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Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by V.E. Schwab: Book Review

Here’s my review of Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil, by one of my favorite fantasy authors V.E. Schwab. I concluded this review thus, “the literary virtuosity glues the reader exquisitely to each page.” Enjoy!

Site of "real" Trojan War

Yearning for a “real” Trojan War

There’s an allure to the idea that we can lay our hands on proof that a Trojan War was real–and all that we associate with that. But there’s danger in that yearning. Where should the boundaries of history, archaeology, and myth lie?

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Written on the Dark by Guy Gavriel Kay, Book Review

Here’s my review of Guy Gavriel Kay’s latest historical fantasy, Written on the Dark. Kay is one of my favorite authors and this one, set in an alternate medieval France, is a treasure.

Nancy Bilyeau photo of Strawberry Hill Castle

Nancy Bilyeau and a Faux Gothic Castle

Nancy Bilyeau, a long time writer friend whose historical thrillers are first-rate, has just put out her third novel featuring artist and spy Genevieve Planche. I hope you enjoy reading about Walpole’s faux Gothic castle that provided the inspired start of this engaging read–and the start of gothic novels.

book cover & ebook The Versailles Formula

The Versailles Formula Cover Reveal

Cover Reveal! My friend Nancy Bilyeau has a new historical thriller coming out this spring called THE VERSAILLES FORMULA. She’s written another delicious historical thriller. Have a fun peek at her cover and premise.

book cover image Rose of Jericho

Rose of Jericho by Alex Grecian: Book Review

Set in nineteenth-century New England, Rose of Jericho combines gothic horror with historical fantasy. Among other thought-provoking strands, the novel asks what would happen to humankind without death.
I hope you enjoy my review.

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Seven for a Secret by Lyndsay Faye, Book Review

I noticed this book on my shelf and was thinking how good it is. And somehow I never posted my review of it to my blog. Here it is. New York in 1846 when the city barely had a police force, featuring kidnapped slaves, murder, & party politics. I hope you enjoy my review of Seven for a Secret by Lyndsay Faye.