B 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 >
B- 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 >
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 >
B 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 >