Goblin Fruit
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4.3 • 3 Ratings
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- $5.99
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- $5.99
Publisher Description
Enjoy this kind and gentle 1920s historical fantasy romance series set in the magical community of Great Britain.
Lizzie loves her sister.
After their father and uncle were lost in a diastrous expedition, Lizzie has done her best to keep everything together. Her younger sister Laura survived tubeculosis, but a decade in and out of treatment has left her stubbornly insistent on doing for herself.
When Lizzie gets hired by a private agency, she thinks she can finally relax. Steady work will help them both keep the family home and rebuild their lives after their many losses.
He is made of curiosity.
Carillon fled his memories of the Great War, preferring adventures and natural history expeditions in Africa and Asia. That was before he unexpectedly inherited his family's title and had to return to England.
Now he's been back for two years, finding his place as a lord of the land. When he stumbles across an addictive magical drink that brings visions of distant places, he simply must investigate.
After Carillon collides with Lizzie outside a masked ball, they quickly realise they can learn far more if they work together. The only question is whether they can save Laura and stop other people being hurt or even killed.
Goblin Fruit is the second novel in the Mysterious Charm series. All of Celia Lake's Albion books exploring the magical community of the British Isles can be read in any order. Goblin Fruit is full of magical potions, an aristocratic investigator, fae beings, a fake relationship, and several house parties. Enjoy this gentle romantic fantasy with a swirl of sex set in 1924 with a happily ever after ending!
Customer Reviews
Homage to Sayers and more
It’s very clear that the author is a fan of Dorthy L. Sayers’s Lord Peter Wimsey books. But rather than copying, she imagines how a similar sort of person might turn out in the magical world she’s built. Thus, Lord Geoffrey Carillon, a sort of magical, bisexual second cousin to Peter. And when he falls over Lizzie (literally) in the course of an investigation, it’s clear where this is going though not at all how we’ll get there. Like Harriet Vane, Lizzie has to make her own way in the world and has a bit of a chip on her shoulder. She also has a younger sister to worry about and at least two bosses to please. The plot she’s unravelling tangles with the plot Carillon is working on and the enigmatic hints from a sentient pile of rocks aren’t exactly helping.
Satisfyingly twisty plot, nice atmospherics, great character development, and satisfyingly hindered romance (it’s the obstacles that make the ending, right?).