Review: I liked this original world but be forewarned it really is just the first half - the rest is 'to be continued'
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 17, 2013
I liked Her Ladyship's Curse by Darkyn author Lynn Viehl. Her Ladyship's Curse has a bit of steampunk along with magic and mystery set in alternate world where the Revolutionary war was won by the Brits.I liked the heroine who has her own business debunking the strange and magical - she doesn't believe in magic and there is a reason for this belief - and there is a death mage who wants her and a constable who seems to be interested as well.  I enjoyed this story story which completes later this year in hisHis Lordship Possessed, but I have to warn potential readers that this story really is part 1 of 2 and it ends abruptly without closing anything off in either the mystery or with any of the potential romances -the story comes to a sudden halt with a literal 'to be continued.' I was prepared for this so it didn't bug me but I know that some people hate that.Still, I am looking forward to part two and, as a FYI, there is a little short My Lord Mayhem that overlaps this story on Viehl's website (Google the title to read it online or to download it for free)- which I also liked even though it reads like a historical romance with magic and doesn't give a good feel for the Her Ladyship's Disenchanted & Co alternate world.