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Review: The Hotel Balzaar – Jill's Book Blog
Title: The Hotel BalzaarAuthor: Kate DiCamillo, Júlia SardàGenre: Middle Grade, Historical FictionPublisher: Candlewick PressSource: Publisher Format: HardcoverRelease Date: October 1, 2024Rating: ★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: In a wise and magical follow-up to The Puppets of Spelhorst, Kate DiCamillo revisits the land of Norendy, where tales swirl within tales—and every moment is a story in the making. At the Hotel Balzaar, Marta’s mother rises…
Review: Matchmaking, Mistletoe and a Moat – Jill's Book Blog
Title: Matchmaking, Mistletoe and a MoatAuthor: Kim Janine LigonGenre: Historical Fiction, RomancePublisher: Wild Rose PressSource: Publisher Format: EbookRelease Date: December 2, 2024Rating: ★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: Greyford Parker is eager to see his twin sister and her family, but is dreading the matchmaking marathon she has planned at the two week Christmas party at Castle Winterhaven. As the unexpected Duke of Wallingford…
Review: Sunny Gale – Jill's Book Blog
Title: Sunny GaleAuthor: Jamie Lisa ForbesGenre: Historical FictionPublisher: Pronghorn Press Source: iRead Book ToursFormat: EbookRelease Date: May 15, 2024Rating: ★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: It’s 1895 and fourteen year old Hannah Brandt is struggling with the hard life on a new Nebraska homestead. When her imagination is captured by a wild filly she becomes obsessed with horses, which opens the door to her…
Review: Lady Macbeth – Jill's Book Blog
Title: Lady MacbethAuthor: Ava ReidGenre: Historical Fiction, FantasyPublisher: Del Rey Source: Publisher via NetGalleyFormat: EbookRelease Date: August 13, 2024Rating: ★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ava Reid comes a reimagining of Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare’s most famous villainess, giving her a voice, a past, and a power that transforms the story men have written for her. The Lady…
Review: Romancing Mister Bridgerton (Bridgertons #4) – Jill's Book Blog
Title: Romancing Mister Bridgerton (Bridgertons #4)Author: Julia QuinnGenre: Historical Fiction, RomancePublisher: AvonSource: PurchasedFormat: Paperback, AudiobookRelease Date: July 1, 2002Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: Penelope Featherington has secretly adored her best friend’s brother for . . . well, it feels like forever. After half a lifetime of watching Colin Bridgerton from afar, she thinks she knows everything about him, until she stumbles across…
Review: Meet Me at the Starlight – Jill's Book Blog
Title: Meet Me at the StarlightAuthor: Rachel HauckGenre: Historical Fiction, RomancePublisher: Bethany House PublisherSource: Publisher via NetGalleyFormat: EbookRelease Date: July 2, 2024Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: Eighties supermodel Harlow Hayes seeks solace in a quaint Florida beach town to hide and heal from a heartbreak that shattered her entire world. To her surprise, she encounters Matt Knight--a Hollywood A-lister with a bad-boy…
Review: Betrayals (A Time of Reckoning #1) – Jill's Book Blog
Title: Betrayals (A Time of Reckoning #1)Author: Michelle SimpsonGenre: Historical, FantasyPublisher: Self-publishedSource: AuthorFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: June 4, 2022Rating: ★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: It is 8th century Ireland and the land is littered with ambitious chieftains and petty kings lobbying for power and status in a time where no one leader has been duly recognized. Devin is the eldest daughter of the petty…
Review: Red Kingdom (Fairy Tale Retellings #2) – Jill's Book Blog
Title: Red Kingdom (Fairy Tale Retellings #2)Author: Rachel L. DemeterGenre: Fantasy, Historical Fiction, RomancePublisher: Self PublishedSource: AuthorFormat: EbookRelease Date: April 10, 2024Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: Little Red Riding Hood reimagined with a dark and realistic twist. Princess Blanchette’s world shatters when the Black Wolf tears apart her castle and everything she holds dear. All she clings to is the vow she made…
Review: The Emperor and the Endless Palace – Jill's Book Blog
