Category Archives: Historical Fiction
Of Blood and Honey by Stina Leicht
Liam has a talent for being at the wrong place at the wrong time, and in Ireland during the Troubles this can be a fatal affliction. Having done his time for crimes he did not commit, Liam is finally driven … Continue reading
Filed under fantasy, Historical Fiction
Auraria by Tim Westover
Holtzclaw is a respectable man, trying to conduct respectable business and purchase properties in the valley of Auraria for his employer Shadburn. He does not know what Shadburn want’s the land for, but he has seen the man’s magic touch … Continue reading
Filed under fantasy, Historical Fiction
The Freedom Maze by Delia Sherman
Sophie is a young girl who can do nothing to fill the shoes her mother has set out for her. Not that the shoes are a particularly good fit, but Sophie bows her head and takes her mother’s sharp comments … Continue reading
Filed under fantasy, Historical Fiction, YA
The Doomsday Vault by Steven Harper
The clockwork plague hits rich and poor alike, turning some into zombies covered in sores that hide from the sun and others into geniuses called Clockworkers before burning them out in fits of destructive madness. The balance of power between … Continue reading
Filed under fantasy, Historical Fiction, steampunk
Wolfsangel by MD Lachlan
Led by prophecy, the directions of the witches that dwell beyond the Troll Wall, viking King Authun raids a monastery not for riches but for a boy child, a child stolen from the gods. Instead Authun find twins. He takes both, leaving … Continue reading
Filed under fantasy, Historical Fiction, Horror
Deathless by Catherynne M. Valente
She watched the husbands fall out of the tree and come for her sisters. Handsome birds that became humans as they hit the ground and came to the door to knock. She waited for a bird of her own, but … Continue reading
Filed under fantasy, Historical Fiction
The Native Star by M.K. Hobson
I will start this review by pointing out I adore period pieces. I have a soft spot for urban fantasy. Urban fantasy set in a wonderfully rich historical setting? Sold. The Native Star takes place in a slightly different late … Continue reading
Filed under fantasy, Historical Fiction
The Habitation of the Blessed by Catherynne M. Valente
There is something beautiful and utterly enthralling about this book. It is in the words, deftly woven together to paint such pictures as you have never imagined. It is in the characters, flawed in perfect ways and you cannot help … Continue reading
Filed under fantasy, Historical Fiction
Moloka’i by Alan Brennert
I was trying to figure out a way to explain just what it was about this book that made it so glorious. Then I found it, hidden away at the bottom of page 372. “With wonder and a growing absence … Continue reading
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