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September 6, 2018

REVIEW: A Plague on Mr Pepys by Deborah Swift

JayneB Reviews / Book Reviews / C- Reviews17th-century / adultery / dysfunctional family / family relationships / Historical / London / Marriage-in-Trouble / plague2 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 >

November 2, 2015

REVIEW: God and the Wedding Dress by Marjorie Bowen

JayneB- Reviews17th-century / England / faith / Historical / Historical fiction / plague3 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 >

March 4, 2013

REVIEW: Orleans by Sherri L. Smith

JanineC- 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 >

May 12, 2012

REVIEW: Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin

JiaD 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 >

Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt
July 19, 2011

REVIEW: Keturah and Lord Death by Martine Leavitt

JanineB- 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 >

Ooku: The Inner Chambers, Volume 3 by Fumi Yoshinaga
May 13, 2010

MANGA REVIEW: Ooku: The Inner Chambers volume 3

JiaB Reviews / MangaHistorical Romances / Japan / josei / Manga / plague / star-crossed lovers6 Comments

Story & Art: Fumi Yoshinaga Publisher: Viz Signature Rating: M for mature Retail: $12.99 Length: 3/5+ volumes Dear readers, A few months ago I reviewed the first volume in this historical josei series by Fumi Yoshinaga. In it, we were introduced to an alternate history of Tokugawa era Japan where ... more >

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