B Reviews / B Reviews Category / Book Reviewsadventure / Historical / Manga / revenge1 Comments
The victim of a miscarriage of justice, the Count of Monte Cristo is fired by a desire for retribution and empowered by a stroke of providence. In his campaign of vengeance, he becomes an anonymous agent of fate. The sensational narrative of intrigue, betrayal, escape, and triumphant revenge moves at ... more >
A Reviews / Recommended Readsadventure / Historical / Old Favorites / Science Fiction9 Comments
Five Union prisoners escape from the siege of Richmond in a balloon, are blown off course and crash on an uncharted island. They must learn to rebuild a society for themselves while awaiting rescue. Review: Dear readers, Even after living in the US for two decades, I cannot quite figure ... more >
A- Reviewsadventure / Fantasy7 Comments
One thing any Librarian will tell you: the truth is much stranger than fiction… Irene is a professional spy for the mysterious Library, a shadowy organization that collects important works of fiction from all of the different realities. Most recently, she and her enigmatic assistant Kai have been sent to ... more >
B Reviewsadventure / f/f romance / Fantasy / gaming3 Comments
A fast-paced and gripping near-future science fiction debut about the gritty world of competitive gaming… Every week, Kali Ling fights to the death on national TV. She’s died hundreds of times. And it never gets easier… The RAGE tournaments—the Virtual Gaming League’s elite competition where the best gamers ... more >
B+ Reviewsadventure / Romance / Time-Travel4 Comments
Dear Bella Street, Your new time travel romance Mid-Century Mayhem is a really interesting book. However, even though it’s categorized as a time travel romance, it’s more of a time travel adventure, the first in a projected series (presumably the romantic subplot will be explored further in the next installments). ... more >
B- Reviews / C+ Reviewsadventure / Boxer Rebellion / China / engineer / fiction with strong romantic elements / Scientist / steampunk27 Comments
Dear Ms. Lin, I’ve enjoyed your recent historical romances very much, so when I saw you would be writing a new series set in a steampunk world based on China during the era of the Boxer Rebellion, I requested a copy for review. The heroine and narrator of Gunpowder Alchemy ... more >