Review | The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

 

Title: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid
Series Details: Standalone
Publisher: Atria Books
Release Date: June 13, 2017
Genre: Historical Fiction, LGBTQ+
Pages: 391

Blurb from Goodreads:

Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now?

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Review | The Gilded Wolves

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Title: The Gilded Wolves
Series Details: The Gilded Wolves #1
Author: Roshani Chokshi
Publisher: Macmillan
Imprint: Wednesday Books
Release Date: January 15, 2019
Genre: Fantasy, Young Adult, Historical Fiction
Pages: 388

Blurb from Goodreads:

No one believes in them. But soon no one will forget them.

It’s 1889. The city is on the cusp of industry and power, and the Exposition Universelle has breathed new life into the streets and dredged up ancient secrets. Here, no one keeps tabs on dark truths better than treasure-hunter and wealthy hotelier Séverin Montagnet-Alarie. When the elite, ever-powerful Order of Babel coerces him to help them on a mission, Séverin is offered a treasure that he never imagined: his true inheritance. Read More »

Review | The Dark Days Deceit

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Title: The Dark Days Deceit
Series Details: Lady Helen #3
Author: Alison Goodman
Publisher: Walker Books
Release Date: November 15, 2018
Genre: Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Paranormal
Pages: 546

Blurb from Goodreads:

Bath, December 1812. With her wedding just weeks away, Lady Helen Wrexhall is staying with friends while preparations are finalised. But Helen’s focus is far from her forthcoming nuptials. Time is running out to find the Bath Deceiver, who holds vital information that the Dark Days Club will need if they are to stand any chance of defeating their unknown foe, the Grand Deceiver. Read More »

Review │ My Plain Jane

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Title: My Plain Jane
Series Details: The Lady Janies #2
Author: Cynthia Hand, Jodi Meadows, Brodi Ashton
Publisher: HarperCollins
Imprint: HarperTeen
Release Date: June 26, 2018
Genre: Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Young Adult, Retelling
Pages: 464

Blurb from Goodreads:

You may think you know the story. After a miserable childhood, penniless orphan Jane Eyre embarks on a new life as a governess at Thornfield Hall. There, she meets one dark, brooding Mr. Rochester. Despite their significant age gap (!) and his uneven temper (!!!), they fall in love—and, Reader, she marries him. (!!!)

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Review | The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue

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Title: The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue
Series Details: Montague Siblings #1
Author: Mackenzi Lee
Publisher: HarperCollins
Imprint: Katherine Tegen Books
Release Date: June 27, 2017
Genre: Adventure, Historical Fiction, LGBT+, Young Adult
Pages: 513

Blurb from Goodreads:

Henry “Monty” Montague was born and bred to be a gentleman, but he was never one to be tamed. The finest boarding schools in England and the constant disapproval of his father haven’t been able to curb any of his roguish passions—not for gambling halls, late nights spent with a bottle of spirits, or waking up in the arms of women or men. Read More »

Review | The Muse

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Title: The Muse
Author: Jessie Burton
Publisher: Pan Macmillan 
Imprint: Picador
Release Date: June 30, 2016
Series Details: Standalone
Genre: Historical Fiction, Adult
Pages: 464

Blurb from Goodreads:

On a hot July day in 1967, Odelle Bastien climbs the stone steps of the Skelton gallery in London, knowing that her life is about to change forever. Having struggled to find her place in the city since she arrived from Trinidad five years ago, she has been offered a job as a typist under the tutelage of the glamorous and enigmatic Marjorie Quick. But though Quick takes Odelle into her confidence, and unlocks a potential she didn’t know she had, she remains a mystery – no more so than when a lost masterpiece with a secret history is delivered to the gallery. Read More »

Review | Yesternight

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Title: Yesternight 
Author: Cat Winters
Publisher: HarperCollins
Imprint: William Morrow Paperbacks
Release Date: October o4, 2016
Series Details: Standalone
Genre:  Paranormal, Historical Fiction, Adult, Fantasy
Pages: 374

Blurb from Goodreads:

