3.5 stars
An enjoyable historic mystery. Continue reading “The Spies of Shilling Lane by Jennifer Ryan”
4.5 stars
An outstanding historical fiction/fantasy. Continue reading “A Brightness Long Ago by Guy Gavriel Kay”
4 stars
A fun and entertaining fiction set in the early 1920’s. Continue reading “City of Flickering Light by Juliette Fay”
4 stars
An good second book in an entertaining historical fiction mystery series. No need to read the first book to enjoy this one. Continue reading “Triple Jeopardy (Daniel Pitt #2) by Anne Perry”
4 stars
A enjoyable historical fiction. Continue reading “The Marriage of Opposites by Alice Hoffman”
4 Stars
A very good, historical fiction YA Fantasy. Continue reading “The Gilded Wolves (The Gilded Wolves #1) by Roshani Chokshi”
4 stars
I received a free copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
This is a hard book to describe. It’s part folktale, part mystery, part romance and part magical fairy tale. The story starts off slowly, but stick with it. As it unwinds, the pace picks up until its tragic, but wonderful, ending.
During a dark midwinter’s night in a small inn by the Thames river, the regulars are entertaining themselves by telling stories. A badly injured stranger bursts through the door carrying a little dead girl. After the healer tends to the injured stranger, she inspects the body of the little girl and discovers she’s alive. The regulars speculate as to how the little girl could be alive. Is it a miracle, magic, science or something else? Continue reading “Once Upon a River by Diane Setterfield”
4 stars
I really enjoyed this book. It’s set in the same world as the All Souls Trilogy books. This book centers on Marcus, Matthew de Clermont’s son, and his fiance Phoebe. The story begins with Marcus’ life as a young boy in rural Massachusetts just before the Revolutionary War. Fleeing an abusive home, he runs away to join the military to fight the British. While there he begins training with various medical doctors and starts tending the troops. During one brutal campaign he meets Matthew in a field hospital. When he later takes ill and is about to die, Matthew offers to make him a vampire, and Marcus accepts. The remainder of the story centers on Marcus’ journey from young vampire to present day. Continue reading “Time’s Convert by Deborah Harkness”
4 stars
This is another good book in the Lady Julia Grey mystery series. When the book opens, Julia has been in Italy for the last 6 months with two of her brothers. She and her brothers are summoned back to their home in England by their father. When they arrive, they find the home filled with family and guests. Among the guests is Nicholas Brisbane – the one person she was trying to forget. Not only has he been elevated to a Lord, but he’s engaged to be wed. Continue reading “Silent in the Sanctuary (Lady Julia Grey #2) by Deanna Raybourn”
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