The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish by Paula Brackston is a paranormal mystery/thriller set in England in 1881. Hecate is a single young woman, embarking on her first job as assistant librarian at the nearby cathedral. It isn’t very long before she realizes that she is able to see and communicate with ghosts inhabiting the cathedral.ContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: The Haunting of Hecate Cavendish by Paula Brackston”
Category Archives: Historical Fiction
Review: The Spectacular by Fiona Davis
The Spectacular by Fiona Davis has been on my shelf for a while. I ordered it quite a while ago with my Book of the Month (BOTM) subscription and, like most of my other BOTM books, it has languished, waiting for me to be in the mood to pick it up. I finally did justContinueContinue reading “Review: The Spectacular by Fiona Davis”
ARC Review: Unrest by Gwen Tuinman
Unrest by Gwen Tuinman interested me initially because it’s rather rare to find a novel set in a historical setting in Canada. In addition, I have lived in the area in which the book is set for the past 15 years or so, so that made me doubly interested. This turned out to be aContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: Unrest by Gwen Tuinman”
Review: An Inquiry into Love and Death by Simone St. James
After reading one of Simone St. James’s books recently, I put a bunch of them on my holds list at the library and a few of them finally came in. This was one of them. I read a bunch back to back in October 2023, but I will probably spread out the reviews on them.ContinueContinue reading “Review: An Inquiry into Love and Death by Simone St. James”
Review: The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner
I was really looking forward to The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner when I ordered it as part of my Book of the Month box earlier this year. Like many of my books it didn’t get picked up right way, but I thought October was the perfect time to finally pick it up. SetContinueContinue reading “Review: The London Séance Society by Sarah Penner”
Life, Tea, and Everything 