Tag: Russia

Review:  Romanov by Nadine Brandes

Review: Romanov by Nadine Brandes

Book info: Title:  Romanov Author:  Nadine Brandes Genre:  YA Historical Fantasy Retelling Release Date:  May 7th, 2019 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Source:  ARC received from publisher for review which did not influence my opinion My rating:  5 stars Synopsis: The history books say I died. They don’t know the half of it. Anastasia “Nastya” Romanov was […]

Posted May 5, 2019 by Lisa Mandina in / 10 Comments
Review:  The Winter of the Witch (Winternight Trilogy #3) by Katherine Arden

Review: The Winter of the Witch (Winternight Trilogy #3) by Katherine Arden

Book info: Title:  The Winter of the Witch Author:  Katherine Arden Series:  Winternight Trilogy #3 Genre:  Fairy tale retelling, historical fantasy Release Date:  January 8th, 2019 Publisher:  Del Rey Books Source:  Finished copy received from publisher which did not influence my opinion My rating:  4 stars Synopsis: Following their adventures in The Bear and the Nightingale […]

Posted January 28, 2019 by Lisa Mandina in / 4 Comments
ARC Review:  The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

ARC Review: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden

Book info: Title:  The Bear and the Nightingale Author:  Katherine Arden Genre:  Fairy tale retelling, historical fantasy Published:  January 10th, 2017 Source:  ARC won from Goodreads Giveaway My rating:  4 stars I am usually a pretty big fan of fairy tale retellings, especially when it is one like this was blurbed to be, a not […]

Posted January 21, 2017 by Lisa Mandina in / 12 Comments
Review:  The Crown’s Game by Evelyn Skye

Review: The Crown’s Game by Evelyn Skye

This is a book I was lucky enough to get the ARC of at the bookstore where I work.  I had been very intrigued by it after all the promotional posts going on from the author, as well as on other blogs.  Overall, I was pretty pleased with the book!  And I think I’m glad […]

Posted May 28, 2016 by Lisa Mandina in / 10 Comments