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Tag: historical fiction

Book Review | Mortal Follies (ARC)

On June 8, 2023June 3, 2023 By Jenny ALeave a comment

I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Mortal Follies by Alexis Hall. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Mortal Follies, a mischievous narrator relates the tale of Maelys Mitchelmore, a young lady in 1814 high society in …

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Book Review | Miss Eliza’s English Kitchen

On May 20, 2023May 13, 2023 By Jenny A1 Comment

This will hopefully tide me over until we get more Great British Bake-Off. In Miss Eliza’s English Kitchen by Annabel Abbs, Eliza Acton is struggling to get published as a poet, as this is viewed primarily as a man’s domain. Her publisher suggests she instead write a book of cookery, and she initially balks—until she …

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Book Review | Our Hideous Progeny (ARC)

On May 18, 2023May 13, 2023 By Jenny ALeave a comment

I received a digital advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Our Hideous Progeny by C. E. McGill. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Our Hideous Progeny, Mary Saville and her husband Henry are scientists enamored with paleontology. They’re down …

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Book Review | Scarlet (ARC)

On April 25, 2023April 21, 2023 By Jenny ALeave a comment

Generic title, yes. Generic story, I guess not. I received a digital advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Scarlet by Genevieve Cogman. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Scarlet, Eleanor is a maid in a British noble’s house, except …

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Book Review | Psyche and Eros

On April 22, 2023April 20, 2023 By Jenny ALeave a comment

In Psyche and Eros by Lucy McNamara, when she is young, Psyche is given a prophecy that says she is destined to defeat a great monster. So her father has her train to shoot a bow, to fight, and generally be a hero. But when her beauty is compared to Aphrodite, the goddess grows angry, …

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