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November 12, 2025

REVIEW: Murder Made Her Wicked by Elizabeth Hobbs

JayneB- Reviews / Book Reviews1890s / college students / Historical / Late Victorian / Massachusetts / murder mystery / strong womenComments Off on REVIEW: Murder Made Her Wicked by Elizabeth Hobbs

Bicycle-riding, aspiring archaeologist Marigold Manners is back and ready for adventure in Elizabeth Hobbs’s next mesmerizing historical mystery. “A humdinger…whose characters bring to mind those of both Emily Brontë and L. M. Montgomery” (Kirkus), this second installment is perfect for fans of Deanna Rayborn. 1894, Boston. Penniless Boston heiress and ... more >

November 6, 2024

REVIEW: Misery Hates Company by Elizabeth Hobbs

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1890s / dysfunctional family / Gothic / Historical fiction / Late Victorian / literary adaptation / Massachusetts / murder mystery3 Comments

A young woman is invited to a mysterious relative’s estate and winds up entangled in a murder investigation in this witty historical mystery that pits the gothic eeriness of Crimson Peak against the comic absurdities of Knives Out. Miss Marigold Manners may be steeped in the etiquette of her old-money ... more >

October 15, 2024

REVIEW: Yours from the Tower by Sally Nicholls

JayneB+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readsepistolary / female friendship / Historical / Late Victorian / Young-Adult8 Comments

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Bridgerton fans rejoice! This epistolary confection—told in letters among three school friends—is perfect for devotees of gossipy costume drama. Tirzah, Sophia, and Polly are best friends who’ve left boarding school and gone back to very different lives. The year is 1896, and Polly is teaching in an orphanage, Sophia is ... more >

December 5, 2023

REVIEW: The Gentleman’s Gambit by Evie Dunmore

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews1870s / appropriation / cultural heritage / feminism / Historical / Late Victorian / League of Extraordinary Women Series / Lebanon / linguist / Middle East / POC / suffragette / women's rights5 Comments

Bookish suffragist Catriona Campbell is busy: An ailing estate, academic writer’s block, a tense time for England’s women’s rights campaign—the last thing she needs is to be stuck playing host to her father’s distractingly attractive young colleague. Deeply introverted Catriona lives for her work at Oxford and her fight for ... more >

April 27, 2023

REVIEW: Artfully Yours by Joanna Lowell (x2)

JanineB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviewsboss/secretary / criminal / critic / forgery / Historical / Late VictorianComments Off on REVIEW: Artfully Yours by Joanna Lowell (x2)

Dear Joanna Lowell, This is the second time we are reviewing your most recent romance here at DA. Layla reviewed Artfully Yours back in February. She told me it was her favorite of your four most recent romances and what can I say, even though I thought Dark Season was ... more >

February 22, 2023

REVIEW: Artfully Yours by Joanna Lowell

LaylaA Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsArt / baker / critic / forgery / Historical / Late Victorian / working class9 Comments

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Dear Joanna Lowell, In 2020, Janine reviewed your debut novel under the Joanna Lowell pen name, Dark Season. Janine and I also reviewed last year’s The Runaway Duchess your 2021 book, The Duke Undone. I was excited to see that you had a new book out and jumped at opportunity ... more >

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