Review of Shrines of Gaiety by Kate Atkinson
Atkinson's newest mystery is set in vivid Roaring Twenties London as Nellie Coker struggles to hold on to her empire of clubs while...
Dec 7, 2022
Review of The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore
ICYMI: Graham Moore tells a historical fiction tale based on real events surrounding the rise of the light bulb--with compelling...
Nov 17, 2022
Review of A Restless Truth (Last Binding #2) by Freya Marske
The second book in Marske's series is an irresistible queer magical mystery thriller with Edwardian England details, racy encounters,...
Nov 16, 2022
Review of Year of Wonders: A Novel of the Plague by Geraldine Brooks
ICYMI: Geraldine Brooks crafts a historical fiction story of 1666, a year in which disease, fear, and loss make way for redemption,...
Nov 15, 2022
Review of The Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
I was hooked on the captivating details of Renaissance life, masterfully paced swirling danger and paranoia, and richly developed major...
Nov 10, 2022
Review of The Librarian Spy by Madeline Martin
I was interested in both of Martin's World War II storylines. The author's historical fiction romance-writing is evident here, in...
Nov 9, 2022
Review of A Study in Scarlet Women (Lady Sherlock #1) by Sherry Thomas
This first book in Sherry Thomas's gender-flipped Sherlock Holmes mystery series offers not only an irresistible heroine, but a...
Nov 8, 2022
Review of The Fire and the Ore by Olivia Hawker
Hawker offers irresistible details of daily life and historical elements that add vivid layers to this story of Utah Territory,...
Oct 25, 2022
Six Historical Fiction Backlist Favorites
Historical Fiction Story Love If you're into historical fiction, you might also like to take a look at the books I listed on the Greedy...
Oct 14, 2022
Review of The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes
ICYMI: I loved being along for the ride with Moyes's five strong women characters as they traveled through the wilds of Kentucky in...
Oct 13, 2022
Six Historical Fiction Favorites
Historical Fiction Favorites These were just a few of my favorite historical fiction reads during the first year I started the Bossy...
Sep 9, 2022
Review of The Last Bookshop in London: A Novel of World War II by Madeline Martin
This World War II-set novel is a love letter to books, to looking out for others, to forming friends-like-family connections, and to...
Aug 25, 2022
Review of The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele Richardson
Kim Michele Richardson's historical fiction offers a 1936 Appalachian setting, the magic and unassuming power of a rural librarian, and...
Jul 21, 2022
Review of The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray
The Personal Librarian is historical fiction about the real-life figure of Belle da Costa Greene, J.P. Morgan's personal librarian who...
Jul 20, 2022
Review of White Houses by Amy Bloom
ICYMI: White Houses is gorgeously written, exhaustingly researched historical fiction about Eleanor Roosevelt and her love, Lorena...
Jul 7, 2022
Review of The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
In Kate Quinn's newest historical fiction, she shares the story of a real World War II figure, a Russian bookworm-turned-sniper who...
Jun 28, 2022
Six Historical Fiction Mysteries Sure to Intrigue You
Historical Fiction Mysteries I adore historical fiction and mystery books, and I love the intersection of the two genres. Something about...
Jun 24, 2022
Review of The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Taylor Jenkins Reid's novel offers a dual timeline, immersive Old Hollywood detail, a forbidden love, and revelations and long-held...
Jun 16, 2022
Review of A Marvellous Light (Last Binding #1) by Freya Marske
The first book in Marske's duology is full of Edwardian England detail, gay love, mystery, magic, wonderful dialogue and banter, and...
Jun 14, 2022
Review of Beasts of a Little Land by Juhea Kim
Juhea Kim's looping story of Korea, courtesans, pickpockets, and the powerful figures complicating and shaping all of their lives...
May 31, 2022