Category: Historical

Review: The Wildcat and the Rogue by Laura Greenwood

The Wildcat and the Rogue (The Shifter Season #8) by Laura Greenwood My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Historical Paranormal Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/f Blurb: A wildcat shifter with a secret encounters the one person in London who knows it… Miss Jane Whisking came to London in an attempt to evade the events leading to the near ruin of her family, all in the hope of finding a husband who can secure a future for her family. Mr Ewan Milne laments the day Miss Whisking disappeared from his life right when they were on the verge of […]

Posted April 18, 2025 by Lola in Fantasy, Historical, Review, Romance / 2 Comments

Review: Storm and Sea by Tereza Kane

Storm and Sea (Storm and Sea Saga #1) by Tereza Kane My Rating: 5 stars Genre: Historical Paranormal Romance Age Category: Young Adult/ New Adult Type of romance: m/m Blurb: Atreus has carved out a quiet, stable life among humans on the island of Baia Vita, earning their respect while hiding a dangerous truth: he is Mer. Exiled by his own people for the color of his scales, he has learned to navigate life as an outsider, finding solace in the rhythms of the fishing village. But his fragile peace is shattered when Nyel, a naïve and determined runaway Mer […]

Posted April 9, 2025 by Lola in Fantasy, Historical, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: A Market of Dreams and Destiny by Trip Galey

A Market of Dreams and Destiny by Trip Galey narrated by Will Watt My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Historical Fantasy Romance Age Category: Young Adult Type of romance: m/m Blurb: Enter the bazaar of the bizarre where fate and fortunes are for sale in this high-stakes magical adventure across a London not quite like our own, perfect for fans of Neverwhere and The Night Circus. Below Covent Garden lies the Under Market, where anything and everything has a price: a lover’s first blush, a month of honesty, five minutes of strength, a wisp of luck and fortune. As a child, […]

Posted November 13, 2024 by Lola in Fantasy, Historical, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: A Picture of Murder by T.E. Kinsey

A Picture of Murder (Lady Hardcastle Mysteries #4) by T.E. Kinsey narrated by Elizabeth Knowelden My Rating: 3 stars Genre: Historical Cozy Mystery Age Category: Adult Blurb: Late October 1909, and the season of ghouls and things that go bump in the night has descended on the village of Littleton Cotterell. Lady Hardcastle and her trusted lady’s maid, Florence, find themselves hosting a colourful cast of actors whose spooky moving picture, The Witch’s Downfall, is being shown to mark Halloween. But things take a macabre turn when the first night’s screening ends with a mysterious murder, and the second night […]

Posted September 30, 2024 by Lola in Historical, Mystery, Review / 6 Comments

Review: Honey and Pepper by A.J. Demas

Honey and Pepper (When in Pheme #1) by A.J. Demas My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Historical Fantasy Romance Age Category: Adult Type of romance: m/m Blurb: Newly freed from enslavement, Nikias is making a life for himself in the bustling city of Pheme, working at a snack stand, drinking with a group of anti-slavery radicals, and pining for the beautiful law clerk next door. When he sees his crush attacked in the street by an outraged ex-client, it seems it’s finally Nikias’s chance to be the hero. Kallion doesn’t need a rescue. What he really needs is a skewer of […]

Posted July 22, 2024 by Lola in Fantasy, Historical, Review, Romance / 4 Comments

Review: Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend by Emma R. Alban

Don’t Want You Like a Best Friend (Mischief & Matchmaking #1) by Emma R. Alban My Rating: 4 stars Genre: Historical Romance Age Category: Young Adult Type of romance: f/f Blurb: A swoon-worthy debut queer Victorian romance in which two debutantes distract themselves from having to seek husbands by setting up their widowed parents, and instead find their perfect match in each other—the lesbian Bridgerton/Parent Trap you never knew you needed! Gwen has a brilliant beyond brilliant idea. It’s 1857, and anxious debutante Beth has just one season to snag a wealthy husband, or she and her mother will be […]

Posted May 6, 2024 by Lola in Historical, Review, Romance / 2 Comments

DNF Reviews January and February 2024

Blogger Lisa Loves Literature inspired me to do DNF reviews again and group them in one post. I decided to do posts until I have 4 or so DNF reviews, so maybe one every few months. We’ll see. Junker Seven Junker Seven (Twin Suns #1) by Olive J. Kelley Genre: Science Fiction Age Category: Young Adult Type of romance: nb/f Blurb: A romantic, queer sci-fi epic about changing the galaxy, one girl at a time. Castor Quasar is a junker- a bounty hunter making a living off of collecting and selling valuable scrap. They live a quiet life, bouncing from […]

Posted February 28, 2024 by Lola in Contemporary, Fantasy, Historical, Review, Romance, Sci-Fi / 8 Comments