Book Review: A Study in Scarlet Women by Sherry Thomas “With her inquisitive mind, Charlotte Holmes has never felt comfortable with the demureness expected of the fairer sex in upper class society. But even she never thought that she would become a social pariah, an outcast fending for herself on the mean streets of… Read More A Study in Scarlet Women – Book Review
My obsession with historical fiction started with the Cousins War series that I read a few months ago, my first experience of Philippa Gregory. I’ve recently finished her 2002 Romance Novel of the Year; The Other Boleyn Girl which follows the character of Mary Boleyn and the story of her involvement with King Henry… Read More The Other Boleyn Girl – Book Review
Format: Paperback Pages: 576 pages Published: September 18, 2012 Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers Genre: Young Adult Synopsis: Evie O’Neill has been exiled from her boring old hometown and shipped off to the bustling streets of New York City—and she is pos-i-tute-ly ecstatic. It’s 1926, and New York is filled with speakeasies, Ziegfeld girls, and… Read More The Diviners – Book Review
Like his other five books in the Tudor series, C.J. Sanson’s Lamentation is an enthralling, if not long, work of historical fiction. You have Queen Katherine Parr, the king, the court, Matthew Shardlake attorney, and a host of others. The book Lamentation of a Sinner, written by the queen is stolen one night from… Read More Lamentation – Book Review
Source: I received a free e-copy in exchange for an honest review. Genre: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Time Travel Format: eBook Publication Date: October 21, 2015 Summary In the wake of a tragedy caused by her husband’s affair, the newly widowed Susan, Amanda, her daughter, and Elizabeth, Susan’s mother, head to California for a little R&R. When Elizabeth… Read More Mercer Street – Book Review
1312, A knight destined to rule… Jareth Tremaine, the first Duke of Dover, has seen how he’s remembered in history books—either a saint who rules his lands with justice or a religious extremist whose harsh treatment of the church nearly has him executed.
Title – Fire & Steel (King’s Bane Book 1) Author – C.R. May Genre – Historical Fiction Length – 355 Pages Publication – March 2016 My Rating – 4/5 Stars Synopsis 523 A.D. Arthur is dead.
My Rating: 4 leaky reactors Publisher: Random House Received from: Publisher, via NetGalley Available for purchase: Amazon Andria Williams’s first novel reads like a mix between Mad Men and Army Wives, with the looming threat of a nuclear meltdown simmering beneath it all. It’s a dazzling debut and a gripping read.
Author: William Ritter Pages: 299 Published: September 16th 2014 This book claimed to mix Sherlock Holmes and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. So of course, I had to pick it up! I don’t read a lot of mysteries, but this made me want to read more. It was so fun to read and I recommend… Read More Jackaby – Book Review
Synopsis: Marie-Laure lives with her father in Paris near the Museum of Natural History, where he works as the master of its thousands of locks. When she is six, Marie-Laure goes blind and her father builds a perfect miniature of their neighborhood so she can memorize it by touch and navigate her way home.
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