B Reviews / Book Reviews18th-century / 19th century / class differences / classic literature / Deception / fathers and daughters / First-Person / gambling / Historical / Russia / Russian literature / War / Military3 Comments
A dazzling new collection of Pushkin’s fiction, in definitive translations by the acclaimed Anthony Briggs As complex as they are gripping, Pushkin’s stories are some of the greatest and most influential ever written. Foundational to the development of Russian prose, they retain stunning freshness and clarity, more than ever in ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / Agent/Spies/Undercover / anti-Semitism / France / Historical / Jewish characters / Jewish-faith / Peninsular-War / prejudice / Regency / road trip / second chance at love / strong heroine / trad regency11 Comments
Having refused the man her parents chose for her, Miriam Jacobson opts to travel the Continent assisting her physician uncle, but when her uncle dies, she finds herself smuggling gold across Napoleon’s France to Wellington in Spain, accompanied by two attractive young men, both of whom detest her—and each other. ... more >
B Reviews / B+ Reviews / B- Reviews / Book Reviews1880s / 19th century / alcoholism / Artist / Duke / England / historical romance / joint review7 Comments
Janine: About a year ago, I read and reviewed Joanna Lowell’s Dark Season. Layla read it too and we had a fun offline conversation. I rated it a C+ and Layla liked it a bit better; we both agreed that the author had potential and that we were interested in ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviews / C+ Reviews19th century / Difficult Dukes series / family relationships / historical romance / reformed hero / Scandal / women's rights4 Comments
Dear Loretta Chase, In Ten Things to I Hate About the Duke, your new historical romance, Lucius, the Duke of Ashmont meets Cassandra Pomfret when he fires a gun into the air to disperse a crowd. Cassandra’s horses to startle and her carriage crashes. Injured in the accident is her ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews19th century / childhood friends / Difficult Dukes series / Early Victorian / family relationships / Historical / women's rights1 Comments
This time, who’s taming whom… Cassandra Pomfret holds strong opinions she isn’t shy about voicing. But her extremely plain speaking has caused an uproar, and her exasperated father, hoping a husband will rein her in, has ruled that her beloved sister can’t marry until Cassandra does. Now, thanks to a ... more >
Book Reviews / C- Reviews18th-century / 19th century / 20th century / Art / bargain / bookstore / Fantasy / France / god / immortal / joint review / LGBTQIA / Memory / present day20 Comments
Janine: I saw this standalone fantasy novel on Goodreads and it intrigued me. Since Sirius and I have both favorably reviewed V.E. Schwab’s previous book, A Darker Shade of Magic, I asked her if she wanted to review The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue together. She said yes. The story ... more >