RECOMMENDED: The Blacksmith Queen by G.A. Aiken is $2.99! What a coincidence, as this was my one pick for hilarious reading in our latest Ready Set Go. I also gave this an A-. Seriously, it’s so much fun:
The Blacksmith Queen is a bloody, feminist romp that exudes girl power in all forms, and I’m envious of its fantasy girl squad.
The Dark Days Club by Alison Goodman is $1.99! This is a YA book about demon-hunting in Regency England, which sounds all sorts of badass. Readers loved the heroine and all the other female characters in the book, but some felt like it was too much like Buffy the Vampire Slayer in a rather obvious way. Have you read this one?
We have our first crop of Lightning Reviews of 2017! Are you ready?! First up is Hidden Figures, the book on which the recent movie is based. We also some have historical fiction set in Ireland and a holiday Regency romance novella!
From the late 18th century to 1996, the Magdalen Laundries were (In theory) a place for fallen women to be employed with godly, honest work and get off the streets and all that. The reality was that women and girls could be committed to these asylums for years with no appeal or release until such a time as the nuns running the place let them go. Records of women who disappeared into the asylums are scant … Continue reading The Magdalen Girls by V.S. Alexander
