The Daughter of Doctor Moreau Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia Genre: Sci-Fi Publication Date: July 19, 2022 Publisher: Del Rey Thank you to NetGalley and Del Rey for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: mention of abuse, alcoholism, mention of […]
The Scent of Burnt Flowers Author: Blitz Bazawule Genre: Historical Fiction Publication Date: June 28, 2022 Publisher: Ballantine Books Thank you to NetGalley and Ballantine Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: blood, violence, racial slurs, racism, […]
Half a Soul Author: Olivia Atwater Genre: Fantasy/Historical Romance Publication Date: April 5, 2022 Publisher: Orbit Series: Regency Faerie Tales #1 Thank you to Orbit for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: blood, ableism, verbal abuse It’s difficult to […]
I have to be honest here, I don’t read a lot of indie books. This is mainly because I have limited income and rely heavily on the library and ARCs for access to books, and there aren’t very many indie books to be found in those places. However, […]
The Memory Keeper of Kyiv Author: Erin Litteken Genre: Historical Fiction Publication Date: May 16, 2022 Publisher: Boldwood Books Thank you to NetGalley and Boldwood Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: grief, blood, death, violence, death […]
Bravely Author: Maggie Stiefvater Genre: YA Fantasy Publication Date: May 3, 2022 Publisher: Disney Press Thank you to NetGalley and Disney Press for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: death Merida goes on an all-new, life-changing adventure in […]
Kaikeyi Author: Vaishnavi Patel Genre: Historical Fiction Publication Date: April 26, 2022 Publisher: Redhook Thank you to NetGalley and Redhook for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: violence, misogyny, death, grief “I was born on the full moon […]
The Silent Unseen Author: Amanda McCrina Genre: Historical Fiction Publication Date: April 5, 2022 Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Thank you to BookishFirst for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: violence, grief, torture, gore, blood Poland, July 1944. […]
Siren Queen Author: Nghi Vo Genre: Historical Fantasy Publication Date: May 10, 2022 Publisher: Tordotcom Thank you to NetGalley and BookishFirst for providing me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: racial slurs, violence, blood It was magic. In every world, it […]
Today’s prompt is a freebie, which means that my mind suddenly goes completely blank when I have to think of a topic. Does this happen to anyone else, or just me? Lately, I’ve been reading some truly awesome historical fiction, so I want to talk about my ten […]
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