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The Spanish Dancer

Dare to Love by Jennifer Wilde

May 24, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Mary Ellen is a girl from Cornwall, deserted by her lover. Elena Lopez is a dancer, glamorous and wild, the mistress of musicians and kings. Dare to Love tells the story of her journey from one to the other. Jennifer Wilde is the pseudonym of T.E. Huff, who wrote under this name during the 1980s. Though I’ve some Wilde books on my TBR, this is the first I’ve read, and I think the one that was most ripped from history, for Elena is clearly based on Lola […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: bodice ripper, Dance, historical, Jennifer Wilde, Romance

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:70 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: bodice ripper, Dance, historical, Jennifer Wilde, Romance ·
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“If she closed her eyes she might fix this in her memory always: the pulse in Kath’s throat; the warmth of her body; the scent of her skin.”

Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo

May 18, 2022 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

In Last Night at the Telegraph Club Malinda Lo created National Book Award for Young People’s Literature winner which aims to challenge pervasive perceptions of the 1950s in the United States, including stereotypes about Chinese Americans, the invisibility of the lesbian and gay community, and the role of women in the space program, and the reach of Red Scare paranoia on people’s day to day lives. It is also the story of two young women falling in love during their senior year of high school […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Young Adult Tagged With: 1950s, CannonBookClub, historical, Last Night at the Telegraph Club, Malinda Lo, queer love, YA

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:36 · Genres: Book Club, Young Adult · Tags: 1950s, CannonBookClub, historical, Last Night at the Telegraph Club, Malinda Lo, queer love, YA ·
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The Schoolhouse Blizzard

Maddy and the Monstrous Storm by Julie Gilbert

May 14, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Maddy  is new to the prairie, but when she and her classmates are trapped in their schoolhouse by a ferocious blizzard, she must lead them all to safety. I’d first heard of the Schoolhouse Blizzard a year or two ago, when I read Melanie Benjamin’s The Children’s Blizzard, which similarly followed a schoolteacher and a group of schoolchildren who were trapped by the snow and had to fight to survive. This book covers the same topic and themes, but in a way that is more accessible […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fiction, History Tagged With: ARC, Children's, historical, Julie Gilbert, NetGalley, pioneers, survival

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:67 · Genres: Children's Books, Fiction, History · Tags: ARC, Children's, historical, Julie Gilbert, NetGalley, pioneers, survival ·
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A Bonkbuster Double Feature

Mistral's Daughter by Judith Krantz

Princess Daisy by Judith Krantz

May 13, 2022 by Pooja 3 Comments

Every so often I go on a kick of reading those commercial romances about driven young women published in the 1980s that are sometimes called bonkbusters. You must admit they are rather addictive in their escapist nature and their pulpy plots. It annoys me when people dismiss them as ‘trashy,’ as though they have to make excuses for not reading Dickens or whoever all the time. There’s still good writing there- and I think that’s especially true when it comes to Judith Krantz. Mistral’s Daughter […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: bonkbuster, historical, Judith Krantz, pulp fiction, Romance

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:66 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: bonkbuster, historical, Judith Krantz, pulp fiction, Romance ·
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Debutante Runs for the Hills – Or Rather, Kent

The Sprinter by Kate Archer

April 25, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

A group of highborn matrons, daughterless, start a society to sponsor young ladies through their seasons. Now it is the turn of Lady Heathway, whose chosen girl, Grace, is perfectly well-mannered and well-qualified – now if only she wouldn’t persist in running home! Archer has delivered again with an amusing Regency romance. This is the second book in the series and can be read as a standalone, though I enjoyed the humorous references to the first book. The main characters, Grace and George, are engaging, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: ARC, historical, Kate Archer, NetGalley, Regency, Romance

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:58 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: ARC, historical, Kate Archer, NetGalley, Regency, Romance ·
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Hell’s Belles

Bombshell by Sarah MacLean

March 17, 2022 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Scandalous Sesily is the last of the Talbot girls left unwed, but her heart was captured long ago by her sister’s best friend and business partner, Caleb. Having found purpose as part of a group of vigilante women, Sesily discovers on Caleb’s return that he too has secrets of his own – and a dangerous enemy. Sarah MacLean’s books can be a hit or miss for me. They have so much to love – smart heroines, dashing heroes, engaging premises and plots, and an early […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance Tagged With: historical, Romance, Sarah Maclean, Victorian

Pooja's CBR14 Review No:44 · Genres: Fiction, Romance · Tags: historical, Romance, Sarah Maclean, Victorian ·
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