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Join Our Spoiler-Welcome Discussion of T. Kingfisher’s Books  

But We Dream Different Dreams

The Last Boleyn by Karen Harper

April 11, 2026 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Though it is Anne Boleyn who became the second queen of Henry VIII, her sister Mary had her own entanglements with royalty which in many ways paved the way for the rise of the Boleyns. Philippa Gregory retreads this same ground some two decades later, but my understanding is that The Last Boleyn is a more restrained retelling of this already dramatic story. I thought that Harper did an excellent job of fleshing out all the many historical figures which people this book, including members of both […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, History Tagged With: audiobook, drama, England, historical, Karen Harper, politics, Romance, royalty, Tudor

Pooja's CBR18 Review No:26 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, History · Tags: audiobook, drama, England, historical, Karen Harper, politics, Romance, royalty, Tudor ·
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My friend wrote a book (two, actually) and you won’t be able to read it if you can’t read Danish

Kraft & Mod (Courage) by Trine J. Cederlof

March 10, 2026 by Malin Leave a Comment

4.5 stars Nowhere Book Bingo 26: A Middle Grade Book Defeat the Goblin TBR: The Shiny book (added in December 2024) Disclaimer! The author is a friend of mine, but my opinions are my own, and I bought the book with my own money (because friends make sure friends get royalties). As part of the peace agreement between the Green Shores and the Blue Mountains, Prince Mirounga (called Miro), nephew and heir to the king of the Green Shores, is sent into fosterage to the Blue Mountains. […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Fantasy, Featured, Fiction, Mystery Tagged With: #fantasy, Aurora, cbr18, coming-of-age, Courage, Danish, friendship, Kraft & Mod, Malin, middle grade, royalty, Trine J. Cederløf

Malin's CBR18 Review No:5 · Genres: Children's Books, Fantasy, Featured, Fiction, Mystery · Tags: #fantasy, Aurora, cbr18, coming-of-age, Courage, Danish, friendship, Kraft & Mod, Malin, middle grade, royalty, Trine J. Cederløf ·
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“We had no shield. I had to become one.”

Queen of Exiles by Vanessa Riley

December 7, 2025 by Pooja Leave a Comment

After the death of her husband and the coup ousting her family from power in the new nation of Hayti, Queen Marie-Louise Christophe and her daughters flee to Europe, where they must learn how to navigate a racist society as Black royalty. I’ve been excited to read this book, because it follows a woman and an area of history I’m not familiar with, and because as a Black monarch, I knew Louise would provide a radically new perspective on the Regency period, which I’ve read […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: #history, 19th century, ARC, europe, Haiti, historical, NetGalley, royalty, Vanessa Riley

Pooja's CBR17 Review No:77 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: #history, 19th century, ARC, europe, Haiti, historical, NetGalley, royalty, Vanessa Riley ·
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The Pharaoh (Female), the Pharaoh (Male), and the Priestess

Neferura by Malayna Evans

November 9, 2025 by Pooja Leave a Comment

As the daughter of two pharaohs and the sister of another, princess and high priestess Neferura is one of the foremost people in the kingdom. But as her co-regent mother and brother fight for power, she’s just another piece on their board – unless she can manage to break free. In first grade we had a unit about ancient Egypt, where we learned all about how they worshipped cats and pulled brains down through mummies’ noses and invented paper. And of course we learned about […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: ancient Egypt, ARC, historical, Malayna Evans, NetGalley, politics, royalty

Pooja's CBR17 Review No:68 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: ancient Egypt, ARC, historical, Malayna Evans, NetGalley, politics, royalty ·
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“If you had better sense you’d have learned by now that nothing thrives so well as wickedness.”

Forever Amber by Kathleen Winsor

November 2, 2025 by Pooja Leave a Comment

CBR17 Bingo: Play – Amber works as an actress in the Theatre Royal for a section of the book. Also, she’s always playing one role or another to ensnare her latest protector as she works her way up society’s rungs. Amber starts life as the adopted daughter of a farmer, but her beauty and her naked ambition has her destined for greater things – if only she can break free of her love of the unfaithful privateer Bruce. I read on this book’s Wikipedia page (because, […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: 1600s, cbr17bingo, drama, England, historical, Kathleen Winsor, royalty

Pooja's CBR17 Review No:65 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: 1600s, cbr17bingo, drama, England, historical, Kathleen Winsor, royalty ·
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“You are the queen. You are the queen that Antoinette wanted to be . . .”

Antoinette's Sister by Diana Giovinazzo

September 20, 2025 by Pooja Leave a Comment

CBR17 Bingo: Black – Behold, the cover. Though her tragic sister Marie Antoinette is better known today, Maria Carolina Charlotte, the queen of Naples, ruled with better success but faced her own share of troubles and tribulations in her years on the throne. The thing with historical fiction is that the story can live or die by the events it’s based on, especially when it follows the life of a historical figure. Luckily, Charlotte is an interesting main character. Though her attitudes toward the monarchy […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, History Tagged With: #French Revolution, 18th century, audiobook, cbr17bingo, Diana Giovinazzo, drama, Fiction, historical fiction, Italy, politics, royalty

Pooja's CBR17 Review No:54 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, History · Tags: #French Revolution, 18th century, audiobook, cbr17bingo, Diana Giovinazzo, drama, Fiction, historical fiction, Italy, politics, royalty ·
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