“Peace at all costs” I can’t remember how I found this book (or why I decided to buy it) but no regrets because this was a long and intense story that was difficult to put down. Set eight years after the Battle of Hastings, The Year We Lived follows the story of two Anglo-Saxon siblings.… Read More Book Review: The Year We Lived by Virginia Crow
I’ve had this on my TBR list ever since Zeezee talked about it… all the way back in 2021! Luckily, she continued to talk about it even after so it’s always been on my radar, it was just a matter of finding a copy. In the Garden of Spite is a fictional account of a… Read More Book Review: In The Garden of Spite by Camilla Bruce
The Silent Companions was so hard to read! Not because the book was bad, but because it was so creepy that I had to stop and take a break at certain points! The Silent Companions starts with Elsie Bainbridge in an asylum. A new doctor, Dr Shepherd, is visiting and he manages to get Elsie… Read More Book Review: The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell
As much as I enjoyed The Corset, this was not a binge-able book. Also, I need to be able to vaguely talk about the ending; I won’t give concrete spoilers but if you’re determined not to know anything, please click away now! The Corset is a novel set in Victorian England, centred around the question… Read More Book Review: The Corset by Laura Purcell
This isn’t really related to the book, but for some reason, I keep getting Kate Morton mixed up with Kate Mosse and that this book is by the same author as Labyrinth (which I thought I had read but apparently not). But anyway, I have learnt my lesson and given how much I enjoyed The… Read More Book Review: The Forgotten Garden by Kate Morton
I received an invitation to review The Key in the Lock because I previously enjoyed The Witchfinder’s Sister (link to my Goodreads review). To be honest, even with such a positive experience, I almost DNF-ed The Key in the Lock because it wasn’t quite what I was expected. But I’m glad I decided to give… Read More Book Review: The Key in the Lock by Beth Underdown
When I was younger, I was fascinated by the movie Anastasia. But that’s pretty much where my fascination started and ended – I’ve read one or two books about the last Romanovs, and I’ve read about Catherine the Great, but in general, I’m not familiar with Russian royalty, which is how I completely missed out… Read More Book Review: The Romanov Empress by C.W. Gortner
I’ve heard a lot of good things about this book, though I can’t remember from who or what were the good things, so I was really excited to dive into this book. Because of my rather bad memory, I dove into this with a positive impression but completely no expectations about how things would go.… Read More Book Review: Hamnet by Maggie O’Farrell
It’s probably weird to read the first and third books in a series before the second, but that’s how I read the Emma of Normandy series by Patricia Bracewell. Given how much I enjoyed Shadow on the Crown (Book 1) and The Steel Beneath the Silk (Book 3), it will come as no surprise that… Read More Book Review: The Price of Blood by Patricia Bracewell
Clifford recommend this book to me, and since I can’t resist a book with the word “tea” in the title, I started reading it as soon as possible! The Last Tea Bowl Thief is a novel centered around a remarkable tea bowl known as “yabo”. The book alternates between the past, where we find out… Read More Book Review: The Last Tea Bowl Thief by Jonelle Patrick