Genre: Adult
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Book Review: The Last Rose of Shanghai by Weina Dai Randel
I always enjoy a good historical fiction novel and I always end up reading those about World War II. Weina Dai Randel’s The Last Rose of Shanghai has been on my TBR since late 2021, but I never picked it up, although I really wanted to do so. Clearly I was on a cleaning my…
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Book Review: A River Enchanted by Rebecca Ross
My first introduction to books by Rebecca Ross was back in 2019, when I was allowed to read the Dutch edition of The Queen’s Rising for a young adult blog on a Dutch bookish platform. I vividly remember I was struggling with it at the time and couldn’t join the hype train. In hindsight I…
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Book Review: Half His Age by Jennette McCurdy
If you were a teenager in the mid or late 2000s, it’s most likely that you have been watching Nickelodeon and iCarly in particular. Jennette McCurdy therefore isn’t a strange name to you. However, this former actress was a child star at the time and elaborated in depth on her experience on being a child…
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Book Review: The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston
In recent years, Ashley Poston released multiple successful books for adults. Beforehand, she released a number of young adult novels, and although these are quite successful too, it seems like she has found a wider audience with her romance novels with a hint of magical realism. Although I was pretty hesitant at first, The Seven…
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Book review: The Courting of Bristol Keats by Mary E. Pearson
In the previous decade, Mary E. Pearson rode the wave of the rapid rise of young adult books. This author is less well-known in the Netherlands, but a number of her stories have been published here as well. However, I haven’t read any. In 2024, this author made her debut in adult romantic fantasy with…