Book Reviews / DNF Reviews12th century / architecture / clergy / Historical / medieval / saga / Violence16 Comments
Trigger warning: Content warnings: Dear Ken Follett, I started reading this, your historical saga set in twelfth-century England, because a friend of mine has been mentioning it for years as one of her favorite books by one of her favorite authors. The book had some good qualities but eventually I ... more >
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I was tempted to make a list of my favorites among the 2019-published books I read this year. In the end I decided to focus on my favorite 2019 reads (first time reads; I didn’t include books I had read / reviewed in prior years) without regard to their year ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / Asian characters / family / Fantasy / Hong Kong based world / Jade Saga series / LGBTQIA+ / mafia / martial arts / POC / POC author / political intrigue / saga / Wuxia5 Comments
Dear Fonda Lee, Your adult fantasy novel, Jade City (the first book in your Green Bone Saga), has won both the World Fantasy and Aurora Awards for Best Novel, as well as being nominated for the Nebula and Locus Awards. Set on an island with some similarities to Hong Kong, ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Reads17th-century / England / English-Civil-War / family relationships / First-Person / Historical / saga / Stuart-England15 Comments
WARNING: Spousal rape (not committed by the hero) occurs. The death of a child occurs during a siege. A new life awaits… The year is 1635 When her close family are carried off by the smallpox, the small, ferociously independent Thomazine Heron finds herself an orphan at the age of ... more >
C- ReviewsAmerican historical / American Revolution / First-Person / Historical / pirates / saga4 Comments
The year is 1729, and Resolute Talbot and her siblings are captured by pirates, taken from their family in Jamaica, and brought to the New World. Resolute and her sister are sold into slavery in colonial New England and taught the trade of spinning and weaving. When Resolute finds herself ... more >
C- Reviews / EbooksEngland / Historical Romances / saga / World War I7 Comments
“If life is cheap, how much is love worth? It’s 1914 and young Rose Courtenay has a decision to make. Please her wealthy parents by marrying the man of their choice – or play her part in the war effort? The chance to escape proves irresistible and Rose becomes a ... more >