Title: The Emperor and the Endless PalaceAuthor: Justinian HuangGenre: Romance, LGBTQ, Historical FictionPublisher: MIRASource: PublisherFormat: Paperback arcRelease Date: March 26, 2024Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: “What if I told you that the feeling we call love is actually the feeling of metaphysical recognition, when your soul remembers someone from a previous life?” In the year 4 BCE, an ambitious courtier is…
Review: Yours from the Tower – Jill's Book Blog
Title: Yours from the TowerAuthor: Sally NichollsGenre: Young Adult, Historical Fiction, RomancePublisher: Walker Books USSource: Publisher Format: Paperback arcRelease Date: January 30, 2024Rating: ★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: Bridgerton fans rejoice! This epistolary confection—told in letters among three school friends—is perfect for devotees of gossipy costume drama. Tirzah, Sophia, and Polly are best friends who’ve left boarding school and gone back to very different…
Review: Fatal Throne – Jill's Book Blog
Title: Fatal Throne: The Wives of Henry VIII Tell AllAuthor: Candace Fleming (editor)Genre: Young Adult, Historical FictionPublisher: EmberSource: PurchasedFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: February 18, 2020Rating: ★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: Perfect for anyone fascinated by the Royal Wedding, Netflix's The Crown , or Wolf Hall , this is a pitch-perfect reimagining of the romance and tragedy of Henry VIII and his six wives, told from multiple points of…
Review: Marvel 1602 – Jill's Book Blog
Title: Marvel 1602Author: Neil Gaiman, Andy Kubert, Richard IsanoveGenre: Graphic Novel, yHistorical Fiction, FantasyPublisher: MarvelSource: LibraryFormat: EbookRelease Date: October 29, 2003Rating: ★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: In Marvel 1602, award-winning writer Neil Gaiman presents a unique vision of the Marvel Universe set four hundred years in the past. Classic Marvel icons such as the X-Men, Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and Daredevil appear in this…
Review: The Secret in the Tower – Jill's Book Blog
Title: The Secret in the TowerAuthor: Andrew BeattieGenre: Middle Grade, Historical FictionPublisher: Sweet Cherry PublishingSource: Publisher via NetGalleyFormat: EbookRelease Date: September 8, 2022Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: 1485. Richard III is King of England. Henry Tudor’s invasion looms. Jack Broom thinks that war and politics have nothing to do with him. He is a simple apothecary’s boy dreaming of becoming a surgeon…
Review: Patience, Princess Catherine (Young Royals #4) – Jill's Book Blog
Title: Patience, Princess Catherine (Young Royals #4)Author: Carolyn MeyerGenre: Middle Grade, Historical FictionPublisher: Clarion BooksSource: PurchasedFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: May 1, 2004Rating: ★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: England anxiously awaits Prince Arthur's betrothed—the Spanish princess who will be its future queen. But when Arthur dies not long after the wedding, Catherine of Aragon's fate becomes uncertain. Will the king and Catherine's parents arrange a…
Review: Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord (Lady Petra Inquires #1) – Jill's Book Blog
Title: Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord (Lady Petra Inquires #1)Author: Celeste ConnallyGenre: Historical Fiction, MysteryPublisher: Minotaur BooksSource: Publisher Format: Paperback arcRelease Date: November 14, 2023Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: Bridgerton meets Agatha Christie in Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Lord, a dazzling first entry in a terrific new Regency-era mystery series with a feminist spin. When Lady Petra Forsyth’s…
Review: Gwen and Art Are Not in Love – Jill's Book Blog
Title: Gwen and Art Are Not in LoveAuthor: Lex CroucherGenre: Young Adult, Historical, Romance, LGBT, FantasyPublisher: Wednesday BooksSource: PublisherFormat: HardcoverRelease Date: November 28, 2023Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: Heartstopper meets A Knight’s Tale in this queer medieval rom-com YA debut about love, friendship, and being brave enough to change the course of history. It’s been hundreds of years since King Arthur’s reign. His descendant, Arthur,…
