Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito is the story of a governess, Winifred Notty, in Victorian England. The story opens as she arrives at her new post, teaching the son and daughter of the Pounds family, but it’s immediately clear that something is not right with Winifred. Told in first person from Winifred’s point of view,ContinueContinue reading “Book Review: Victorian Psycho my Virginia Feito”
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ARC Review: One Knight’s Bride by Claire Delacroix
One Knight’s Bride by Claire Delacroix is book 4 in her Rogues and Angels Medieval Romance series, and as usual this book did not disappoint. Amaury de Montvieux returns home to find his father has died, his home and the entire village around it has been burned, and the people disappeared. When a marriage betweenContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: One Knight’s Bride by Claire Delacroix”
ARC Review: Deathly Fates by Tessa Tsai
Set in China, Deathly Fates by Tessa Tsai is the story of Kang Siying who has been raised by her father as a ganshi priestess, paid to guide the dead to their homes. When her father falls sick, Siying takes a job that sends her to enemy territory to retrieve the corpse of the deadContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: Deathly Fates by Tessa Tsai”
ARC Review: The Fourth Princess by Janie Chang
The Fourth Princess by Janie Chang is a Gothic style, historical fiction novel that takes place in China in the early 1900s. Lisan Liu is an orphan, raised in Shanghai as the ward of a rich man, she longs to find a place for herself, and finds a job as a secretary to an AmericanContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: The Fourth Princess by Janie Chang”
ARC Review: Murder at Donwell Abbey by Vanessa Kelly
Murder at Donwell Abbey is book 2 in Vanessa Kelly’s wonderful Emma Knightly Mystery series, and it was a fantastic addition to the series. The family is all together at Hartfield, when Emma’s father suddenly announces that he and Miss Bates will be marrying. After some discussion about the matter, Emma and George agree toContinueContinue reading “ARC Review: Murder at Donwell Abbey by Vanessa Kelly”
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