It's Friday! Time to celebrate with this week's Friday Post. I will be linking up to:
Book Beginnings
First Line Friday
Friday 56
Book Blogger Hop
My teasers for the first three will be coming from City of Promises by Victoria Thompson with Ellen Thompson.
This is officially book eight in the Counterfeit Lady series, but...well...let's just get to that first line.
Attorney Gideon Bates was looking forward to meeting his new client this morning. He knew Frank Malloy by reputation, but their paths had never crossed before.
Any fan of Victoria Thompson's series know what makes this special immediately. Gideon Bates is from this series, but Frank Malloy is from the author's Gaslight Mysteries. Yep, the book is a crossover, and I couldn't wait to dive into it.
Meanwhile, over on page 56, we find this:
"Sebastian sounds like he's perfect for you, thought," Elizabeth said. It wasn't entirely a lie. If he was an imposter, the person he was pretending to be did sound perfect for Catherine. But he couldn't keep up the charade forever.
Do we have an imposter? I will leave it for you to find out.
My full review will be up next Thursday, but here's the teaser. I enjoyed it.
Moving on to this week's Book Blogger Hop, here's the question:
Is there a book you keep coming back to, reading it more than once?
Not as much as I'd like; I have so many unread books calling my name. But I do occasionally pick up a Trixie Belden book to revisit the characters. And I enjoyed rereading Elizabeth George Speare's books last December. And revisiting Mrs. Pollifax last spring was a treat.
Have a great weekend!
I reread less now than I used to, for sure -- there are just so many books on my TBR and it feels hard to "justify". Even though it's fine to just read for fun and it doesn't need justifying... still! But the favourites are always comforting to revisit, and the best have new things I somehow didn't notice or take as much note of before.
ReplyDeleteHere's my Book Blogger Hop post: https://breathesbooks.com/2026/08/14/book-blogger-hop-rereads/
I've not read this series but I am fans of the Gaslight series. As much as I like the Malloys and other characters in that series, I don't really want this crossover. But I may read it one day when I feel differently.
ReplyDeleteI hope you'll enjoy City of Promises.
Have a lovely day.
That sounds interesting.
ReplyDeleteI don't have time for re reads. I have Blog Tours, Netgalley books and a physical TBR of 120 ish books 😂
Have a great weekend!
Emily @ Budget Tales Book Blog
My post:
https://budgettalesblog.wordpress.com/2026/08/14/book-blogger-hop-is-there-a-book-you-keep-coming-back-to-reading-it-more-than-once/
I completely understand—those unread books are always calling! It sounds like you still make room for an occasional visit with old favorites, though, which can be such a nice change of pace. Happy Reading
ReplyDeleteTrixie Belden. Ah. I used to love her in those books. Now I am wondering where I got the books since I rarely went to the library as a kid. Thanks for the walk down memory lane.
ReplyDeleteFinding time to reread a book is always troublesome.
ReplyDelete