Published September 1st 2020 Author: Evie Dunmore Narrator: Elizabeth Jasicki Audiobook Length: 12 hours 30 minutes A lady must have money and an army of her own if she is to win a revolution—but first, she must pit her wits against the wiles of an irresistible rogue bent on wrecking her plans…and her heart. Lady… Continue reading Audiobook Review: A Rogue of One’s Own (A League of Extraordinary Women #2)
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Book Review: Our Violent Ends (These Violent Delights #2)
Published November 16th 2021 Author: Chloe Gong The year is 1927, and Shanghai teeters on the edge of revolution. After sacrificing her relationship with Roma to protect him from the blood feud, Juliette has been a girl on the warpath. One wrong move, and her cousin will step in to usurp her place as the… Continue reading Book Review: Our Violent Ends (These Violent Delights #2)
Book Review: These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights #1)
Published November 17th 2020 Author: Chloe Gong The year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery. A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city helpless in the grip of chaos. At the heart of it all is eighteen-year-old Juliette Cai, a former flapper who has returned to… Continue reading Book Review: These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights #1)
Audiobook Review: Bringing Down the Duke (A League of Extraordinary Women #1)
Published September 3rd 2019 Author: Evie Dunmore Narrator: Elizabeth Jasicki Audiobook Length: 12 hours 20 minutes England, 1879. Annabelle Archer, the brilliant but destitute daughter of a country vicar, has earned herself a place among the first cohort of female students at the renowned University of Oxford. In return for her scholarship, she must support the… Continue reading Audiobook Review: Bringing Down the Duke (A League of Extraordinary Women #1)
Book Review: An Heiress’s Guide to Deception and Desire (A Lady’s Guide #2) (ARC)
Expected publication: November 16th 2021 Author: Manda Collins England, 1865 : As one of England's most notorious newspaper columnists, Lady Katherine Bascomb believes knowledge is power. And she's determined to inform and educate the ladies of London on the nefarious-and deadly-criminals who are praying on the fairer sex. When her reporting leads to the arrest of… Continue reading Book Review: An Heiress’s Guide to Deception and Desire (A Lady’s Guide #2) (ARC)
Book Review: A Lady’s Guide to Mischief and Mayhem (A Lady’s Guide #1)
Published November 10th 2020 Author: Manda Collins England, 1865 : As one of England's most notorious newspaper columnists, Lady Katherine Bascomb believes knowledge is power. And she's determined to inform and educate the ladies of London on the nefarious-and deadly-criminals who are praying on the fairer sex. When her reporting leads to the arrest of a… Continue reading Book Review: A Lady’s Guide to Mischief and Mayhem (A Lady’s Guide #1)
Audiobook Review: She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor #1)
Published July 20, 2021 Author: Shelley Parker-Chan Narrator: Natalie Naudus Audiobook Length: 14 hours 36 minutes Mulan meets The Song of Achilles; an accomplished, poetic debut of war and destiny, sweeping across an epic alternate China. “I refuse to be nothing…” In a famine-stricken village on a dusty yellow plain, two children are given two fates. A… Continue reading Audiobook Review: She Who Became the Sun (The Radiant Emperor #1)
Book Review: Never Fall for Your Fiancée (The Merriwell Sisters #1) (ARC)
Expected publication: November 9th 2021 Author: Virginia Heath The last thing Hugh Standish, Earl of Fareham, ever wants is a wife. Unfortunately for him, his mother is determined to find him one, even from across the other side of the ocean. So, Hugh invents a fake fiancée to keep his mother’s matchmaking ways at bay.… Continue reading Book Review: Never Fall for Your Fiancée (The Merriwell Sisters #1) (ARC)
Book Review: A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding #1) (ARC)
Expected publication: November 2nd 2021 Author: Freya Marske Robin Blyth has more than enough bother in his life. He’s struggling to be a good older brother, a responsible employer, and the harried baronet of a seat gutted by his late parents’ excesses. When an administrative mistake sees him named the civil service liaison to a… Continue reading Book Review: A Marvellous Light (The Last Binding #1) (ARC)
Book Review: Beasts of Beauty (Bewitching Fairy Tales #3) (ARC)
Published: October 19th 2021 Author: Celeste Baxendell The only way to survive is to be brutal. Aerona is a beast whose sole purpose is to protect the only fairies left. She won't let anyone threaten them, so when a hunter tries to take her down and discovers the fairies in the process, Aerona has no… Continue reading Book Review: Beasts of Beauty (Bewitching Fairy Tales #3) (ARC)