Review: The Blackwoods – Jill's Book Blog
Title: The BlackwoodsAuthor: Brandy ColbertGenre: Young Adult, Contemporary, Historical FictionPublisher: Balzer + BraySource: Publisher Format: Paperback arcRelease Date: October 3, 2023Rating: ★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: The Blackwoods. Everyone knows their name. Blossom Blackwood burst onto the silver screen in 1962, and in the decades that followed, she would become one of the most celebrated actors of our time—and the matriarch of the…
Review: The Night Raven (Moonwind Mysteries #1) – Jill's Book Blog
Title: The Night Raven (Moonwind Mysteries #1)Author: Johan Rundberg, A.A. Prime (translator)Genre: Middle Grade, Historical Fiction, MysteryPublisher: Amazon CrossingSource: Firefly Books DistributedFormat: Paperback arcRelease Date: November 1, 2023Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: Mika is not your average orphan—and she’s about to prove it. It’s 1880, and in the frigid city of Stockholm, death lurks around every corner. Twelve-year-old Mika knows that everyone…
Review: Don’t Breathe a Word – Jill's Book Blog
Title: Don't Breathe a WordAuthor: Jordyn TaylorGenre: Young Adult, Thriller, Historical Fiction, MysteryPublisher: HarperTeenSource: PurchasedFormat: Hardcover/audiobookRelease Date: May 18, 2021Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: Present Day:Eva has never felt like she belonged... not in her own family or with her friends in New York City, and certainly not at a fancy boarding school like Hardwick Preparatory Academy. So when she is invited…
Review: Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity (Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries #5) – Jill's Book Blog
Title: Myrtle, Means, and Opportunity (Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries #5)Author: Elizabeth C. BunceGenre: Middle Grade, Mystery, Historical FictionPublisher: Algonquin Young ReadersSource: PublisherFormat: HardcoverRelease Date: October 24, 2023Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: In the fifth book of the Edgar Award-winning series, Myrtle Hardcastle uncovers a string of murders during a treasure hunt on a haunted Scottish estate. When her governess inherits an estate on…
Review: Wrath Becomes Her – Jill's Book Blog
Title: Wrath Becomes HerAuthor: Aden PolydorosGenre: Young Adult, Historical Fiction, FantasyPublisher: Inkyard PressSource: Publisher via NetGalleyFormat: EbookRelease Date: October 10, 2023Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: Frankenstein meets Inglourious Basterds in this stunning Jewish historical horror novel from the award-winning author of The City Beautiful Vera was made for vengeance. Lithuania, 1943. A father drowns in the all-consuming grief of a daughter killed…
Review: Athena’s Child – Jill's Book Blog
Title: Athena's ChildAuthor: Hannah LynnGenre: Historical Fiction, Mythology, RetellingPublisher: SourcebooksSource: Publisher Format: PaperbackRelease Date: September 26, 2023Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: For readers of Madeleine Miller and Claire Heywood comes the story of the most infamous monster of Greek mythology: Medusa. First, they loved her. Then, they abused her. Finally, they made her a villain. Gifted and burdened with stunning beauty,…
Review: Foul Lady Fortune (Foul Lady Fortune #1) – Jill's Book Blog
Title: Foul Lady Fortune (Foul Lady Fortune #1)Author: Chloe GongGenre: Young Adult, Historical Fiction, FantasyPublisher: Margaret K. McElderrySource: Publisher Format: Paperback arcRelease Date: September 27, 2022Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: The first book in a captivating new duology following an ill-matched pair of spies posing as a married couple to investigate a series of brutal murders in 1930s Shanghai. It’s…
Review: In Myrtle Peril (Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries #4) – Jill's Book Blog
Title: In Myrtle Peril (Myrtle Hardcastle Mysteries #4)Author: Elizabeth C. BunceGenre: Middle Grade, Mystery, Historical FictionPublisher: Algonquin Young ReadersSource: Thomas Allen and SonFormat: HardcoverRelease Date: October 4, 2022Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: Myrtle Hardcastle—twelve-year-old Victorian Amateur Detective—returns to investigate the case of a missing heiress lost at sea, an inquiry that runs aground when a murder in plain sight has no apparent…
