Tag: Historical

Review: Lair of Dreams – Libba Bray

Review: Lair of Dreams – Libba Bray

The plot thickens in Lair of Dreams, with more players in the big game of Diviners, and several sub-plots to bring the main one to light. Well written with many characters who do their best to stay true to themselves, it was an exciting story. My Lair of Dreams review: There are even more things going on in the lives of the characters in Lair of Dreams than there was in The Diviners! Evie has her own radio show, but that plus the partying is more tiring than exciting to her as time goes on. Especially Henry and Ling are more present as they have to navigate the dreams of others to try to find out what is really going […]

Posted 12 October, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 20 Comments
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Review: The Diviners – Libba Bray

Review: The Diviners – Libba Bray

The Diviners is a very complex story, with historical aspects from the ’20s in NYC, magic, ghosts, weird powers, and many characters to follow on their creepy adventures. My The Diviners review: I had no idea what to expect when I picked up The Diviners, I hadn’t really heard much about it before I bought my own copy, after received an ARC of Lair of Dreams… What I got was a complex story, following several characters just discovering their new ‘powers’ of divining, seeing the future – or the past by touching an object – healing and others. Following several characters took a while getting used to, because they were all well fleshed out with a distinctive voice, however, through […]

Posted 22 September, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 19 Comments
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Review: A Madness So Discreet – Mindy McGinnis

Review: A Madness So Discreet – Mindy McGinnis

A Madness So Discreet is utterly chilling! Grace is in an asylum for the insane, but she really doesn’t belong there. The abuse she suffered before getting there, and how that abuse continued by the hand of the people supposed to take care of her made me cringe! Little by little, things changed as she was moved to another asylum, and she could use her sharp mind to help catch a killer on the lose. My A Madness So Discreet review: A mix between a historical mystery and thriller, as well as a very deep look at society and how easy it was to get rid of a woman in those times, A Madness So Discreet chilled me to the […]

Posted 18 September, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 36 Comments
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Review: Immersed – Katie Hayoz

Review: Immersed – Katie Hayoz

Immersed is a tightly written steam-punk novella with intriguing and compelling characters, as well as mysterious mythology where all I want is to know more! My Immersed review: Both Melusine and Levi are strong characters, who have known of each other for years, being competitors when it comes to killing monsters for quite a while. Immersed is set in Chicago, during the time when buildings were made higher in order to make them stay overground. There are wonderful steel-creatures as well as horrible monsters, and Melusine is far from what could be called a lady at the time. Dressed in leather corsets, and always wearing weapons, she is attuned to the monsters around her in an uncanny way. And just […]

Posted 14 August, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 16 Comments
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Review: The Devil Takes a Bride – Julia London

Review: The Devil Takes a Bride – Julia London

The Devil Takes a Bride is a fun and hot story about a strong-willed woman and a seemingly ice-cold man who find themselves married to avoid scandal… My The Devil Takes a Bride review: The Devil Takes a Bride was a really nice surprise – both because it’s the second book in a series, and that really didn’t matter in order to understand the story, the plot and the characters, and also because it was quite different from what I expected when I started reading. Grace seemed to be a very sensible society girl, even if she did the best she could to flirt a little bit, dance a lot, but not get any proposals. Grace had met Geoffrey only […]

Posted 7 August, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 16 Comments
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Review: The Major’s Faux Fiancée – Erica Ridley

Review: The Major’s Faux Fiancée – Erica Ridley

The Major’s Faux Fiancée was filled with humor and longing. Daphne was a very resourceful woman, but she had some inner monologues that became slightly annoying because she kept on thinking no one would ever love her for herself. My The Major’s Faux Fiancée review: The Major’s Faux Fiancée follows Bartholomew and Daphne through their unlikely adventure as an engaged couple. Neither of them think they are good enough for the other, Bartholomew because he came back from Waterloo a broken man – with only one leg, and without his twin brother, he felt like he had become worthless, weak and should hide from society. Daphne on the other hand thinks she’s good for the poor, helping out the weavers, […]

Posted 2 July, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 10 Comments
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Review: How to Plan a Wedding for a Royal Spy – Vanessa Kelly

Review: How to Plan a Wedding for a Royal Spy – Vanessa Kelly

Fun, mysterious and very hot, How to Plan a Wedding for a Royal Spy continues in the same vein as the other books in this series. I was a little annoyed with Evie at times, though, she didn’t really think things through. My How to Plan a Wedding for a Royal Spy review: The beginning of How to Plan a Wedding… was pretty emotional, because Will was at the end of the battle in Waterloo, seeing all the dead soldiers from both sides of the war. He quickly became happy to be back in England, though, and even planned to give his notice as a spy for the crown. His Duke of a father had other plans, though, because one […]

Posted 12 May, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 11 Comments
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Review: What a Lady Requires – Ashlyn MacNamara

Review: What a Lady Requires – Ashlyn MacNamara

What a Lady Requires is a great ending to the Eton Boys Trilogy, and I especially enjoyed Emma with her knowledge for numbers, even if she was not so good at mingling in society. My What a Lady Requires review: While I thought What a Lady Requires is a good ending to the Eton Boys Trilogy, it didn’t sweep me off my feet like it could have. The pacing was very slow, and while I enjoyed both Emma and Rowan, they were a little more reserved than the characters in the first two stories. I loved that Emma had such a head for business, though, and that she was able to share this with her husband, even if he was […]

Posted 27 February, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 6 Comments
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Review: Once Upon a Winter’s Eve – Tessa Dare

Review: Once Upon a Winter’s Eve – Tessa Dare

Spindle Cove is definitely the place to be, and Once Upon a Winter’s Eve cemented that feeling for me. My Once Upon a Winter’s Eve review: Violet is a very good female character to follow, but that is usually the case with this series! Once Upon a Winter’s Eve happens over the span of an evening and night, and then a few months later there is a very nice resolution. The women who go to Spindle Cove are quite unconventional, and they rather cultivate that during their stay. As such, Violet knows how to use a gun, and she’s very gifted when it comes to languages. Of course, my inner linguist totally loved that, and the fact that the man […]

Posted 17 January, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 14 Comments
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Review: Dancing with the Duke – Suzanna Medeiros

Review: Dancing with the Duke – Suzanna Medeiros

Dancing with the Duke is a short, sweet historical romance that whetted my appetite for more of the Landing a Lord series. My Dancing with the Duke review: With only 60 pages, Dancing with the Duke is a very short and quick read, but it still managed to have some tension, romance and a few misunderstandings over the span of the story. As usual when I read a novella, I really wish this story was a little longer, because it seems to me that both Alex and Charlotte are characters worth getting to know much better than Dancing with the Duke allowed for. The setting was great, the London season, and Charlotte was there to find a husband – but […]

Posted 10 January, 2015 by Linda @ (un)Conventional Bookworms in Reviews / 6 Comments
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