Book Review: When Night Breaks (Kingdom of Cards #2) (ARC)
Expected publication: October 5th 2021 Author: Janella Angeles The competition has come to a disastrous end, and Daron Demarco’s fall from grace is now front page news. But little matters to him beyond Kallia, the contestant he fell for who is now lost to this world and in the hands of a dangerous magician. Daron… Continue reading Book Review: When Night Breaks (Kingdom of Cards #2) (ARC)
Book Review: Where Dreams Descend (Kingdom of Cards #1)
Published August 25th 2020 Author: Janella Angeles In a city covered in ice and ruin, a group of magicians face off in a daring game of magical feats to find the next headliner of the Conquering Circus, only to find themselves under the threat of an unseen danger striking behind the scenes. As each act… Continue reading Book Review: Where Dreams Descend (Kingdom of Cards #1)
Book Review: Sense and Sensibility: Illustrations by Marjolein Bastin (ARC)
Expected publication: November 2nd 2021 Author: Jane Austen Illustrator: Marjolein Bastin Gems of literature in a luxurious and unique design by Marjolein Bastin. The Marjolein Bastin Classics Series is a chance to rediscover classic literature in collectible, luxuriously illustrated volumes. For the first time ever, the internationally celebrated artwork of Marjolein Bastin graces the pages of a… Continue reading Book Review: Sense and Sensibility: Illustrations by Marjolein Bastin (ARC)
Book Review: Infamous (Rebels of the Ton #3) (ARC)
Expected publication: September 28th 2021 Author: Minerva Spencer A mean girl reformed... Once the reigning beauty of her social set, Celia--whom the newspapers dubbed Lady Infamous--has fallen on hard times and is practically destitute, her reputation in shreds. When Celia is forced to attend a society wedding as a companion to an elderly guest, she… Continue reading Book Review: Infamous (Rebels of the Ton #3) (ARC)
Book Review: Iron Widow (Iron Widow #1) (ARC)
Expected publication: September 21st 2021 Author: Xiran Jay Zhao The boys of Huaxia dream of pairing up with girls to pilot Chrysalises, giant transforming robots that can battle the mecha aliens that lurk beyond the Great Wall. It doesn't matter that the girls often die from the mental strain. When 18-year-old Zetian offers herself up… Continue reading Book Review: Iron Widow (Iron Widow #1) (ARC)
Audiobook Review: Miss Lattimore’s Letter
Published August 10th 2021 Author: Suzanne Allain Narrator: Elizabeth Knowelden Audiobook Length: 6 hours 45 minutes Sophronia Lattimore had her romantic dreams destroyed years ago and is resigned to her role as chaperone for her cousin. Still, she cannot sit idly by when she becomes aware that a gentleman is about to propose to the… Continue reading Audiobook Review: Miss Lattimore’s Letter
Book Review: A Rake Like You (Linfield Hall #2) (ARC)
Expected publication: August 31st 2021 Author: Becky Michaels About to turn thirty, Charles Finch finally realizes his luck has run out. He’s twenty thousand pounds in debt, his entire family hates him, and the powerful Duke of Rutley is watching his every move. So Charles sets out to do what any handsome but impoverished earl… Continue reading Book Review: A Rake Like You (Linfield Hall #2) (ARC)
Audiobook Review: Red Wolf
Published July 27th 2021 Author: Rachel Vincent Narrator: Taylor Meskimen Audiobook Length: 10 hours 8 minutes For as long as sixteen-year-old Adele can remember the village of Oakvale has been surrounding by the dark woods—a forest filled with terrible monsters that light cannot penetrate. Like every person who grows up in Oakvale she has been… Continue reading Audiobook Review: Red Wolf
Audiobook Review: Small Favors
Published July 27th 2021 Author: Erin Craig Narrator: Rachel Music Audiobook Length: 14 hours 21 minutes Ellerie Downing lives in the quiet town of Amity Falls in the Blackspire Mountain range - five narrow peaks stretching into the sky like a grasping hand, bordered by a nearly impenetrable forest from which the early townsfolk fought… Continue reading Audiobook Review: Small Favors
Book Review: The Witch Haven (ARC)
Expected publication: August 31st 2021 Author: Sasha Peyton Smith In 1911 New York City, seventeen-year-old Frances Hallowell spends her days as a seamstress, mourning the mysterious death of her brother months prior. Everything changes when she’s attacked and a man ends up dead at her feet—her scissors in his neck, and she can’t explain how… Continue reading Book Review: The Witch Haven (ARC)
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