Sept 20th, 2025 - Magic, Curses, and Other Strange Phenomena
And here we go! Post number one! This week I finished two reads that somehow both had to do with curses and magic? I promise it wasn't intentional. Anyway, without further ado, here are the week's book reviews! The Gentleman's Guild for Cursed Adventurers Author: R. Lindsay Carter Genres: Fantasy (Magical Realism) and Historical Fiction (Alternative History) Star Rating : 4.5 Stars! Review Type: BookSirens ARC review My Tags: Booksirens-ARC, historical-fiction, region-north-america, standalone-fantasy Synopsis * New York, 1915 A man turning to stone. A bloodthirsty letter opener. And … a chicken? Welcome to the Gentlemen’s Guild for Cursed Adventurers, a place where all manner of oddly afflicted men are members and call the grand house of Birchwald their home. Here, cursed gentlemen can retire from polite society, safe from judgement, and under the care of the Guild’s enigmatic president, Malcolm Drury. Norah Abernathy is no stranger to curses—her family ha...