Tag: historical fiction
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Review: Irenicon by Aidan Harte
4 stars Ohhh this book. First, let me say that I absolutely enjoyed reading Irenicon. After saying that, let me begin to unpack this whole situation. This book was slow to get through for me, but that is because the entire first section of the book is absolutely and beautifully filled with world-building. Harte has…
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Review: The Screaming Staircase by Jonathan Stroud
4 stars Jonathan Stroud has done it again. I was first introduced to Stroud, like most, through his Bartimaeus books. I loved Stroud’s accessible and witty flair to writing then, and I still love it now. Stroud creates an additional alternative modern London with the Lockwood & Co series. “The Problem”, as the paranormal activity…
Bumpy Oak Books 