Title: The Weight of Angels Author: John Boyne Genre: Historical/Speculative Fiction Publisher: Doubleday Publication Date: 1st October 2026 Rating: 4.5/5 Cover: Summary: Can one rash decision prove the difference between a life well lived and a life destroyed? When the Marquis of Queensbury left his calling card at the Albemarle Club in February 1895, it … Continue reading The Weight of Angels by John Boyne – Blog Tour Review
Category: Historical Fiction
The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon – Blog Tour Review
Title: The Pirate Queen Author: Ariel Lawhon Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Swift Press Publication Date: 10th September 2026 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Ireland, 1535. The sea is no place for a girl. Least of all Grace O’Malley, the only daughter of a powerful chieftain and the family’s best hope of securing a strong alliance through … Continue reading The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon – Blog Tour Review
Catherine: A Retelling of Wuthering Heights by Essie Fox – Blog Tour Review
Title: Catherine: A Retelling of Wuthering Heights Author: Essie Fox Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Orenda Books Publication Date: 12th February 2026 Rating: 4.5/5 Cover: Summary: With a nature as wild as the moors she loves to roam, Catherine Earnshaw grows up alongside Heathcliff, a foundling her father rescued from the streets of Liverpool. Their fierce, … Continue reading Catherine: A Retelling of Wuthering Heights by Essie Fox – Blog Tour Review
The Whisper of Stars by Cristin Williams – Blog Tour Review
Title: The Whisper of Stars Author: Cristin Williams Genre: Historical/Fantasy Publisher: Gollancz Publication Date: 6th November 2025 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: A frozen island.A monastery turned political prison.A cipher inked in blood.When anarchist poet Katya Efremova is transferred to the prison colony on Solovetsky Island, she finds an enigma among her returned possessions - a … Continue reading The Whisper of Stars by Cristin Williams – Blog Tour Review
The Winter Warriors by Olivier Norek – Blog Tour Review
Title: The Winter Warriors Author: Olivier Norek Genre: Historical Thriller Publisher: Orenda Books Publication Date: 11th September 2025 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: November, 1939. A conscription officer arrives in the peaceful farming village of Rautjärvi. The Soviet Union has invaded, and for the first time in its history as an independent country, Finland is at … Continue reading The Winter Warriors by Olivier Norek – Blog Tour Review
Dangerous by Essie Fox – Blog Tour Review
Title: Dangerous Author: Essie Fox Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Orenda Books Publication Date: 24th April 2025 Rating: 4.5/5 Cover: Summary: Fiction can be fatal…Living in exile in Venice, the disgraced Lord Byron revels in the freedoms of the city.SCANDALBut when he is associated with the deaths of local women, found with wounds to their throats, … Continue reading Dangerous by Essie Fox – Blog Tour Review
Madame Matisse by Sophie Haydock – Blog Tour Review
Title: Madame Matisse Author: Sophie Haydock Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Doubleday Publication Date: 6th March 2025 Rating: 4/5 Cover: Summary: This is the story of three women - one an orphan and refugee who finds a place in the studio of a famous French artist, the other a wife and mother who has stood by … Continue reading Madame Matisse by Sophie Haydock – Blog Tour Review
The Grapevine by Kate Kemp – Blog Tour Review
Title: The Grapevine Author: Kate Kemp Genre: Fiction Publisher: Phoenix Books Publication Date: 13th March 2025 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Australia, 1979. It's the height of summer and on a quiet suburban cul-de-sac a housewife is scrubbing the yellow and white chequered tiles of her bathroom floor. But all is not as it seems. For … Continue reading The Grapevine by Kate Kemp – Blog Tour Review
The Swell by Kat Gordon – Blog Tour Review
Title: The Swell Author: Kat Gordon Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Manilla Press Publication Date: 27th February 2025 Rating: 4.5/5 Cover: Summary: IN PLACES OF DARKNESS, WOMEN WILL RISE . . . Iceland, 1910. In the middle of a severe storm two sisters - Freyja and Gudrun - rescue a mysterious, charismatic man from a shipwreck … Continue reading The Swell by Kat Gordon – Blog Tour Review
The Blackbirds of St Giles by Lila Cain – Blog Tour Review
Title: The Blackbirds of St Giles Author: Lila Cain Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: Simon & Schuster Publication Date: 30th January 2025 Rating: 5/5 Cover: Summary: Some things are earned. Some things are worth fighting for… It’s 1782, Daniel and his sister Pearl arrive in London with the world at their feet and their future assured. … Continue reading The Blackbirds of St Giles by Lila Cain – Blog Tour Review
