BOOK REVIEW: Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Hello everyone. Welcome back to Bibliophilia Book Reviews. Today I am reviewing Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia. Visit the author’s website here. I went into this book thinking that I would love it. But, alas, I did not. I wanted to love it, and that is probably why I tried so hard to like it. I’d heard so many good things about it, and I was excited about reading it. But it was not to be. For starters, I could not click with the author’s writing style and that affected my overall enjoyment of the book as…
BOOK REVIEW: Ariadne by Jennifer Saint
Hello everyone. Welcome back to Bibliophilia Book Reviews. Today I am reviewing Ariadne by Jennifer Saint. This is the author’s debut novel. Visit her website here. Ariadne by Jennifer Saint is a retelling of the Greek myth of Theseus and the Minotaur, from the point of view of the woman who helped Theseus kill the monster, Ariadne of Crete, daughter of Minos and the King of Crete. Or so that is what Goodreads says. Frankly, the synopsis of this book is a little misleading because this is not what the book is about. Yes, Ariadne helps Theseus kill the Minotaur…
BOOK REVIEW: Alcestis by Katharine Beutner
Hello everyone. Welcome back to Bibliophilia Book Reviews. Today I am reviewing Alcestis by Katharine Beutner. This book was first released in 2010, and it won the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction in 2011 and was a finalist for both the BSFS Compton Crook Award and the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Debut Fiction. Visit the author’s website here. Poor Alcestis. Brave Alcestis. Strong Alcestis. Poor, for having a husband that does not deserve her. Brave, for accepting a fate that was not her own. And strong, for having the will to face such a fate where others (Admetus)…
JUNE WRAP UP: What I Read This Month
Hello everyone. Welcome back to Bibliophilia Book Reviews. In this post, I will be doing a wrap up of all the books I read in June. This month I read a lot more books that I did not like. I read six books this month. These reviews have spoilers: 1. The Land Beyond The Sea by Sharon Kay Penman This book is very long, and it has very small font. It took me more than two weeks to finish it. Set in the Holy Land or Outremer, this book relates the events leading up to the Third Crusade. That is,…
BOOK REVIEW: Circe by Madeline Miller
Hi everyone. Welcome back to Bibliophilia Book Reviews. Today I will review Circe by Madeline Miller. At a later date, I will also review The Song of Achilles, by the same author. Like all my reviews, this one too has spoilers. Circe by Madeline Miller was first published on April 10th, 2018, and it has become a critically acclaimed novel since then, winning, for example, the 2018 Book of the Year Award allotted by the Book of the Month subscription book box service and the 2019 Book of the Year Award for Adult Fiction in the Indies Choice Book Awards…
BOOK REVIEW: A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
Hello everyone. Welcome back to Bibliophilia Book Reviews. Today I am reviewing A Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes. This book was shortlisted for the 2020 Women’s Prize for Fiction, and this is not the first retelling of The Iliad to be considered for this accolade; The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller, for example, won this award in 2012, and The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker was shortlisted in 2019. Read my review for The Song of Achilles here, whereas my review for The Silence of the Girls is posted here. Circe by Madeline Miller was also considered…
MAY WRAP UP: What I Read This Month
Hello everyone. Welcome back to Bibliophilia Book Reviews. In this post, I will be doing a wrap up of all the books I read in May. These reviews have spoilers: This month has been my most productive reading month, and with the exception of The Lies of Locke Lamora, a month where I only read books written by female authors. So without further ado… 1. The Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch In May I went back to fantasy and read this book for my book club, and I must admit it took me a while to even start…
BOOK REVIEW: The Heart Forger by Rin Chupeco
Hi everyone, welcome back to Bibliophilia Book Reviews. Today I am reviewing The Heart Forger by Rin Chupeco. This is the second book of The Bone Witch trilogy, and it continues the story of Tea and her journey as an antihero. My review for the first book of this trilogy The Bone Witch is found here. Visit the author’s website here. I will review the third installment of this trilogy, The Shadowglass, at a later date. This review has minor spoilers. The Heart Forger by Rin Chupeco continues Tea’s story as a bone witch and her quest for revenge. This…
BOOK REVIEW: The Grave At Storm’s End by Devin Madson
Hello everyone. Welcome back to Bibliophilia Book Reviews. Today I am reviewing The Grave at Storm’s End by Devin Madson. This is the third book of The Vengeance Trilogy. Read my review for The Blood of Whisperers (Book 1) here and The Gods of Vice (Book 2) here. My review for the prequel In Shadows We Fall is found here. Visit the author’s website here. My review has spoilers. The Grave at Storm’s End (TGaSE) is one of those books that is both a satisfying end to the trilogy and unsatisfying in my personal experience reading it (this may be…
BOOK REVIEW: The Gods of Vice by Devin Madson
Hello everyone. Welcome back to Bibliophilia Book Reviews. Today I am reviewing The Gods of Vice by Devin Madson. This is the second book of The Vengeance Trilogy. Click here to visit the author’s website. This review has spoilers. I will begin this review by saying that The Gods of Vice (TGOV) surpasses The Blood of Whisperers (TBOW) by a whole lot. The characters must now chose sides in the war between Kin and Katashi, and each decision they make is another thing I did not see coming. The pacing of this book, like the first, is fast, and I…