Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong(These Violent Delights #2)Young Adult, Fantasy, Retelling, Historical Add to Goodreads SynopsisShanghai is under siege in this captivating and searingly romantic sequel to These Violent Delights, which New York Times bestselling author Natasha Ngan calls “deliciously dark.”The year is 1927, and Shanghai teeters on the edge of revolution.After sacrificing her relationship with… Continue reading Review: Our Violent Ends by Chloe Gong
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Review: These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong(These Violent Delights #1)Young Adult, Fantasy, Historical, Retelling Add to Goodreads SynopsisThe year is 1926, and Shanghai hums to the tune of debauchery. A blood feud between two gangs runs the streets red, leaving the city helpless in the grip of chaos. At the heart of it, all is eighteen-year-old… Continue reading Review: These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong
Review: Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
Ariadne by Jennifer SaintFantasy, Mythology, Retelling Add to Goodreads SynopsisAs Princesses of Crete and daughters of the fearsome King Minos, Ariadne and her sister Phaedra grow up hearing the hoofbeats and bellows of the Minotaur echo from the Labyrinth beneath the palace. The Minotaur - Minos's greatest shame and Ariadne's brother - demands blood every… Continue reading Review: Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
Review: The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh by Molly Greeley
The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh by Molly GreeleyHistorical Fiction, Retelling Add to Goodreads SynopsisIn this gorgeously written and spellbinding historical novel based on Pride and Prejudice, the author of The Clergyman’s Wife combines the knowing eye of Jane Austen with the eroticism and Gothic intrigue of Sarah Waters to reimagine the life of the mysterious… Continue reading Review: The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh by Molly Greeley
Review: Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust
Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa BashardoustYoung Adult, Fantasy, Retelling Add to Goodreads SynopsisA captivating and utterly original fairy tale about a girl cursed to be poisonous to the touch, and who discovers what power might lie in such a curse… There was and there was not, as all stories begin, a princess cursed to be… Continue reading Review: Girl, Serpent, Thorn by Melissa Bashardoust
Review: Jo & Laurie by Margaret Stohl and Melissa de la Cruz
Jo & Laurie by Margaret Stohl and Melissa de la CruzYoung Adult, Retelling, Romance Add to Goodreads Synopsis1869, Concord, Massachusetts: After the publication of her first novel, Jo March is shocked to discover her book of scribbles has become a bestseller, and her publisher and fans demand a sequel. While pressured into coming up with… Continue reading Review: Jo & Laurie by Margaret Stohl and Melissa de la Cruz
Review: The Lady in the Coppergate Tower by Nancy Campbell Allen
The Lady in the Coppergate Tower by Nancy Campbell Allen(Steampunk Proper Romance #3)Fantasy, Steampunk, RetellingAdd to Goodreads SynopsisHazel Hughes has spent her life believing she is a Medium—someone who can talk to ghosts. But as of yet, that skill has remained frustratingly elusive. She is also suffering from a reoccurring childhood dream of someone who… Continue reading Review: The Lady in the Coppergate Tower by Nancy Campbell Allen
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