My rating: 5 of 5 stars Why wouldn’t I want to read this book, just look at that beautiful cover image! That just there provides the perfect gothic feel and there I go, sucked into the story of a young … Continue reading The Curse of Morton Abbey by Clarissa Harwood #BookReview #Gothic #Romance #Historical @booksirens #TheCurseOfTheMortonAbbey
My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Bone Garden is surprisingly a historical thriller. I have been so used to her Rizzoli and Isles series of books that the Bone Garden felt a totally different author. Told in dual timelines … Continue reading The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen #BookReview #MysteryThriller #Historical #Medical #DualTime #TheBoneGarden
My rating: 4 of 5 stars Adam Nicke, I think, someone has to figure a new genre to slot this book into 😹 😹 😹. Jokes apart, the author has worked wonders in creating a fantasy/time-travel erotic love story with … Continue reading Immortal Seduction by Adam Nicke #BookReview #Fantasy #Romance #Time-Travel
My rating: 5 of 5 stars Carlyle Labuschagne’s fantasy retelling of Beauty and the Beast is an utterly dark and grim story that I don’t want to even classify as a retelling of my favorite story. A Beast So Beautiful … Continue reading A Beast So Beautiful by Carlyle Labuschagne #BookReview @booksirens #Fantasy #Retellings #YoungAdult #Historical
My rating: 5 of 5 star Under Glass and Stone had such an exciting blurb that I couldn’t stop myself from requesting an ARC and thankfully, the book delivers big time! The boxed set of Under Glass and Stone has … Continue reading Under Glass And Stone by A.N. Willis #BookReview #Gothic #Romance #YoungAdult #Historical #Supernatural #Suspense @booksirens @anwilliswrites
My rating: 5 of 5 stars Gothic romance as a genre is such a lure for me, a forbidding mansion, the suspense and mystery surrounding the inhabitants of the place, the naive heroine who stumbles into the darkness and the … Continue reading Seduced by a Stranger (Dark Gothic #5) by Eve Silver #BookReview #Gothic #Romance #HistoricalFiction #RomanticSuspense
My rating: 4 of 5 stars Reminiscent of stories by Victoria Holt, Sandra Byrd’s Mist of Midnight captures the gothic creepiness with an excellent atmospheric setting. Rebecca Ravenshaw the sole surviving member of her family has escaped the mutiny in … Continue reading Mist of Midnight ((The Daughters of Hampshire #1) by Sandra Byrd #BookReview #HistoricalFiction #Gothic #Romance #Mystery
My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Forget-Me-Knot by Denise Liebig is a romance story with elements of suspense and ghostly elements coming into play. I am a huge fan of this genre and the reason why I literally seek … Continue reading The Forget-Me Knot by Denise Liebig #BookReview #Historical #Ghosts #Paranormal #Supernatural #Suspense #Romance #Thriller @booksirens
My rating: 5 of 5 stars Mimi Mathews latest John Eyre is an absolutely fascinating and absorbing read. Combining two famous classical works into an evocative tale of menace and evil with an additional feature of woman empowerment was enough … Continue reading John Eyre: A Tale of Darkness and Shadow by Mimi Matthews #BookReview #MysteryThriller #Gothic #Paranormal #HistoricalFiction #Romance #JohnEyre #NetGalley
My rating: 5 of 5 stars Many thanks to the author for a chance to read and review this book. All opinions are expressed voluntarily. The Chronicler of The Hooghly and the other stories is a collection of short stories … Continue reading The Chronicler of the Hooghly and Other Stories by Shakti Ghosal #BookReview #Shortstories #Historical #Fiction @esgeemusings