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Review: A Murderous Malady (Florence Nightingale Mystery #2) by Christine Trent
Christine Trent is an author I have had on my radar forever it seems like. When her Lady of Ashes series first came out, I tried to win a copy for months to no avail. Then as always seems to happen….I was on to another book. But I did continue to see her Lady of Ashes series pop up all over the place….my library, bookstores, social media. But then the timing just never seemed right. Now she has a new series out, The Florence Nightingale Mysteries, and I was eager to try and work this latest book into my review schedule. It is the second book in a series, but…
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Review: An Artless Demise (Lady Darby Mystery #7) by Anna Lee Huber
Lady Darby has been a favorite heroine of mine for some time now. I only recently discovered the series a couple of years ago, but from the moment I started reading The Anatomist’s Wife, I was completely in love with her character. Reviewing this book was a no brainer. I have loved watching this series evolve and progress, shifting from mystery, to romantic suspense, and back to more mystery and I have loved every single book. Plus Huber is a wonderful writer with many of her books ranking highly on my recommended list! I have recommended all of her books to everyone I know and have loved seeing friends and…
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Review: The Lost History of Dreams by Kris Waldherr
This book has been on my radar for months. I basically stalked the authors Twitter page waiting to see when there would be ARC’s available and hoping that I would get picked to be an early reader! To say that this book has my name written all over it is an understatement. I love all things Victorian and Gothic and this book couldn’t have been more intriguing to me if it tried. It had everything I was looking for in a great Gothic read. I was beyond thrilled to get picked as an early reader and patiently waited to start the book so that I could savor every single aspect…
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Review: A Dangerous Collaboration (Veronica Speedwell #4) by Deanna Raybourn
This was a series that I perpetually have no pre order. I was sold on it even before it came out. I saw the cover in 2015 and immediately knew I needed this book so I pre ordered a copy. I fell in love with Veronica Speedwell the moment I started reading. She was refreshing, unconventional, over the top, and just so sassy. I loved the chemistry between her and her leading man, Stoker. Since the inception of this series, I have been first in line with the next installment comes out. The last book left me feeling a little wanting in the relationship department though, so I was extra eager…
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Winner: WHY KILL THE INNOCENT (Sebastian St. Cyr #13) by C.S. Harris
And the winner of the paperback copy of WHY KILL THE INNOCENT by C.S. Harris is….. Caitlin The winner will be notified via email. Thank you to everyone who entered and a huge thank you to the author for making this giveaway possible!
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Review: Woman 99 by Greer Macallister
This book’s description immediately resonated with me. I love all things turn of the century, plus I also love reading about early science and medicine. One day, one of my fellow book blogger friend and I were discussing how much we wanted to read this book. In the end she emailed the publicist for this book and shamelessly begged for an ARC for the both of us. Which we were so happy to receive! This book was high on my list of TBR and I was eager to get to reading. As soon as it arrived I set aside all my other books just so I could start this one…
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Special Feature and Giveaway: Why Kill the Innocent (Sebastian St. Cyr #13) by C.S. Harris
I only discovered Sebastian St Cyr two years ago and the entire time I was reading the first book in this series, I kept thinking to myself—why am I only now finding this series!? I absolutely adore this series because it’s different and yet familiar at the same time. Lord Devlin is a lord but he isn’t the typical squeaky clean arm chair detective that you find in a number of other detective novels of the same period. I think it makes him stand out. While this is an established series, I found that jumping around within the series was generally fine. Sure there were things I missed but overall, the…
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Review: Lady of a Thousand Treasures (The Victorian Ladies #1) by Sandra Byrd
I’ve read Sandra Byrd before and have loved her, she’s written a couple of different series all with a Christian base. I’ve always enjoyed her stories as they have a little romance and mystery mixed together with a sprinkling of Christian ideology. This book has been one that I have been looking forward to reading since I heard about it. I love the Victorian era and Byrd’s stories are always well written and interesting. I was asked t review this book by two different tour groups and was excited to start it as soon as I got the copy! Miss Eleanor Sheffield is a talented evaluator of antiquities, trained to…
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Review: The Alienist (Dr. Laszlo Kreizler #1) by Caleb Carr
This book was super popular when it came out in the 1990’s and since TNT has made it into a mini series, the book is getting a lot of attention again. Back in February I picked up a copy of this book from the library and just couldn’t get into it. But for Halloween I really wanted to try it again so I found a copy at the library and started reading. What drew me in was the time period. I am fascinated by this time period and having a historical thriller set in New York’s late 19th century streets sounded exceptional. The year is 1896. The city is New…
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Review: The Impossible Girl by Lydia Kang
This was a book that I was excited about when I got the pitch and then I kind of forgot about it until closer to the review date. I wasn’t entirely excited to read it when the time came to start it, but that slight was rectified almost immediately when I started this one. This book had a little bit of everything, romance, mystery, fantasy, and history. I loved this one almost from the first word! It made an excellent early fall/Halloween read. Manhattan, 1850. Born out of wedlock to a wealthy socialite and a nameless immigrant, Cora Lee can mingle with the rich just as easily as she can…