The Summer Queen is the first installment of Elizabeth Chadwick’s Eleanor of Aquitaine series. I picked it up in a used bookstore in London, having read positive reviews about it. I’m a bit of sucker for historical fiction (okay, a BIG sucker), and Eleanor is one of my favourite people to read about. Through Chadwick’s … More “The Summer Queen” by Elizabeth Chadwick
When I picked up Matthew Thomas’s We Are Not Ourselves, I already knew what I was getting into. Kendra had already read the majority of it, and warned me about the triggers it contained. Keeping that in mind, this review will entail a rather large spoiler that may help you decide whether or not you want … More “We Are Not Ourselves” by Matthew Thomas
It may seem odd to write a review of the third book in a series without having first written reviews of the previous two. But that’s just how good Martin’s A Storm of Swords (2000) is. Unlike the second tome in the Song of Ice and Fire saga, A Clash of Kings, I tore through these pages. I had trouble … More “A Storm of Swords” by George R.R. Martin
Imagine Star Trek meets Titanic. Have that image in your head? I’ll give you a moment to process. That was what I imagined when I read the summary for These Broken Stars (2013) by Amie Kaufman and Meagan Spooner. The cover itself suggests a dramatic inter-galactic soap opera. But the meat of the story is so … More “These Broken Stars” by Amie Kaufman & Meagan Spooner
An American Astray 