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July 31, 2019

REVIEW: Dancer of the Nile (The Gods of Egypt) by Veronica Scott

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsancient-Egypt / Historical / Historical Fantasy / historical paranormal / military hero / mythology / road-romance / The Gods of EgyptNo Comments

Egypt, 1500 BCE: Nima’s beauty and skill as a dancer leads an infatuated enemy to kidnap her after destroying an Egyptian border town. However, she’s not the only hostage in the enemy camp: Kamin, an Egyptian soldier on a secret mission for Pharaoh, has been taken as well. Working together ... more >

July 13, 2018

REVIEW: The Ninety-Ninth Bride by Catherine Faris King

Joanne RenaudA Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / bride / fairy tale / fairy tale retelling / Fantasy / Historical Fantasy / Middle East / YA3 Comments

Recommended Read

Dear Catherine Faris King: We should all know the story of Scheherazade, right? It’s the frame story of the Arabian Nights, and famous enough in its own right. Once there was a murderous king, who, after he finds his first wife to be unfaithful, marries dozens of women, murdering every ... more >

January 10, 2017

REVIEW: The Bear and the Nightingale: A Novel by Katherine Arden

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsfairy tale retelling / Historical Fantasy / Russia2 Comments

At the edge of the Russian wilderness, winter lasts most of the year and the snowdrifts grow taller than houses. But Vasilisa doesn’t mind—she spends the winter nights huddled around the embers of a fire with her beloved siblings, listening to her nurse’s fairy tales. Above all, she loves the ... more >

October 8, 2016

REVIEW: Tamer of Horses by Amalia Carosella

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviewsancient-greece / Fantasy / greek mythology / Historical / Historical Fantasy / strong heroineComments Off on REVIEW: Tamer of Horses by Amalia Carosella

Historical Fantasy More than two decades before the events of Helen of Sparta… Abandoned as a baby, Hippodamia would have died of exposure on the mountain had it not been for Centaurus. The king of the centaurs saved her, raised her as his own, and in exchange asks for only ... more >

September 26, 2016

REVIEW: Warrior of the Nile (The Gods of Egypt Book 2) by Veronica Scott

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviewsancient-Egypt / Historical / Historical Fantasy / historical paranormal / mythology / The Gods of EgyptComments Off on REVIEW: Warrior of the Nile (The Gods of Egypt Book 2) by Veronica Scott

Egypt, 1500 BC Lady Tiya is bound to the service of the goddess Nephthys, who plans to sacrifice Tiya’s body to protect Egypt from an ancient terror. She embarks to meet her grim fate alone but for the hardened warrior Khenet, who is fated to die at her side. Tiya’s ... more >

July 22, 2016

What Janine is Reading: Early Spring 2016

JanineBook Reviews / Reading ListsAgent/Spies/Undercover / Historical Fantasy / journalists / Magic / Reading lists / romantic-suspense / Urban-Fantasy7 Comments

I haven’t done a reading list post in forever, so this one is going to be long! Seduction Game by Pamela Clare I’ve read a few novels in Clare’s I-Team romantic suspense series and enjoyed aspects of them, but I’m not a diehard fan. I was intrigued, though, when I ... more >

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