjoying to listening to, I'm not sure if I liked this story, or the narration, or not, yet.

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Colin Bliss ayears old book hunter, and American, works for a time at the Imperial Arcane Library in London.
After a badly ended embarrassing and quite painful short lovestory with a new colleague is he asked, and accepts, a private commission to find The Sword's Shadow, a legendary and dangerous witches' grimoire.
A mythic and very dangerous old book,

Soon enough is it necessary to travel with train and ferry to Western Isles and solve a centuries' old murder.
Then appears another fellow, Septimus Marx a tall, dark man with a strong attraction,



The Darkling Thrush is in no way a bad or boring mystery book.
Quite the opposite, it has a good a well thought out, interesting sad very old myth / legend to be solved here.
And partly also gets resolved, I liked this part of the book, although it was many difficult names, complicated old myths etc, to grasp when listen instead of reading by yourself,

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What I lacked was an ounce more romance as an addicted romances reader but I also had a hard time believing, and feel for, the tiny romance part that in fact existed here.


Septimus' the supposed strong alpha male, . narrated voice was so stupid silly and unattractive, that I found it hard to see what John saw in him at all.
He sounded like an old grumpy Merlin, It felt like a

slightly incredible insta lust and insta love that felt tacked on in this context, Overall, probably had this story been better, for me, without great affection and big grand words from a "stranger" and a more developed slow love story instead.




Not 'my' best JL but still a few hours good enough listening, . a dark, cold, stormy first day of the year,

I LIKE Yeah kind of, . . I wished for more This is a fun historical fantasy, with a AE twist, The main characters were very reminiscent of Adrien and Jake, but they had their own faults and quirks that made them unique.
The fantasy elements were wellpaced and spread out, introduced just perfectly to slowly draw you into this world, The castle and all the locations were elegantly described,

Edit: Sista answered my question on what a brownie is, It's a household spirit who cleans your house for you, That's handy! A brief description in the book itself would have avoided a lot of confusion for the lastyears, lol.
Thanks, sista! Okay, so, I read this book about two years ago a pretty long time ago! and I have a rule that when I forget to review a book until a while after I read it, I don't rate it.
I feel pretty strongly that it isn't fair for me to review some books when they are fresh in my mind and other books after they have faded.


I'm making an exception for this book,

This book and I should have gotten along, I love fantasy and the world building was lots of fun, And the Imperial Arcane Library This should have been an easy win, I didn't anticipate any problems,

But then everything fell off the rails and I was left steaming, Why Septimus, that horrible little weasel, tried to kill Colin because he was ordered to and only eventually let Colin off because, hey, well, the people who gave those orders didn't have all the information they should have had before issuing such a stupid order!.
No. Screw that. Colin should have run far, far away and left Septimus in the dust, Septimus doesn't deserve to be a romantic interest,

If I'm still this irked at this book this long after I read it, I'm going to rate it.
It always takes me a few chapters to get into the flow of reading fantasy and this book was no exceptionthe ending more than made up for the slow startonce again Lanyon has given us a great story Thanks for this amazing buddy read, Adam!

I dont have enough words to express my feelings for this story.
Its pure fantasy. It is EXACTLY why I love fantasy so much,

And of course, Josh Lanyon skillfully combines the love for rare and beautiful books that most of us share, right with m/m romance in this gorgeous fantasy setting.




The story revolves around Colin, who is a librivenator, meaning he tracks down rare books, usually occult tomes and grimoires.
He was raised in the Americas, but is currently in London as an exchange student trying to learn the skills of the librivenators of the Old Country.


However, bored out of his mind with the desk job hes given, he accepts a private assignment to find a long lost grimoire the importance of which only slowly dawns on Colin and also attracts the attention of the Vox Pessimires, a group of specialized librivenators who track down and destroy grimoires deemed too dangerous to exist.


Colin isnt aware of the danger hes in until he reaches the climax of his journey and ultimately the end of the world as we know it.




I loved the Gaelic mythology in this, It was so well used and gave the whole story a real Lovecraftean feel, Sure, a story like this deserves to be treated as an epos, It shouldnt be thrown out there as a novella, for heavens sake! I find the plot very remarkable and could easily see an entire series span out from this.


