Reviews

Reviews of some 20,000+ historical fiction books

The Duke’s Proposal for the Governess (Harlequin Historical)

By Eleanor Webster - Published 2023

Genres:

Romance

Abby Carstens fascinates Randolph, the new Duke of Elmsend: she’s forthright, pragmatic, and possessed of a fine sense of humor as well ...Read Review

Trading Thomas: Jamestown’s Boy Interpreter

By Ora Smith - Published 2023

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

In 1606, eleven-year-old Thomas Savage’s father announces he’s sailing from England to America to help establish a new colony named James Towne. ...Read Review

The Prince & the Coyote

By David Bowles - Published 2023

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

In 1418, pre-Columbian Mexico, a young nobleman comes of age in a time of tremendous upheaval. The Mexican national hero, Nezahualcoyotl, a dreamer and ...Read Review

The Girl Who Tried to Change History

By Melissa Kaplan - Published 2023

Genres:

Time-slip

2009: What would you do if a mysterious man sat down beside you in the park and offered you a chance to travel in ...Read Review

Olav Audunssøn: IV. Winter (Olav Audunssøn, 4)

By Sigrid Undset - By Tiina Nunnally (trans.) - Published 2023

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Norway, early 1300s: This last volume of Sigrid Undset’s tetralogy, Olav Audunssøn, recounts the final years of Olav’s life; his ...Read Review

The Oak People

By Ruth Mohrman - Published 2023

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Set during the Stone Age in the caves of Carmel Mountain near the shores of modern-day Israel, the novel brings to life a ...Read Review

Until Then

By Erin Woodsmall - Published 2023

Genres:

Inspirational RomanceTime-slip

In this standalone timeslip novel, Celeste and Vin Lantz live in 1985 Pennsylvania. They are Old Order Amish, and while Vin is a respected ...Read Review

The Reformatory

By Tananarive Due - Published 2023

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In Florida in 1950, Robert and Gloria’s father is chased out of town on false charges, but his real “crime” was asking for ...Read Review

Warrior King: An Ancient Family Saga (Egypt’s Golden Age Chronicles)

By Lauren Lee Merewether - Published 2023

Genres:

Written as an ode to the women behind the throne and set during Egypt’s 2nd Intermediate Period, Warrior King is about a ...Read Review

A Most Agreeable Murder

By Julia Seales - Published 2023

Genres:

Mystery/Crime

The first sentence of this entertaining Regency-era page-turner from Julia Seales offers fair warning that tongue-in-cheek is its most appropriate dance style, despite ...Read Review