Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World by Benjamin Alire Sáenz – Book Review

Title: Aristotle and Dante Dive into the Waters of the World (eARC) Series: Aristotle and Dante #2 Author: Benjamin Alire Sáenz Genre: YA Coming of Age, Historical Fiction (1980s set) Blurb from Goodreads In Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe, two boys in a border town fell in love. Now, they must …

When God Was a Rabbit by Sarah Winman – Book Review

Title: When God Was a Rabbit Author: Sarah Winman Genre: General Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction Blurb from Goodreads This is a book about a brother and a sister. It's a book about secrets and starting over, friendship and family, triumph and tragedy, and everything in between. More than anything, it's a book about love in …

The Magician by Colm Tóibín – Book Review

Book Title: The Magician (eARC, owned Hardback) Author: Colm Tóibín Genre: Literary fiction, Fictionalised Biography Blurb from Goodreads From one of our greatest living writers comes a sweeping novel of unrequited love and exile, war and family. The Magician tells the story of Thomas Mann, whose life was filled with great acclaim and contradiction. He would …

Velvet was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia – eARC Book Review

Title: Velvet was the Night Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia Genre/Category: Noir, Historical Fiction Blurb from NetGalley 1970s Mexico City: while student protests and political unrest consume the city, Maite seeks escape from her humdrum life in the stories of passion and danger filling the latest issue of Secret Romance. She is deeply envious of her neighbour, …

The Muse by Jessie Burton – Book Review

Book Title: The Muse Author: Jessie Burton Genre: Historical Fiction / Adult Fiction Blurb from Goodreads A picture hides a thousand words . . . On a hot July day in 1967, Odelle Bastien climbs the stone steps of the Skelton gallery in London, knowing that her life is about to change forever. Having struggled …

The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje – Mini Book Review

Blurb from Goodreads Haunting and harrowing, as beautiful as it is disturbing, The English Patient tells the story of the entanglement of four damaged lives in an Italian monastery as World War II ends. The exhausted nurse, Hana; the maimed thief, Caravaggio; the wary sapper, Kip: each is haunted by the riddle of the English patient, the …

The Beautiful Ones by Silvia Moreno-Garcia – eARC Book Review

Blurb from Goodreads From the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic comes a sweeping romance with a dash of magic. They are the Beautiful Ones, Loisail’s most notable socialites, and this spring is Nina’s chance to join their ranks, courtesy of her well-connected cousin and his calculating wife. But the Grand Season has …

The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah – eARC Book Review

Blurb from Goodreads Texas, 1934. Millions are out of work and a drought has broken the Great Plains. Farmers are fighting to keep their land and their livelihoods. The crops are failing, the water is drying up, and dust threatens to bury them all.In this uncertain and dangerous time, Elsa Martinelli—like so many of her …

These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong – DNF eARC Mini Book Review

Blurb from Goodreads The 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 Juliette Cai, a former flapper who has returned to assume her role as the …

The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates – eARC Book Review

Blurb from Goodreads Hiram Walker is born into bondage on a Virginia plantation. But he is also born gifted with a mysterious power that he won't discover until he is almost a man, when he risks everything for a chance to escape. One fateful decision will carry him away from his makeshift plantation family - …

Magic Lessons: A Prequel to Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman – eARC Book Review

Blurb from Goodreads From New York Times bestselling author Alice Hoffman comes the origin story of her beloved novel and basis for the cult classic film Practical Magic—taking us on a captivating journey to the Salem witch trials, featuring the indomitable matriarch of the Owens family, Maria. It’s no secret that love has plagued the …

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia – eARC Book Review

Hi everyone!! Welcome to my stop on the Quercus / Jo Fletcher Books Blog Tour for Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia which is published today. As you know from reading my blog I am not someone that gets involved with blog tours; this is just my second, but when I was invited to take part …