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Category Archives: Historical Fiction

The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley by Shelley Wood

The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley spans a century following Kit’s life and scientific developments. Kit McKinley was born on February 29, 1916.

Posted byJasmine MarchandAugust 4, 2024Posted inFiction, Historical FictionTags:book review, fiction, General Fiction, Historical FictionLeave a comment on The Leap Year Gene of Kit McKinley by Shelley Wood

Coming to Find You by Jane Corry

The blurb for Coming to Find You makes no mention of a second timeline focusing on WWII. I’d probably have passed on this arc had I known about it.

Posted byJasmine MarchandDecember 14, 2023December 14, 2023Posted inHistorical Fiction, ThrillerTags:Historical Fiction, ThrillerLeave a comment on Coming to Find You by Jane Corry

The Temple of Fortuna by Elodie Harper

The Temple of Fortuna wraps up Elodie Harper’s Wolf Den Trilogy in the best way possible. It’s 79 AD, and Amara has come a long way since her days in the

Posted byJasmine MarchandNovember 13, 2023November 13, 2023Posted inHistorical FictionTags:book review, book review blog, Historical Fiction, PompeiiLeave a comment on The Temple of Fortuna by Elodie Harper

Excavations by Hannah Michell

Excavations by Hannah Michell examines the cost of greed and how well you really know someone. In Seoul, Korea, Sae waits with her two toddlers for her

Posted byJasmine MarchandJuly 6, 2023September 4, 2023Posted inGeneral Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery/SuspenseTags:General Fiction, Historical FictionLeave a comment on Excavations by Hannah Michell

The Puzzle Master by Danielle Trussoni

The Puzzle Master is a race against time. It has its fair share of dramatic moments, atmosphere, action, and even creepy dolls. After suffering a traumatic bra

Posted byJasmine MarchandMay 25, 2023September 4, 2023Posted inGeneral Fiction, Historical Fiction, Mystery/Suspense, UncategorizedTags:book review, book review blog, fiction, mystery, suspenseLeave a comment on The Puzzle Master by Danielle Trussoni

Homecoming by Kate Morton

Homecoming is a slow-burn generational mystery set in Australia. A family tragedy on Christmas Eve of 1959 in Adelaide, Australia, remains mostly unsolved

Posted byJasmine MarchandApril 3, 2023September 4, 2023Posted inFiction, General Fiction, Historical FictionTags:book review, book review blog, Historical Fiction, Kate Morton, mysteryLeave a comment on Homecoming by Kate Morton

The Secrets of Hartwood Hall by Katie Lumsden

The Secrets of Hartwood Hall is an atmospheric and compelling gothic mystery. Margaret Lennox, recently widowed, has taken up a governess

Posted byJasmine MarchandFebruary 16, 2023September 4, 2023Posted inHistorical Fiction, Mystery/SuspenseTags:book review, book review blog, gothic novel, mystery book reviewLeave a comment on The Secrets of Hartwood Hall by Katie Lumsden

Beyond That, The Sea by Laura Spence-Ash

Beyond That, The Sea is by turns joyful and incredibly emotional. I enjoyed every single page. In 1940, as German bombs descend on London, Beatrix’s parents

Posted byJasmine MarchandJanuary 19, 2023September 4, 2023Posted inHistorical FictionTags:book review, book review blog, character-driven fiction, Historical Fiction, WWII booksLeave a comment on Beyond That, The Sea by Laura Spence-Ash

The House with the Golden Door by Elodie Harper

This trilogy gets better with each book. The House with the Golden Door returns to Pompeii in 75 AD, four years before the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, and follo

Posted byJasmine MarchandSeptember 8, 2022September 4, 2023Posted inHistorical FictionTags:book review, book review blog, fiction, Historical Fiction, Pompeii1 Comment on The House with the Golden Door by Elodie Harper

The Book of Gothel by Mary McMyne

The Book of Gothel is a wonderfully cozy story of the witch who stole Rapunzel and kept her in the tower. Haelewise, daughter of Hedda, a well-respected midwife

Posted byJasmine MarchandJuly 26, 2022September 4, 2023Posted inFantasy, Historical Fiction, UncategorizedTags:book review, book review blog, fairytale, Rapunzel, retelling1 Comment on The Book of Gothel by Mary McMyne

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