Genre: YA Historical Fiction

E-galley Review:  The Queen’s Spade by Sarah Raughley

E-galley Review: The Queen’s Spade by Sarah Raughley

Blurb: In this riveting historical thriller that’s loosely inspired by true life events, The Count of Monte Cristo meets Bridgerton as revenge, romance, and twisted secrets take center stage in Victorian England’s royal court when Sally, a kidnapped African princess and goddaughter to Queen Victoria, plots her way to take down the monarchy that stole […]

Posted January 11, 2025 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 8 Comments
ARC Review:  A Family of Killers by Bryce Moore

ARC Review: A Family of Killers by Bryce Moore

Blurb: From the author of The Perfect Place to Die and Don’t Go to Sleep comes another chilling horror that explores the eerie story of America’s first serial killer family. Warren Bullock always thought he was a decent person. But lately he’s been haunted by a sinister voice in his head urging him to commit […]

Posted July 29, 2024 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 8 Comments
Two YA Historical Fantasy Reviews:  Night of the Witch (Witch and Hunter #1) by Sara Raasch and Beth Revis & Wrath Becomes Her by Aden Polydoros

Two YA Historical Fantasy Reviews: Night of the Witch (Witch and Hunter #1) by Sara Raasch and Beth Revis & Wrath Becomes Her by Aden Polydoros

Night of the Witch (Witch and Hunter #1) by Sara Raasch and Beth Revis Blurb: A witch and a hunter. Vengeance is their mission. Love is their destiny. Fritzi is a witch. A survivor of a brutal attack on her coven, she’s determined to find her only surviving family member and bring the hexenjägers—zealot witch […]

Posted October 12, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 10 Comments
Blog Tour Review with Giveaway:  Pride & Prejudice & Pittsburgh by Rachael Lippincott

Blog Tour Review with Giveaway: Pride & Prejudice & Pittsburgh by Rachael Lippincott

I am thrilled to be hosting a spot on the PRIDE & PREJUDICE & PITTSBURGH by Rachael Lippincott Blog Tour hosted by Rockstar Book Tours. Check out my post and make sure to enter the giveaway! Formats: Hardcover, eBook, Audiobook Blurb: From the New York Times bestselling coauthor of Five Feet Apart and She Gets the Girl comes a fresh and inventive sapphic […]

Posted August 28, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Blog Tour, giveaway, Review / 10 Comments
Blog Tour Review with Giveaway:  Sanctuary for Seers (Stranje House #5) by Kathleen Baldwin

Blog Tour Review with Giveaway: Sanctuary for Seers (Stranje House #5) by Kathleen Baldwin

Blurb: The highly anticipated fifth and final book in the bestselling Stranje House series. What if you’d been born at a dangerous and superstitious time two centuries ago… and you had the unusual ability to see not only the tangible world but also the spiritual and emotional realms? When her family banishes her to Stranje […]

Posted June 19, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Blog Tour, giveaway, Review / 12 Comments
L-L-L-Little Reviews #50: May 2023

L-L-L-Little Reviews #50: May 2023

Here are the books I read and/or finished this past month that were not part of scheduled tours or requests from authors/publishers. Barbarian Alien (Ice Planet Barbarian #2) by Ruby Dixon My Review: I was surprised but loved the first book in this series, Ice Planet Barbarians, and so had to get the second one […]

Posted May 30, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 22 Comments
L-L-L-Little Reviews #49: April 2023

L-L-L-Little Reviews #49: April 2023

Here are the books I read and/or finished this past month that were not part of scheduled tours or requests from authors/publishers. One For All by Lillie Lainoff My Review: This was a fun historical retelling with a reimagining, or extra storyline added to the musketeers of history. It made me dig into some French […]

Posted April 29, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 10 Comments
L-L-L-Little Reviews #48: March 2023

L-L-L-Little Reviews #48: March 2023

Here are the books I read and/or finished this past month that were not part of scheduled tours or requests from authors/publishers. Forging Silver Into Stars by Brigid Kemmerer My Review: This is my first book by this author. An author I’ve been saying for a long time I need to read. And I do […]

Posted March 29, 2023 by Lisa Mandina in Review / 4 Comments