Book Reviews

Here’s my review of Luanne Smith’s latest offering, The Wolf’s Eye, in her historical fantasy series set in WWI with witches turning soldiers into various kinds of monstrous weapons. It’s an engaging series that softens its horror with themes of friendship and found family. I hope you enjoy my review.

My review of a masterful retelling of the Selkie Wife folktale, set in nineteenth century Nova Scotia. This novel earned an Editors’ Choice award in HNR. Find out why in my review.

Here’s my review of The Mystery of Rufford Abbey, a dual timeline thriller set in the modern day with a time traveling medieval woman. If you enjoy contemporary psychological crime fiction and historical fiction, this might be a good choice.

The Romanov Impostor portrays a “what if she’d survived” story of Anastasia Romanov. The novel is an entertaining dive into 1920’s Hollywood with the exciting twist of maintaining Anastasia’s secret in the face of a woman whom she alone knows has to be an impostor. Here’s my review of this fun historical read.

Here’s my review of The Pomegranate Gate, an Inquisition-era novel inspired by Jewish folklore and mysticism. I loved this one!

A setting in Victorian Boston and a nearby island, an endearing romance, and an intriguing magical system. I thoroughly enjoyed Charlie Holmberg’s Heir of Uncertain Magic. If that sounds fun to you also, here’s my review.

With atmospherically rich effect, Amiee Gibbs’s The Carnivale of Curiosities combines gothic Victorian historical with dark fantasy. She intertwines themes of constructed family, freaks, and the reality of magic. I hope you enjoy my review.