Book Review | ACE, MARVEL, SPY by Jenni L. Walsh

ACE, MARVEL, SPY BY JENNI L. WALSH  |  PUBLICATION: JAN 14, 2025           HARPER MUSE  |  GENRE: HISTORICAL FICTION RATING: ★★★★          ____________________________________________________________________ Based...

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BBNYA Spotlight | MASQUERADE FALL by Estella G. Fogg

About the Book: MASQUERADE FALL BY ESTELLA G. FOGG | JANUARY 3, 2023 GENRE: HISTORICAL FANTASY Recently orphaned Elodie Di Silva is about to make her debut into Society, sponsored by her mother's friend's family. Quietly grieving, she allows Lady Beaumont and friends to guide her....

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BBNYA Spotlight | HEALER'S BLADE by Kyrie Wang

About the Book: HEALER'S BLADE BY KYRIE WANG | JUNE 30, 2023 GENRE: YOUNG ADULT 2023 Page Turner Book Awards - FINALIST 2023 Wishing Shelf Awards - FINALIST Enemy's Keeper Book 1 A healer on the run. A rebel knight after her heart. Will she betray him to save the England she loves? Eighteen-year-old...

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Book Review | MISS MORGAN'S BOOK BRIGADE by Janet Skeslien Charles

MISS MORGAN'S BOOK BRIGADE BY JANET SKESLIEN CHARLES | PUBLICATION: MAY 7, 2024 ATRIA BOOKS | GENRE: HISTORICAL FICTION RATING: ★★★★ ____________________________________________________________________ The New York Times and internationally bestselling author of the “captivating, richly...

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Wednesday Spotlight | WHAT WE KEPT TO OURSELVES by Nancy Jooyoun Kim

About the Book: WHAT WE KEPT TO OURSELVES BY NANCY JOOYOUN KIM | PUBLICATION: OCTOBER 10, 2023 ATRIA BOOKS | GENRE: HISTORICAL FICTION The New York Times bestselling author of the Reese’s Book Club pick The Last Story of Mina Lee returns with a timely and surprising new novel about...

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Book Review | THE FASCINATION by Essie Fox

THE FASCINATION BY ESSIE FOX | PUBLICATION: JUNE 22, 2023 ORENDA BOOKS | GENRE: GOTHIC RATING: ★★★★ ____________________________________________________________________ Victorian England. A world of rural fairgrounds and glamorous London theatres. A world of dark secrets and deadly...

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Blog Tour | The Book of Perilous Dishes by Donia Rusti

About the Book: The Book of Perilous Dishes by Donia Rusti Publication: February 2017 Genre: Historical Fiction 1798: A magical, dark adventure. Fourteen-year-old Pâtca, initiated in the occult arts, comes to Bucharest, to her uncle, Cuviosu Zăval, to retrieve the Book of Perilous Dishes....

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Blog Tour | Adiel and the Führer by Elyse Hoffman

About the Book: Adiel and the Fuhrer by Elyse Hoffman Publication: April 20, 2024 Publisher: Project 613 Publishing Genre: Historical Fiction A chance to prevent the rise of Hitler… but at what cost? Adiel Goldstein has a good life. Despite the anti-Semitism he faces as a German Jew, he...

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Blog Tour: Betrothal and Betrayal by Janet McGriffin

About the Book: Betrothal and Betrayal by Janet McGriffin Publication: August 1st, 2023 Genre: Young Adult Seventeen-year-old Thekla needs her quick wits and knife to track down her betrothed, a soldier who has left her at the altar for the third time. Elias the monk travels with her to Constantinople...

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Blog Tour | JIDDY VARDY by Ruth Estevez

About the Book: JIDDY VARDY by Ruth Estevez Publication: ZunTold Publishing Genre: Historical Fiction for Young Adults 1779 On tumultuous waters a girl is born as pirates board the ship . . . Jiddy Vardy is a survivor. Rescued at birth, she grows up in Robin Hood’s Bay, a community which...

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Book Review | NORTH WOODS by Daniel Mason

NORTH WOODS BY DANIEL MASON | PUBLICATION: SEPTEMBER 19, 2023 PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE | GENRE: HISTORICAL FICTION RATING: ★★★★ ____________________________________________________________________ A sweeping novel about a single house in the woods of New England, told through the lives of...

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Blog Tour | THE WHISTLERS IN THE DARK by Victoria Williamson

The Whistlers In The Dark by victoria Williamson Publication: September 21, 2023 Genre: Middle-Grade Fiction Rating: ★★★★ Scotland, 158 AD, is a divided country. On one side of the Antonine Wall, thirteen-year-old Felix is trying to become a good Roman soldier like his father. On the other,...

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Book Review | YOURS CHEERFULLY by A.J. Pearce

YOURS CHEERFULLY by A.J. PearcePublication: July 5, 2022 Publisher: Simon & Schuster CA Genre: Women's Fiction Rating: ★★★★★ From the author of the “jaunty, heartbreaking winner” (People) and international bestseller Dear Mrs. Bird comes a charming and uplifting novel set in London during World...

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