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    Band Sinister
    Band Sinister
    Band Sinister
    Audiobook7 hours

    Band Sinister

    Written by KJ Charles

    Narrated by Cornell Collins

    4.5/5

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    Sir Philip Rookwood is the disgrace of the county. He's a rake and an atheist, and the rumours about his hellfire club, the Murder, can only be spoken in whispers. (Orgies. It's orgies.)



    Guy Frisby and his sister Amanda live in rural seclusion after a family scandal. But when Amanda breaks her leg in a riding accident, she's forced to recuperate at Rookwood Hall, where Sir Philip is hosting the Murder.



    Guy rushes to protect her, but the Murder aren't what he expects. They're educated, fascinating people, and the notorious Sir Philip turns out to be charming, kind—and dangerously attractive.



    In this private space where anything goes, the longings Guy has stifled all his life are impossible to resist . . . and so is Philip. But all too soon the rural rumour mill threatens both Guy and Amanda. The innocent country gentleman has lost his heart to the bastard baronet—but does he dare lose his reputation too?



    Contains mature themes.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateMar 19, 2019
    ISBN9781977338181
    Author

    KJ Charles

    KJ Charles writes romance, mostly m/m, mostly paranormal, fantastical, magical, historical, and wordy. She is the author of The Magpie Lord and a Rainbow Award-winner for A Case of Possession, Think of England and the Secret Casebook of Simon Feximal, all published by Samhain. She is an editor by trade, and lives in London.

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    4.5/5

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    What our readers think

    Readers find this title amusing, highly entertaining, and a good read. They loved every single minute of this book and found the story beautiful with engaging characters. The narration was incredible. Some readers who are not fans of historical fiction still found this book really good. Overall, readers are glad they found this author and recommend listening to the fated mates podcast's analysis for an even better experience.

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    • 5/5
      I'm so glad I found this author and they have yet to disappoint me. This was a beautiful story with engaging characters and the narration was incredible.

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    • 5/5
      Loved it so much! KJ Charles has yet to dissapoint! I wouldn't mind next book about Guy and Philip (like next volume from Amanda).
    • 5/5
      Always love KJ Charles her stories! This one is such a sweet one with moments that made me laugh. Always love dynamic in the characters she writes and how thet compliment each other. Too bad it's so short but it made me smile nonetheless. Cornell Collins is one of my favorite narrators because of her stories.
    • 5/5
      Amusing and highly entertaining. Truly a good read or listening.
    • 5/5
      I loved this reread just as much as I did a few years ago. Guy is absolutely adorable yet strong when needed, and his sister Amanda is awesome. This book always feels like the middle of a series because of all the relationships amongst the Murder, but it’s lovely to see so many happy together. Guy and Philip were perfect for each other once Guy figured it out, and the action at the conclusion was just right for a wonderful HEA for all.
    • 3/5
      Not the biggest historical fiction fan, but this was really good
    • 4/5
      That was so much fun!!! Loved every single minute of this book!!
    • 4/5
      a lovely cast of character and even though i didn't love guy at first, he grew on me. if you liked this book, you should totally listen to the fated mates podcast's analysis. it makes it 10x better
    • 3/5
      Fairly silly and quite satisfying. (Except for the broken leg --- fuckin flashbacks!!! It was a much less scary break, but I was sobbing without the strongest opiates of the 2020s.) Stayed up late to finish it, whoops. I do think the author gets so caught up in disrupting some of the tropes that she doesn't spend enough time enjoying them. For ex there is an age gap (hot!), but you actually have to do the math to realize it. Both is good!

      KJ Charles really Gets Me, because yes I do want to hear about the history and science of sugar beet cultivation as a welcome breather from Emotional Honesty Hours.
    • 4/5
      This was a bit of a slow start for me, and it took a while to keep all the side characters straight. But overall it was enjoyable and left me feeling happy.
    • 4/5
      The Band Sinister is the Murder, the band of misfits led by Sir Philip Rookwood.

      Lord Corvan and John Raven make up the threesome. Guy and Amanda Frisby, siblings, and Rookwood Hall neighbours, stumble into the world of the Murder and the hellfire club.