Review: Our Violent Ends (These Violent Delights #2) – Jill's Book Blog
Title: Our Violent Ends (These Violent Delights #2)Author: Chloe GongGenre: Young Adult, Historical Fiction, FantasyPublisher: Simon and Schuster CanadaSource: Publisher via NetGalleyFormat: EbookRelease Date: November 16, 2021Rating: ★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: 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…
Review: Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose (Enola Holmes #9) – Jill's Book Blog
Title: Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose (Enola Holmes #9)Author: Nancy SpringerGenre: Young Adult, Mystery, Historical FictionPublisher: Wednesday BooksSource: PublisherFormat: Paperback arcRelease Date: September 5, 2023Rating: ★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: In May of 1890, Enola Holmes is finally fully on her own and, no longer hiding from her older brothers Sherlock and Mycroft, attending classes and occasionally pursuing her chosen…
Review: Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh – Jill's Book Blog
Title: Pride and Prejudice and PittsburghAuthor: Rachael LippincottGenre: Young Adult, Romance, Historical Fiction, LGBTQPublisher: Simon and Schuster Books for Young ReadersSource: PublisherFormat: Paperback arcRelease Date: August 29, 2023Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: From the New York Times bestselling coauthor of Five Feet Apart and She Gets the Girl comes a fresh and inventive sapphic romantic comedy that’s What If It’s Us meets…
Review: The Only One Left – Jill's Book Blog
Title: The Only One LeftAuthor: Riley SagerGenre: Thriller, Historical FictionPublisher: DuttonSource: Publisher via NetGalleyFormat: EbookRelease Date: June 20, 2023Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: At seventeen, Lenora HopeHung her sister with a rope Now reduced to a schoolyard chant, the Hope family murders shocked the Maine coast one bloody night in 1929. While most people assume seventeen-year-old Lenora was responsible, the police were…
Review: Bookshop Cinderella (Scandal at the Savoy #1) – Jill's Book Blog
Title: Bookshop Cinderella (Scandal at the Savoy #1)Author: Laura Lee GuhrkeGenre: Historical Fiction, RomancePublisher: ForeverSource: PublisherFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: June 20, 2023Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: Fans of Lisa Kleypas and Julia Quinn will adore this opposites-attract romance featuring a dashing duke, a shy bookshop owner, and a wager that will change their lives forever. Evie Harlow runs a quaint little bookshop in…
Review: Reputation – Jill's Book Blog
Title: ReputationAuthor: Lex CroucherGenre: Romance, Historical FictionPublisher: St. Martin's PressSource: Publisher via NetGalleyFormat: EbookRelease Date: July 8, 2021Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: A classic romcom with a Regency-era twist, for fans of Mean Girls and Bridgerton. Abandoned by her parents in favour of a sea view, middle class Georgiana Ellers has moved to a new town to live with her dreary aunt…
Review: The Alchemy of Moonlight – Jill's Book Blog
Title: The Alchemy of MoonlightAuthor: David FerraroGenre: Young Adult, Fantasy, LGBTQ, Historical Fiction, GothicPublisher: Page Street KidsSource: Manda GroupFormat: Paperback arcRelease Date: May 30, 2023Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: When Emile’s aunt declares he must marry or be disowned for being gay—he runs away to hide as a servant in Count Montoni’s mansion. In their service, Emile tends to the family who…
Review: Cinder and Glass (Cinder and Glass #1) – Jill's Book Blog
Title: Cinder and Glass (Cinder and Glass #1)Author: Melissa de la CruzGenre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Historical Fiction, RomancePublisher: G.P. Putnam's Son Books for Young ReadersSource: Publisher via NetGalleyFormat: EbookRelease Date: March 8, 2022Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: For this princess, winning the crown is no fairytale. 1682. The king sends out an invitation to all the maidens in France: their presence is…
