This 5-star read left me staring at the wall asking, “What in the world did I just read?”
Review: Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke
Tag: Historical Fiction
Review: In the Great Quiet by Laura Vogt
The Oklahoma land rush, a solitary homesteader, and a past that refuses to stay buried.
Review: The Last Labyrinth by Gwendolyn Womack
A musical prodigy. A mysterious labyrinth. A journey to 1829 tied to an ancient diary and the fate of the world. Gwendolyn Womack’s The Last Labyrinth turned out to be far more magical and transportive than I expected…
Review: The Other Moctezuma Girls by Sofía Robleda
After the death of the last Aztec Empress, a set of mysterious cushions sends her daughter on a sweeping journey through history, identity, and the secrets a mother left behind.
Review – Mother of Rome by Lauren J.A. Bear
Rome’s founding myth is usually told as destiny and heroism. Mother of Rome flips the perspective and asks what it felt like to live inside that legend. Lauren J. A. Bear turns Rhea Silvia from a name in history into a woman caught between power, prophecy, and motherhood, where the cost of building a civilization is painfully human.
Review: The Glowing Hours by Leila Siddiqui
A gothic step back in time to the summer that conceived Frankenstein, The Glowing Hours is eerie, immersive, and drenched in unsettling atmosphere.
Thursday Nerd Out: Reading Across Borders
Some books make me cry. Some make me Google everything. These are the stories that pulled me into different cultures, histories, and identities, and I loved every minute of it.
Review: The Reckoning by Kelli Stanley
A fugitive, a corrupt town, and a killer hiding in the redwood shadows, The Reckoning throws you into the eighties with a heroine who refuses to stay quiet or small.
Review: A Traitorous Heart by Erin Cotter
A story about the cost of ambition, and what it means to protect love in a world built on power and secrecy.
The Nerd’s Sunday Tarot
This week’s tarot pull is The High Priestess, a perfect match for the secrets and shadowy tension in A Traitorous Heart. I’m diving into a story built on intuition, hidden motives, and quiet danger. Come see why this card captures the book’s mysterious energy so well.