Category: Book Reviews

Victorian Murderesses by Mary Hartman delves into the lives, crimes and trials of 13 women in England and France during the Victorian Era.  The books separates the crimes into 6 sections, with two murderesses per …

If you’ve ever had a political discussion regarding True Blood or wondered why Vampire Bill became suddenly so much less appealing after the first season, A Taste of True Blood opens up a world of …

Angry Robot press brings Carrie Patel’s image of a world underground in the  new book The Buried Life.  Inspector Liesl Malone dwells in the underground city of Recoletta. After a great unnamed catastrophe, humanity began to …

A Brief History of Chocolate is a very brief ebook (44 pages in total) that might more aptly be titled “A brief history of chocolate candy and brands.” After a four page introduction taking chocolate …

The Girls at the Kingfisher Club is Genevive Valentine’s retelling of the fairytale “The Twelve Dancing Princesses” as a historical fiction set in 1920’s America. The king in the tale has become a wealthy businessman …

Gilded Lily: Steam and Seduction by Delphine Dryden opens on the landscape of a fictional Steampunk Victorian London. Fred Merchant is rapidly making a name for “himself” in the tinkering world of London. All is …

When do the needs of the country outweigh the rights of the citizens? When does poverty become such an issue that the wealthy force their beliefs on others? Set in the near future, John Writher’s …

In The Chemistry of Alchemy Cobb, Fetterolf, and Godlwhite look at alchemy as a subject in its own right, not as an embarrassing precursor to chemistry. They trace the steps that led to our modern …

Camden’s Knife takes corporate greed to a whole new level. In the near future, The Camden-Young’s disease has spread affecting 74% of the Caucasian population. Strangely, the other 26% seems immune.  Relief lies in treatment …

Blood Red Riding Hood is being blamed for the murder of her grandmother. Despite protests that a wolf was responsible, Red finds herself carted off to The Asylum for Fairy-tale Creatures. Filled with guards who …