Review: The London Séance Society – Jill's Book Blog
Title: The London Séance SocietyAuthor: Sarah PennerGenre: Historical Fiction, ParanormalPublisher: Park RowSource: Book of the MonthFormat: HardcoverRelease Date: March 7, 2023Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: A spellbinding tale about two daring women who hunt for truth and justice in the perilous art of conjuring the dead. 1873. At an abandoned château on the outskirts of Paris, a dark séance is about to…
Review: One Night with the Duke (Belmore Square #1) – Jill's Book Blog
Title: One Night with the Duke (Belmore Square #1)Author: Jodi Ellen MalpasGenre: Historical Fiction, RomancePublisher: ForeverSource: Publisher Format: PaperbackRelease Date: April 18, 2023Rating: ★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: A #1 New York Times bestselling author delivers a sexy and scandalous Regency romance about an adventurous woman and the mysterious son of a Duke who finds his way into her life—perfect for Bridgerton fans. Eliza Melrose…
Review: Queen Bee – Jill's Book Blog
Title: Queen BeeAuthor: Amalie HowardGenre: Young Adult, Historical Fiction, RomancePublisher: Joy RevolutionSource: PublisherFormat: HardcoverRelease Date: April 4, 2023Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: A teen girl seeking retribution against her backstabbing former best friend finds her plans slightly derailed once she catches the eye of a familiar, handsome marquess. Bestselling author Amalie Howard delivers a delightful, anti-historical Regency-era romp that’s Bridgerton meets The…
Review: Lessons in Chemistry – Jill's Book Blog
Title: Lessons in ChemistryAuthor: Bonnie GarmusGenre: Historical FictionPublisher: Doubleday BooksSource: PurchasedFormat: HardcoverRelease Date: April 5, 2022Rating: ★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, Elizabeth Zott would be the first to point out that there is no such thing as an average woman. But it’s the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Institute…
Review: Stone Blind – Jill's Book Blog
Title: Stone BlindAuthor: Natalie HaynesGenre: Historical Fiction, MythologyPublisher: HarperCollins CanadaSource: PublisherFormat: Paperback arcRelease Date: February 7, 2023Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: A fresh take on the story of Medusa, the original monstered woman. They will fear you and flee you and call you a monster. The only mortal in a family of gods, Medusa is the youngest of the Gorgon sisters. Unlike…
Review: The School of Mirrors – Jill's Book Blog
Title: The School of MirrorsAuthor: Eva StachniakGenre: Historical FictionPublisher: Penguin Random House CanadaSource: Publisher, Tandem Collective GlobalFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: February 22, 2022Rating: ★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: A scintillating, gorgeously written historical novel about a mother and a daughter in eighteenth-century France, beginning with decadence and palace intrigue at Versailles and ending in an explosive new era of revolution. During the reign of…
Review: The Devil’s Music (The Montague Twins #2) – Jill's Book Blog
Title: The Devil's Music (The Montague Twins #2)Author: Nathan Page and Drew ShannonGenre: Young Adult, Graphic Novel, Fantasy, Mystery, Historical FictionPublisher: Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young ReadersSource: PublisherFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: January 25, 2022Rating: ★★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: The Hardy Boys meets Paper Girls in the second volume of this mystery series featuring teen detectives, witches, and now a mystery rock 'n' roll song capable…
Review: Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade (Enola Holmes #8) – Jill's Book Blog
Title: Enola Holmes and the Elegant Escapade (Enola Holmes #8)Author: Nancy SpringerGenre: Young Adult, Mystery, Historical FictionPublisher: Wednesday BooksSource: Publisher via NetGalleyFormat: AudiobookRelease Date: September 6, 2022Rating: ★★★★ Goodreads Synopsis: Enola Holmes, the much younger sister of Sherlock, is now living independently in London and working as a scientific perditorian (a finder of persons and things). But that is not the…