A Rosy Medieval Mystery

Medieval England. A monastery. A flowery title. Strange past legal agreements. Mysterious happenings. A cover complete with the title in a hokey slightly-Gothic font. Have you guessed the book? If you guessed The Name of the Rose, you’d be wrong, but at least you’d be reading something good. Instead, you’re stuck with Ellis Peters’ thirteenth Brother Cadfael mystery, The Rose Rent. I think it is safe to say that no matter how awesome you are as a writer or how beloved your protagonist is, if you find yourself writing a book whose number in a series has more than one digit, it is time to stop. No one is that good or that adored.

Teaser Tuesday

Welcome, all, to Teaser Tuesday! Basically how this goes down is that I have grabbed a stack of books I’m planning on reviewing in the near future, opened them to a random page and picked a two-sentence quote from between lines 7 and 12 on that page. Just to get you pumped about them! So here’s hoping they’re actually good!