From the author of The Uninvited comes a haunting historical novel with a compelling mystery at its core. A young child psychologist steps off a train, her destination a foggy seaside town. There, she begins a journey causing her to question everything she believes about life, death, memories, and reincarnation. Read More »

Review | The Night Circus

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Title: The Night Circus
Author: Erin Morgenstern
Publisher: Penguin Random House
Imprint: Doubleday
Release Date: September 13, 2011
Series Details: Standalone
Genre: Fantasy, Historical Fiction
Pages: 400

Blurb from Goodreads:

Within these nocturnal black-and-white striped tents awaits an utterly unique, a feast for the senses, where one can get lost in a maze of clouds, meander through a lush garden made of ice, stare in wonderment as the tattooed contortionist folds herself into a small glass box, and become deliciously tipsy from the scents of caramel and cinnamon that waft through the air. Read More »

Review | The Dark Days Pact

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Title: The Dark Days Pact
Series Details: Lady Helen #2
Author: Alison Goodman
Publisher:  Penguin Random House
Imprint: Viking Books for Young Readers
Release Date: January 31, 2017
Genre: Paranormal, Historical Fiction, Fantasy
Pages: 496

Blurb from Goodreads:

June 1812. Just weeks after her catastrophic coming-out ball, Lady Helen Wrexhall—now disowned by her uncle—is a full member of the demon-hunting Dark Days Club. Her mentor, Lord Carlston, has arranged for Helen to spend the summer season in Brighton so that he can train her new Reclaimer powers. However, the long-term effects of Carlston’s Reclaimer work have taken hold, and his sanity is beginning to slip. At the same time, Carlston’s Dark Days Club colleague and nemesis will stop at nothing to bring Helen over to his side—and the Duke of Selburn is determined to marry her. The stakes are even higher for Helen as she struggles to become the warrior that everyone expects her to be. Read More »

Review | The Dark Days Club

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Title: The Dark Days Club
Series Details: Lady Helen #1
Author: Alison Goodman
Publisher: Penguin Random House 
Imprint: Viking Books for Young Readers
Release Date: January 26, 2016
Genre: Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Paranormal, Young Adult
Pages: 482

Blurb from Goodreads:

London, April 1812. On the eve of eighteen-year-old Lady Helen Wrexhall’s presentation to the queen, one of her family’s housemaids disappears-and Helen is drawn into the shadows of Regency London. There, she meets Lord Carlston, one of the few who can stop the perpetrators: a cabal of demons infiltrating every level of society. Dare she ask for his help, when his reputation is almost as black as his lingering eyes? And will her intelligence and headstrong curiosity wind up leading them into a death trap? Read More »

Review | And I Darken

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Title: And I Darken
Series Details: The Conqueror’s Saga #1 
Author: Kiersten White
Publisher: Penguin Random House 
Imprint: Delacorte Press
Release Date: June 28, 2016
Genre: Historical FictionYoung Adult
Pages: 475

Blurb from Goodreads:

No one expects a princess to be brutal. And Lada Dragwlya likes it that way. Ever since she and her gentle younger brother, Radu, were wrenched from their homeland of Wallachia and abandoned by their father to be raised in the Ottoman courts, Lada has known that being ruthless is the key to survival. She and Radu are doomed to act as pawns in a vicious game, an unseen sword hovering over their every move. For the lineage that makes them special also makes them targets.Read More »

Review | My Lady Jane

 

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Title: My Lady Jane
Series Details: The Lady Janies #1
Author: Cynthia Hand, Brodi Ashton, Jodi Meadows
Publisher: HarperCollins
Imprint: HarperTeen
Release Date: June 07, 2016
Genre: Fantasy, Historical Fiction, Young Adult
Pages: 494

Blurb from Goodreads:

Edward (long live the king) is the King of England. He’s also dying, which is inconvenient, as he’s only sixteen and he’d much rather be planning for his first kiss than considering who will inherit his crown…Jane (reads too many books) is Edward’s cousin, and far more interested in books than romance. Read More »