Illusions by Madeline J. Reynolds Genre: YA Fantasy/Historical Victorian Release Date: November 6th 2018 Entangled Teen Summary: Dear Thomas, I know you’re angry. It’s true, I was sent to expose your mentor as a fraud illusionist, and instead I have put your secret in jeopardy. I fear I have even put your life in jeopardy.…
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Elizabeth’s War Blog Tour Plus Review
Elizabeth’s War by D.L. Rogers Publication Date: June 1, 2013 Paperback, AudioBook, & eBook Genre: Historical Fiction Read the complete first chapter here. In a time when raiders, bushwhackers, and Redlegs rode the Cass County, Missouri, countryside bringing fear and destruction with them, Elizabeth Miers and her family barely survived into the next…
Last Train Home Review
In 1879 Missouri, Jack Dryden’s wife left him just before their adopted children could arrive. When he meets the trio at the train station, he’s unable to send them back to the orphan’s home in New York. Alice McCarthy takes her responsibilities seriously. She’s in charge of the Hays children and can’t let her feelings…
Jilliand Review
“Bruised, bloody, and barely dressed, she knew it was over. She had no doubt the Vikings would search for her if she tried to run—especially now, with their companion lying dead. It would be dark soon, and she had no idea where she could go or hide. Jilliand knew they would come for her. The…
First Impression Friday: Crossfire In the Street
First Impression Fridays are a weekly meme hosted by J.W. Martin. This week I will be discussing Crossfire In The Street. I started reading this book on the train today, and I was drawn in immediately. Cora is seventeen and she loves someone who is against slavery. Her family doesn’t own slaves, but they are…
A Potion for Passion Book Review
When Miss Flora Hartington bumps into a handsome traveling apothecary, she sees her chance at adventure, a brief escape from the shackles of propriety, and she jumps at the opportunity. It doesn’t hurt that he’s incredibly attractive, and kind in his own way. But it’s a temporary solution to her very big problem––namely her family…
Alex & Eliza Book Review
Their romance shaped a nation. The rest was history. 1777. Albany, New York. As battle cries of the American Revolution echo in the distance, servants flutter about preparing for one of New York society’s biggest events: the Schuylers’ grand ball. Descended from two of the oldest and most distinguished bloodlines in New York, the Schuylers…
Wynter’s Storm ARC Review
Children grow up. Feelings change. Or do they? Samuel Fox’s granddaughter, Wynter, has loved Storm ever since she was a little girl. Their mothers are adopted sisters, and they have always been close. He has always protected her. Will Storm be able to protect her now that they are older and life has become more…
The Year Without Summer ARC Review
Banished from her home for loving a man her parents didn’t approve of, Amelia is forced into the depths of the country, away from London and the only life she knows. Maud runs away from her overprotective aristocratic family only to find herself stuck in the country, far from all the excitement she longs for.…
Queen of the Darkest Hour Review
Family Strife Imperils the Realm Francia, 783: Haunted by the Saxons’ attack on her home fortress, Fastrada obeys her father and marries Charles, king of the Franks and a widower with seven children and an eighth on the way by a concubine. As more wars loom, Fastrada’s greatest peril lurks within the castle walls: Pepin,…