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Category Archives: Historical Fiction

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, 2023May 25, 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, 2023April 3, 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, 2023February 16, 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, 2023January 19, 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, 2022Posted inHistorical FictionTags:book review, book review blog, fiction, historical fiction, PompeiiLeave a 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, 2022July 26, 2022Posted inFantasy, Historical Fiction, UncategorizedTags:book review, book review blog, fairytale, Rapunzel, retellingLeave a comment on The Book of Gothel by Mary McMyne

Dark Earth by Rebecca Stott

Dark Earth by Rebecca Stott is a beautifully written historical fiction novel with a dash of mythology and folklore. Isla and Blue live with their father, the..

Posted byJasmine MarchandJuly 4, 2022Posted inFantasy, Historical FictionTags:book review, book review blog, fiction, folklore, mythologyLeave a comment on Dark Earth by Rebecca Stott

Little Foxes Took Up Matches by Katya Kazbek

Little Foxes Took Up Matches is a sometimes dark, sometimes sweet coming-of-age tale. Mitya was just two when he swallowed his grandmother’s sewing needle…

Posted byJasmine MarchandApril 4, 2022April 4, 2022Posted inFiction, Historical Fiction, Literary FictionTags:book review, book review blog, fiction, historical fiction, literary fictionLeave a comment on Little Foxes Took Up Matches by Katya Kazbek

Reputation by Lex Croucher

If Mean Girls and Emma had a baby, it would be Reputation by Lex Croucher. After being forced to move in with her aunt and uncle, Georgiana Ellers is desp…

Posted byJasmine MarchandMarch 28, 2022March 28, 2022Posted inHistorical Fiction, RomanceTags:book review, book review blog, historical fiction, historical romance, Jane AustenLeave a comment on Reputation by Lex Croucher

The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper

the house with the golden door

The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper throws you right into the life of brothels in Pompeii AD 74. Penniless after her father’s death, Amara’s mother sold her as a c…

Posted byJasmine MarchandMarch 16, 2022March 16, 2022Posted inHistorical FictionTags:book review, book review blog, Elodie Harper, historical fiction, the wolf den trilogy1 Comment on The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper

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