B- Reviews / Book Reviews1950s / Alternate POV / class differences / First-Person / Historical / Historical fiction / investigation / Los Angeles / present tense / thief / To Catch a Leopard Series2 Comments
To catch a leopard wear diamonds. A year after THE BAIT, Ania Thorne is on the prowl. Gone into hiding, she’s planned her next move to perfection, intent on winning her dangerous game of cat-against-cat with the Leopard. But Ania doesn’t know that even the best-laid heists have hidden flaws. ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviewsclass differences / Historical / Jewish characters / Regency / trad regency / War / Military / Waterloo2 Comments
Sharing Brussels lodgings with a penniless officer and his admirable sister Fanny, the impoverished Felix, Lord Roworth, liaises between Rothschild and Wellington while courting Lady Sophia, a well-dowered beauty. Fanny laughs at his toplofty ways, yet when she desperately needs his help, Felix finds the Goddess’s image fading as he ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews#ownvoices / dreams / Emperor / experimental novel / Fantasy / goddess / LGBTQIA+ / m/m / POC / POC author / quest / resistance/oppression / second-person POV4 Comments
Dear Simon Jimenez, Your debut novel, The Vanished Birds (2020), is one of my favorite science fiction novels of recent years. It earned an A from me when I reviewed it and made my Best of 2020 list. I’ve been waiting with bated breath for the release of The Spear ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / abduction / Disabled Heroine / domestic violence / Historical / Russia / Russian Series2 Comments
He brings her gifts and kisses her, but it’s just pretend… A carriage accident and a terrible marriage has left previously vivacious Tatya housebound, widowed, and heart weary. When she’s stranded on the floor after a fall, being saved by a strong red haired man—her brother’s friend Vassily Karachev—is the ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviews1980s / class differences / doctor hero / dysfunctional family / England2 Comments
He had saved her, but he didn’t love her Katherine Marsh was practically a slave to her brother’s family in the small English country village where she lived. Then she met Dr. Jason Fitzroy—and fell instantly in love. Dr. Fitzroy found her a job at the hospital and gave her ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviews20th century / 21st century / fashion / History / non-fiction / women's rightsComments Off on REVIEW: Skirts: Fashioning Modern Femininity in the Twentieth Century by Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell
In a sparkling, beautifully illustrated social history, Skirts traces the shifting roles of women over the twentieth century through the era’s most iconic and influential dresses. While the story of women’s liberation has often been framed by the growing acceptance of pants over the twentieth century, the most important and ... more >