My rating: 5 of 5 stars In 1979, Val McDermid has begun a new series with an investigating journalist, Allie Burns, as the protagonist. Val McDermid definitely needs no introduction, hailed as the Queen of …
Tag: Historical
The Curse of Morton Abbey by Clarissa Harwood #BookReview #Gothic #Romance #Historical @booksirens #TheCurseOfTheMortonAbbey
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 Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen #BookReview #MysteryThriller #Historical #Medical #DualTime #TheBoneGarden
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 …
Immortal Seduction by Adam Nicke #BookReview #Fantasy #Romance #Time-Travel
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 …
A Beast So Beautiful by Carlyle Labuschagne #BookReview @booksirens #Fantasy #Retellings #YoungAdult #Historical
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 …
Under Glass And Stone by A.N. Willis #BookReview #Gothic #Romance #YoungAdult #Historical #Supernatural #Suspense @booksirens @anwilliswrites
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 …
Seduced by a Stranger (Dark Gothic #5) by Eve Silver #BookReview #Gothic #Romance #HistoricalFiction #RomanticSuspense
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 …
Mist of Midnight ((The Daughters of Hampshire #1) by Sandra Byrd #BookReview #HistoricalFiction #Gothic #Romance #Mystery
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 …
The Forget-Me Knot by Denise Liebig #BookReview #Historical #Ghosts #Paranormal #Supernatural #Suspense #Romance #Thriller @booksirens
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 …
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 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 …