Finally! There’s a book about African Americans that doesn’t take place during the Civil Rights Era or slavery. Caleb’s Wars by David L. Dudley is a breath of fresh air in the young adult historical fiction genre.
Twice Tempted by A Rogue by Tessa Dare Book Review
July 30, 2011
In this steamy read, the focus is on member Rhys St. Maur, a war hero with an insane amount of luck. Rhys gets in all these fights and can’t lose because he is uber lucky. He joins up with the army, leaving his hometown of Devonshire. Of course, he’s trying to outrun a troubled past. Right, so then he comes back and flies into the arms of Meredith Maddox, proprietor of the Three Hounds Inn.
Book Review: Nine Rules To Break When Romancing A Rake by Sarah MacLean
May 24, 2011
I never actively DNFed Nine Rules To Break When Romancing A Rake by Sarah MacLean, I just couldn’t get into it, so I set it aside for several months. Around Christmastime I was in the mood for a romance novel, and thus made my second foray into the world of romance (the first was One […]
Book Review: Strings Attached by Judy Blundell
April 20, 2011
Strings Attached by Judy Blundell is seedy night clubs personified. With each turn of the page, one can practically smell the cigarette smoke wafting. The year is 1950 and Kit Corrigan has moved to New York City from Providence, Rhode Island in hopes of catching her big break and landing a role in a Broadway […]
Book Review: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
March 9, 2011
Human history contains a great number of tragedies. Often, these are given a footnote, if that in the high school history textbook. While I could go on and on and on about how horrible history textbooks are, I won’t. Instead I will say to you, read Lies My Teacher Told Me by James Loewen. I […]
Book Review: Madame Tussaud by Michelle Moran
March 7, 2011
I love it when a book leaves me thinking long after I have read it. I’m the type that flippantly reads books and trots on to the next one without sparing a thought except for the review. However, come to think of it, maybe I read historical fiction a bit differently, being a history nerd […]