Book Reviews 2016

January 2016

Elizabeth: Renaissance Prince by Lisa Hilton - 3.5

Sword of Honor by David Kirk - 4

The Past by Tessa Hadley - 4

Eulogy by Ken Murray - 4.5

The Violinist of Venice by Alyssa Palombo - 3.5

Girl Through Glass by Sari Wilson - 5

February

The Secrets of Lizzie Borden by Brandy Purdy - 4

Daughter of Destiny by Nicole Evelina - 4.5

The Beautiful Possible by Amy Gottlieb - 4.5

Free Men by Katy Simpson Smith - 5

The Vatican Princess by C.W. Gortner - 4.5

March

America’s First Daughter by Stephanie Dray and Laura Kamoie - 4

Death of an Alchemist by Mary Lawrence - 4

April

Journey to Munich by Jacqueline Winspear - 4

Summer at Little Beach Street Bakery by Jenny Colgan - 3.5

The Rivals of Versailles by Sally Christie - 4

True Stories at the Smokey View by Jill McCroskey Coupe - 4

Terrible Virtue by Ellen Feldman - 4

The Storm Sister by Lucinda Riley - 3.5

When the Moon is Low by Nadia Hashimi - 4

Loving Eleanor by Susan Wittig Albert - 4

Camelot’s Queen by Nicole Evelina - 4.5

May

A House for Happy Mothers by Amalya Malladi - 4

The California Wife by Kristen Harnisch - 4

Eliza Waite by Ashley E. Sweeney - 5

The Dark Lady’s Mask by Mary Sharratt - 4

Portrait of a Conspiracy by Donna Russo Morin - 4.5

Fading Starlight by Kathryn Cushman - 3.5

Marlene: A Novel of Marlene Dietrich by C.W. Gortner - 4

Promised to the Crown by Aimie K. Runyun - 5

The Inquisitor’s Niece by Erika Rummel - 4

June

The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem by Sarit Yishai Leiv - 4

Immaculate Heart by Camille DeAngelis -

The Woman in the Photo by Mary Hogan - 4

July

The Royal Nanny by Karen Harper - 4.5

Waterless Farming by Francis Freeman - 3.5

The Memory Painter by Gwendolyn Womack - 4.5

The Lord of Ireland by E.M. Powell - 4.5

The Secret Language of Stones by M.J. Rose - 4

Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris - 4.5

August

The Valley by Helen Bryan - 3

Broken Ground by Karen Halvorsen Schreck - 4

A Beauty Refined by Tracie Peterson - 3.5

Secrets of Nanreath Hall by Alix Rickloff - 4.5

The Judgement by D.J. Niko - 4.5

The White Cross by Richard Masefield - 3.5

The Service of the Dead by Candace Robb - 3.5

Family Tree by Susan Wiggs - 4

Enchanted Islands by Allison Amend - 3.5

September

Aphrodite’s Choice by Christy English - 4

Days of Sun and Glory by Anna Belfrage - 4.5

The Girl Who Fought Napoleon by Linda Lafferty - 3.5

American Copper by Shann Ray - 5

Mata Hari’s Last Dance by Michelle Moran - 4

October

News of the World by Paulette Jiles - 5

Echoes of Family by Barbara Claypole White - 5

The Girl in the Castle by Santa Montefiore - 5

Avelyn: The Edge of Faith

Yesternight by Cat Winters - 4.5

Fill the Sky by Katherine Sherbrook - 4

November

Madame Presidentess by Nicole Evelina - 4

The Brother’s Path by Martha Kennedy - 3.5

Inheriting Edith by Zoe Fishman - 4

Victoria by Daisy Goodwin - 4

A Song of War (various authors) - 4.5

In the Blue Hour by Elizabeth Hall - 4

A House Without Windows by Nadia Hashimi - 4

Forever Painless by Miranda Esmonde-White - 4.5

December

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterley - 5

The Spice Box Letters by Eve Makis - 3.5

Murder in Containment by Anne Cleeland - 5

My Part Time Paris Life by Lisa Anselmo - unrated

Three Sisters, Three Queens by Philippa Gregory - 3

The Semper Sonnet by Seth Margolis - 3