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Book Review / Historical Fiction / Literary Fiction / Science Fiction Posted on: July 28, 2017

The History of Bees, by Maja Lunde

Bees have fascinated humans for centuries, I suppose, because it’s unsettling to see such small […]

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Book Review / Historical Fantasy / Metafiction Posted on: July 21, 2017

The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter, by Theodora Goss

Theodora Goss’ The Strange Case of the Alchemist’s Daughter is a delight for lovers of classic science […]

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Book Review / Classics Posted on: July 16, 2017

City Folk and Country Folk, by Sofia Khvoshchinskaya

The divide between country and city is a popular trope in Russian fiction (at least […]

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Book Review / Historical Fiction / Mystery Posted on: July 14, 2017July 14, 2017

A Study in Scarlet Women, by Sherry Thomas

Sherry Thomas’ A Study in Scarlet Women is an unabashedly feminist pastiche of Sherlock Holmes. In […]

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Alternate History / Book Review / Historical Fantasy Posted on: July 3, 2017

The Bedlam Stacks, by Natasha Pulley

I’ve been anxiously awaiting Natasha Pulley’s second novel, whatever it happened to be. I’m happy […]

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Book Review / Historical Fiction / Mystery Posted on: June 20, 2017

Arrowood, by Mick Finlay

William Arrowood hates Sherlock Holmes. The damned man is on everyone’s lips as the best […]

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Book Review / Historical Fantasy Posted on: June 18, 2017

Devil’s Call, by J. Danielle Dorn

Even though Li Lian was warned that three bad men were on their way to […]

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Book Review / Historical Fantasy Posted on: June 12, 2017July 13, 2024

The Witches of New York, by Ami McKay

There is a feeling throughout Ami McKay’s entertaining novel, The Witches of New York, of a […]

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Book Review / Historical Fiction / Short Stories Posted on: May 26, 2017

An Unrestored Woman, by Shobha Rao

In An Unrestored Woman, Shobha Rao tells a series of stories about characters that brush each […]

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Book Review / Historical Fiction / Mystery Posted on: May 23, 2017May 21, 2017

Murder on Black Swan Lane, by Andrea Penrose

With Murder on Black Swan Lane, Andrea Penrose launches a new series featuring the satirical cartoonish […]

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