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Rave Review: "Songs for the Brokenhearted" by Ayelet Tsabari
Quick Summary Type: Standalone novel Genre: Literary fiction, historical fiction Back Cover: "A young Yemeni Israeli woman learns of her...
Claire Quarterman
May 23 min read
Review: Into Shadow Collection
"The Garden" by Tomi Champion-Adeyemi Genre: Fantasy Description: "In this dreamlike short story told in alternating prose and verse,...
Claire Quarterman
May 7, 20249 min read
Critical Review: "The Pale Blue Eye" by Louis Bayard
Quick Summary Type: Novel, audiobook Genre: Historical fiction, mystery Back Cover: "At West Point Academy in 1830, the calm of an...
Claire Quarterman
Dec 31, 20233 min read
Review: "A Gentleman in Moscow" by Amor Towles
Quick Summary Type: Novel Genre: Historical fiction, literary fiction Back Cover: "From the New York Times bestselling author of Rules of...
Claire Quarterman
Dec 13, 20232 min read
Rave Review: "Mexican Gothic" by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Quick Summary Type: Novel Genre: Horror, romance, fantasy, historical fiction, mystery, thriller Back Cover: "After receiving a frantic...
Claire Quarterman
Sep 7, 20233 min read
Review: "The Last Magician" by Lisa Maxwell
Quick Summary Type: Novel, book 1 in The Last Magician series Genre: Fantasy, historical fiction Back Cover: "Stop the Magician. Steal...
Claire Quarterman
Aug 16, 20232 min read
Critical Review: "Babel: An Arcane History" by R. F. Kuang
Quick Summary Type: Novel Genre: Fantasy, historical fiction, dark academia Back Cover: "1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in...
Claire Quarterman
Jul 16, 20238 min read
Critical Review: "These Violent Delights" by Chloe Gong
Quick Summary Type: Novel, book 1 of These Violent Duets series Genre: Romance, fantasy, historical fiction Back Cover: "The year is...
Claire Quarterman
Jul 10, 20236 min read
Review: "The Magician's Daughter" by H. G. Parry
Quick Summary Type: Novel Genre: Fantasy, historical fiction, mythology Back Cover: "It is 1912, and for the last seventy years magic has...
Claire Quarterman
Jul 5, 20232 min read
Review: "The River of Silver" by S. A. Chakraborty
Quick Summary Type: Short story collection, book 3.5 of the Daevabad trilogy Genre: Fantasy, historical fiction Back Cover: "Now together...
Claire Quarterman
Jun 19, 20232 min read
Rave Review: "The Empire of Gold" by S. A. Chakraborty
Quick Summary Type: Novel, book 3 in Daevabad trilogy Genre: Fantasy, historical fiction Back Cover: "Daevabad has fallen. After a brutal...
Claire Quarterman
Jun 12, 20234 min read
Review: "Circe" by Madeline Miller
Quick Summary Type: Novel Genre: Historical fiction, mythology Back Cover: "In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the...
Claire Quarterman
Jun 6, 20233 min read
Rave Review: "The Kingdom of Copper" by S. A. Chakraborty
Quick Summary Type: Novel, book 2 of the Daevabad trilogy Genre: Fantasy, thriller, historical fiction Back Cover: "Nahri's life changed...
Claire Quarterman
Jun 2, 20232 min read
Review: "The City of Brass" by S. A. Chakraborty
Quick Summary Type: Novel, book 1 of Daevabad Trilogy Genre: Fantasy, historical fiction Back Cover: "On the streets of...
Claire Quarterman
May 10, 20232 min read
Review: The Finishing School Saga by Gail Carriger
Quick Summary Type: Series Genre: Historical fiction, young adult fiction Books: Etiquette & Espionage: "Fourteen-year-old Sophronia is a...
Claire Quarterman
Apr 26, 20235 min read
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