Historical fiction

Review: The Ash, The Well and the Bluebell

Sometimes, a book just defies your judgement. If you like historical fiction of the likes of All the Light We Cannot See or memoirs like Angela’s Ashes, you’ll like this book. Author: Sandra Arnold Genre: Historical Fiction Pages: 331 Rating: 5 stars The Blurb: Losing her daughter to the Christchurch earthquake sends Lily back to …

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Female Characters

Fierce Female Characters in Historical Fiction

Stories set in the past force characters to their limits. Death is a close companion in historical fiction, whether from battle wounds, childbirth or disease. So we see novels about daring feats of bravery, born of desperation. Or books about how much the characters can bear. In some of these stories, the women characters withstand …

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Review: The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo

This book has everything I didn’t know I needed. “You can’t tell a single thing about a person’s true character if you both want the same thing. That’s like a dog and a cat getting along because they both want to kill the mouse.”   Author: Taylor Jenkins Reid Genre: Women’s Fiction / Historical Fiction …

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