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Tag: alternate history

Book Review | Outlawed (ARC)

On January 19, 2021January 17, 2021 By Jenny ALeave a comment

I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Outlawed by Anna North. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In an alternate world in which a flu decimates—and in fact destroys—America as we know it, fertility is valued above everything. …

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Book Review | Burn

On August 18, 2020October 9, 2020 By Jenny ALeave a comment

Maybe my standards for dragon books are too high, because I have yet to find the Great One. Still, this was entertaining enough. Patrick Ness’ novel Burn is a young adult fantasy about an alternate universe during the Cold War. Here, dragons have existed forever and are a part of life, if an aloof and …

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Book Review | The Ladies of Grace Adieu

On August 11, 2018August 19, 2018 By Jenny ALeave a comment

I first read The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke in March 2018, and this review was originally posted on my Goodreads account then. Some minor edits have been made to this review. To begin with, The Ladies of Grace Adieu is not as good as Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell, …

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