      From there, it is "the education of young Guy" - a heartwarming ascent/descent? into attraction, connection, self knowledge.

      Like so much of contemporary historical fiction, the novel is as clever and witty as one could hope for.

      Hellfire! I've heard so much maligning of the word "woke" lately with DeSantis's antics. Yet that is the word that comes to mind when considering this world that these two young people have stumbled into – a woke world, using the word's proper meaning. And it was encouraging.

      The ending was a little abrupt despite the HEA having been reached – I would have liked to stay with this book awhile longer.

      I had been looking forward to reading a KJ Charles novel and was grateful to find one on audio in my library. She is lucky to have Cornell Collins bring this novel to life – I liked the way he did NOT overdo it, which he might have been tempted to do. I see he reads others of hers that are produced by Tantor Audio.

      One day I must spend time finding out the story behind this publishing house...
    • 5/5
      4.5

      So much fun!
    • 5/5
      I believe this novel came highly recommended, and I can see why. It's delightfully trope-y, charming, and funny. It also has some of the sweetest love scenes I've ever read in a romance novel, with a dedication to explicit consent that never feels preachy or heavy-handed.
    • 5/5
      I haven't read a ton of KJ Charles, but this is my favorite of what I have read. Set in the Regency, the story revolves around siblings Guy and Amanda Frisby, who live in the country on an allowance provided by their aunt. Previous family scandals compel them to stay out of society, and they have a somewhat happy (if starkly limited) life together. When Amanda breaks her leg on the property of a notoriously scandalous neighbor and is forced to stay in his home while she convalesces (I love this nod to [Pride and Prejudice], Guy joins her, partly out of genuine sibling warmth and partly to protect her and her reputation. But the neighbor turns out to be not what he seems (and neither is his "band" of guests), and both siblings end up following for members of the company. The story mostly focuses on Guy and Philip (the scandalous neighbor), but Amanda's love story chugs along in the background nicely (I'd love to see a book devoted to her, either set during this same period or later). A thoroughly enjoyable read.
    • 4/5
      Guy and his sister Manda live a quiet country life, hiding from their mother’s scandal (and Manda’s), until Manda breaks her leg on the estate of the brother of the man who ruined their mother. Though Guy tries not to be anything but scandalized by the notorious Philip, he soon finds himself falling very much in love as Manda recuperates. Bonus m/f romance in the background; I actually teared up with both declarations of love. Barriers here are basically external—the condemnation of others and the siblings’ constrained circumstances due to reliance on a rich relative and their general unsuitability for any actual occupation.
    • 4/5
      I read this delightful fluff in a sitting. (A lying, to be more precise.) I'm pretty sure I was expecting the chuckles I got, but not the lesson in how to make explicit consent offered by the debauchee to the debaucher so well-integrated and even steamy. I've always contended that the largest sex organ is the brain, so really all it took was a bit of imaginative effort to make consent part of seduction and foreplay. Author Charles did this deftly, erotically, and satisfyingly.

      I liked Guy, our virginal debauchee, more and more as time went by. He annoyed me to no end at first. I think he was expected to. His deep devotion to his younger sister was disarmingly sweet, so he wasn't one of those characters one wants to smack in the occiput with a niblick, but he did try my not-legendary (lack of) patience to its uttermost extent.

      Rookwood the debaucher is, not to put too fine a point on it, too good to be true. Beautiful, rich, thoughtful...*sigh*repine* (Speaking of rePineing, have y'all piped Chris Pine's lovely genitalia in Outlaw King? If not, get thee hence to Netflix! I suppose he had lines and stuff, but ya couldn't prove it by me.) So, Rookwood. Yes. Lovely man, his past is very deftly integrated into his present-day actions, as is Guy's; this being a KJ Charles book, that is unsurprising. She just does that. Part of the service. So why mention it? Because it's both satisfying and anachronistic for men to reveal their hurts and scars to...anyone, really...and Rookwood is an aristocrat, so his upbringing is simply not going to include emotional honesty. How Author Charles side-steps that issue is one of my great pleasures taken from this story.

      Lord Corvin and John Raven, well, window dressing has never looked so good. Heh. Read the Society of Gentlemen books, y'all. Read KJ Charles. This is escapism done well.