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The Wolf Den ~ Elodie Harper
The Wolf Den by Elodie Harper is set in ancient Pompeii. Amara was the daughter of a Greek doctor until her mother sold her into slavery. Now, Amra works for Pompeii’s infamous brothel,…
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The Mad Women’s Ball ~ Victoria Mas
The Mad Women’s Ball focuses on The Salpêtrière Asylum in the late 1800s and though who were both admitted and worked there. Doctor Charcot’s new works of hypnotism to treat Hysteria is all…
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The Miniaturist ~ Jessie Burton
The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton is set in seventeenth-century Amsterdam. Nella Oortman arrives in Amsterdam to start her new life as the wife of wealthy trader, Johannes Brandt. The house is splendid but…
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The Girls ~ Emma Cline
The Girls by Emma Cline has been a book I have wanted to read for so long. As an avid lover of true crime, this book has always intrigued me as I knew…
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The Marvels ~ Brian Selznick
The Marvels by Brian Selznick follows a story that begins at sea in 1766 with a boy named Billy Marvel. After being shipwrecked, he finds work in a London theatre where his family…
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The Mercies ~ Kiran Millwood Hargrave
The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave is set on a remote island in Norway during the seventeenth century. One Christmas Eve, a storm takes the lives of all the working-age men on the…
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Another Twist in the Tale ~ Catherine Bruton
If there is one thing I love when it comes to books it is a good retelling and something I had never read before was a retelling of a classic. Oliver Twist by…
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The Sisters of Alameda Street ~ Lorena Hughes
The Sisters of Alameda Street by Lorena Hughes has been on my kindle for far too long. The blurb intrigued me straight away as it is full of family secrets and deceit alongside…
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The Next Together ~ Lauren James
The Next Together has sat on my bookshelf for far too long. Embarrassingly it has probably been at least five years since I purchased this book. I attempted to read it once before…
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The Queen’s Fool ~ Ally Sherrick
Expected UK Publication Date: 4th February 2021 Our chosen theme for May was history and I will be honest and say that historical novels are not my usual cup of tea. I do…