Also, the resolution was way too simple, I actually guessed how the mysterious grimoire would be found halfway through the story, I was surprised to see that Colin really ended up finding it this way, It seemed way too straightforward to me,

The love story really wasnt very noteworthy, The I Love you at the end felt very odd, Why did they even fall in love At first I thought there was some love spell that kept these two guys glued together, because Colin didnt really invest much thought into a romantic relationship, so why his love interest was head over heels in love with him is beyond me.
Also, what in the name of All was the thrush about

Still I need to rate this book for the overall impact it had on me, and as such, I will put it on my favorites list.
I really, really hope to someday find an epic fantasy novel with a theme like this, It really took my breath away and sent chills down my spine,



Even though I am favoring this story for totally different reasons than other Lanyon stories that I have loved reading, it definitely gets

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Fatigué de son travail de bureau à la Librairie Impériale des Arcanes, le chasseur de livres Colin Bliss accepte de mener lenquête afin de trouver LOmbre de lEpée, un grimoire de sorcellerie légendaire et redoutable.
Mais pour le trouver, Colin doit se rendre jusquaux lointaines Îles Occidentales et résoudre un meurtre remontant à de nombreux siècles.


Cela ne devrait être rien de plus quun exercice académique, alors pourquoi le glacial mais déraisonnablement sexy Magister Septimus Marx faitil tout pour lempêcher daccepter cette mission allant jusquà le séduire durant leur voyage en train vers le nord
Septimus nest pas le seul problème.
Qui est cette étrange fée qui ne fait quapparaître aux moments les moins commodes Et qui travaille dans lombre avec la sinistre aventurière Irania Briggs Et pourquoi les employeurs de Colin, au Musée de lOcculte Littéraire, ne cessent de laccuser de les avoir trahis Alors que Colin creuse de plus en plus dans le passé mystérieux de lÎle Longue, il commence à comprendre pourquoi Septimus est déterminé à le stopper à tout prix mais cest déjà trop tard pour reculer.
This book is different from the works I'm used to by Josh that I've read, but I was taken back that I truly enjoyed the story.
I will admit to having put it down once by no fault of my own and when I picked it up to resume reading it I was darn glad I had.
There's the supernatural, other worldly beings if you wish to call them that and a whole lot of action and ignited suspense all wrapped up in to one unforgettable read.
What an intriguing story! I love the blend of magic and treasure hunting, and the whole thing comes off with an oldtimey feeling.
So enjoyable.

Also,to Max Miller, He's always wonderful, but his Scottish accents were flawless and incredibly creative, Definitely go with the audiobook if you're a fan! What if there was magic in our world today What if it was as normal to be a witch, or clearsighted, as it is for us to be good at sports or a musician This is what Josh Lanyoon must have thought when he created an AU world with telephones, aircraft, and automobiles where "the Americas" are officially still called "The colonies", where people spend their lives transcripting books by hand or hunting famous lost grimoires, where there is a secret police in charge of suppressing or destroying books that are too dangerous to come to the world of man, where the mechanical printing press was invented by a Scotsman in, where a goblin can be a well known doctor and where members of the Seelie Court with blue skin and red eyes walk the streets in daylight
This is the world of Colin Bliss, a book hunter on an exchange program from Boston, currently living in London and working for a government agency which control and collect magical books and magic in general, or Magick, as it is called here.
Recovering from the breakup between him and his superior, Anthony, Colin feels neutralized riding a desk instead of working as a book hunter as he used to.
He gets to hear he's too young, too inexperienced and, in addition to that, being a Colonial not at all fit to go on "real book hunts" in the old world from everybody, including mysterious Septimus Marx, who seems to pop up everywhere Colin happens to go.
Bored and annoyed, Colin jumps in with both feet when a slightly obscure private book collector asks him to go hunting for a famous grimoire which has been missing for six centuries.
When he learns the hunt can not only cause peril to his own life, but to manhood in general, Colin tries to step back from the search.
But it's too late. He can't escape his fate anymore, Nor can he escape Septimus Marx,

I loved all those little details of Lanyon's brilliant worldbuilding, The tongue in cheek references to legends and lore, the casualness the characters move inside a reality which is so outlandish to us, it's all masterfully and so typical Lanyon.
one example: Colin talks to the goblin who falls asleep in the middle of the talk, When he returns a day later and is disappointed the goblin still sleeps, the goblin's housemaid tells him "She's a goblin she could sleep for a day or a month," and Colin just nods ruefully as if he should have known better than to ask.
The mystery, the quest, is thrilling and fascinating, and the ending is surprising and worth the journey,
The relationship between Septimus and Colin builds unusually fast for a work of Lanyon's, and there's remarkably little explanation of the why of it.
It feels almost like insta love, Their connection is supposed to run deep, but I couldn't feel their emotions, That's what bothered me lately with several of Lanyon's newer works, the lack of emotion between the heroes,
But then again, the book read like the first in a series, Maybe Septimus and Colin will get closer over time, There are many other odds and loose ends which call to be linked together, I'm looking forward to reading the sequel to this one, .