Stone Blindby Natalie Haynes(post may contain affiliate links) Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes is a fantasy novel based on Greek mythology. I listened to the audiobook, which clocks in at eight and a half hours and is narrated by the author. Point-of-view shifts between a large number of characters. This book tells the story of Medusa,… Continue reading Stone Blind by Natalie Haynes is a fantasy novel based on Greek mythology (4/5 stars)
The Last Drop of HemlockNightingale Mysteries, #2by Katharine Schellman(post may contain affiliate links) The Last Drop of Hemlock by Katharine Schellman is a a historical cozy mystery set in Prohibition-era New York City, and the second book in the Nightingale Mysteries series. Vivian Kelly, former seamstress, is now working part-time at The Nightingale, a speakeasy in… Continue reading The Last Drop of Hemlock by Katharine Schellman is a a historical cozy mystery set in Prohibition-era New York City, and the second book in the Nightingale Mysteries series (4/5 stars)
One Night with the DukeBelmore Square, #1by Jodi Ellen Malpas (post may contain affiliate links) One Night with the Duke by Jodi Ellen Malpas is a Regency romance with mystery elements and the first book in the Belmore Square series. Eliza Melrose and her family are new money recently moved to London from the countryside. Now,… Continue reading One Night with the Duke by Jodi Ellen Malpas is a Regency romance with mystery elements and the first book in the Belmore Square series (3/5 stars)
Ten Rules for Marrying a Dukeby Michelle McLeannarrated by Clare Staniforth(post may contain affiliate links) Ten Rules for Marrying a Duke by Michelle McLean is a charming historical romance featuring a marriage of convenience with some steam. I listened to the audiobook, which clocks in at eight hours and is narrated by Clare Staniforth. Arabella Bromley… Continue reading Ten Rules for Marrying a Duke by Michelle McLean is a charming historical romance featuring a marriage of convenience with some steam (4.5/5 stars)
Just MurderedMs. Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries, #1Katherine Kovacic(post may contain affiliate links) Just Murdered by Katherine Kovacic is a historical cozy mystery novel modeled off the tv series Ms. Fisher's Modern Murder Mysteries. Set in the 1960s, Peregrine Fisher--the niece of the eponymous Phryne Fisher of Ms. Fisher's Murder Mysteries--is invited to a meeting of the Adventuresses'… Continue reading Just Murdered by Katherine Kovacic is a historical cozy mystery novel modeled off the tv series Ms. Fisher’s Modern Murder Mysteries (4/5 stars)
A Wicked Game by Kate BatemanRuthless Rivals, #3(post may contain affiliate links) (4.5 rounded up to a 5) A Wicked Game by Kate Bateman is an enemies to lovers historical romance, and the third book in the Ruthless Rivals series. I listened to the audiobook, which clocks in at eleven hours and is narrated by Beverley… Continue reading A Wicked Game by Kate Bateman is an enemies to lovers historical romance, and the third book in the Ruthless Rivals series (4.5/5 stars)
Paperback Jack by Loren D. Estleman(post may contain affiliate links) Paperback Jack by Loren D. Estleman is a historical fiction with some light thriller elements based around the birth of paperback book sales. Post-World War II, author Jacob Heppleman homes home to a changed world where the pulp magazine he previously wrote for are on their… Continue reading Paperback Jack by Loren D. Estleman is a historical fiction with some light thriller elements based around the birth of paperback book sales
Some Dukes Have All the Luck by Christina Britton(post may contain affiliate links) Some Dukes Have All the Luck by Christina Britton is a historic romance with some steam, and the first book in her new Synneful Spinsters series. We follow our two main characters with third-person points-of-view. Ash Hawkins, aka the Duke of Buckley, had… Continue reading Some Dukes Have All the Luck by Christina Britton is a historic romance with some steam (4/5 stars, 3/5 steam)
Sparrows in the Wind by Gail Carson Levine(post may contain affiliate links) Sparrows in the Wind by Gail Carson Levine is a middle grade/YA fantasy retelling of Troy around the time of the Trojan War. The ebook version is 352 pages. I listened to a voicegalley, which clocked in at seven and a half hours and… Continue reading Sparrows in the Wind by Gail Carson Levine is a cute middle grade/YA fantasy retelling of Troy around the time of the Trojan War (3/5 stars)
Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen(post may contain affiliate links) (4.5 stars rounded up to a 5) Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen is a queer historic gumshoe mystery. The ebook version is 256 pages. I listened to the audiobook, which clocks in at a little under ten hours and is narrated by Vikas Adam. In… Continue reading Lavender House by Lev AC Rosen is a queer historic gumshoe mystery (4.5 stars rounded up to a 5)
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