B- Reviews / Book Reviews14th century / aristocrats / class differences / death / disease / England / Historical fiction / language / LGBTQIA characters / medieval / plague / working class2 Comments
Three journeys. One road. England, 1348. A gentlewoman flees an odious arranged marriage, a Scots proctor sets out for Avignon, and a young plowman in search of freedom is on his way to volunteer with a company of archers. All come together on the road to Calais. Coming in their ... more >
B Reviews / Book Reviews / C- Reviews17th-century / adultery / dysfunctional family / family relationships / Historical / London / Marriage-in-Trouble / plague / Stuart-England2 Comments
Sometimes money costs too much. The Great Plague has London in its grip. As the summer heat rises, red crosses mark the doors, wealthy citizens flee and only the poor remain to face the march of death. Ambitious and attractive, Bess Bagwell is determined her carpenter husband, Will, should make ... more >
B- Reviews / Book Reviews17th-century / England / faith / Historical / Historical fiction / plague / Stuart-England3 Comments
Seventeenth-century England. In a remote Derbyshire village, over three hundred years ago, a man tried to serve his God to the best of his belief at a terrible cost to himself and others. He believed he was following Divine instructions. But was he a hero or a fool? William Mompesson ... more >
C- Reviewsdystopian / New-Orleans / plague / Scientist / YA4 Comments
Dear Ms. Smith, I greatly enjoyed your YA historical novel, Flygirl, in which a young African American woman passes for white in order to join the Women’s Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) during World War II. I loved Ida Mae’s story, so when I saw that you had a new book ... more >
D ReviewsDrugs / HarperCollins / Love-Triangle / plague / steampunk / Young-Adult9 Comments
Dear Ms. Griffin, I’m a big Edgar Allan Poe fan. Any book with a title referencing him is always going to get a second look from me. Combined with a striking cover, it’s almost guaranteed I will pick it up. I initially thought Masque of the Red Death was a ... more >
B- Reviews / C+ Reviewsdeath / Fantasy Romance / plague / Young-Adult9 Comments
Dear Ms. Leavitt, Elyssa Papa recommended your YA fantasy Keturah and Lord Death to me, saying that it was dark and romantic, and it is both of these things. My husband and I have been reading to each other in the evenings, and we frequently read YA, so I put ... more >