Tag: WWI

ARC Review: A Bend in the Stars by Rachel Barenbaum

May 14, 2019

Official Synopsis from Goodreads: For fans of All the Light We Cannot See and The Women in the Castle comes a riveting literary novel that is at once an epic love story and a heart-pounding journey across WWI-era Russia, about an ambitious young doctor and her scientist brother in a race against Einstein to solve … More ARC Review: A Bend in the Stars by Rachel Barenbaum

ARC Review: The Victory Garden by Rhys Bowen

February 12, 2019

Official Synopsis from Goodreads: From the bestselling author of The Tuscan Child comes a beautiful and heart-rending novel of a woman’s love and sacrifice during the First World War. As the Great War continues to take its toll, headstrong twenty-one-year-old Emily Bryce is determined to contribute to the war effort. She is convinced by a … More ARC Review: The Victory Garden by Rhys Bowen

ARC Review: Treacherous Is the Night by Anna Lee Huber (Verity Kent #2)

September 28, 2018

Official Synopsis from Goodreads: In 1919 England, in the shadow of The Great War, many look to the spirit world for answers. But it will take an all too earthbound intrigue to draw in the discerning heroine of Anna Lee Huber’s latest mystery . . . It’s not that Verity Kent doesn’t sympathize with those … More ARC Review: Treacherous Is the Night by Anna Lee Huber (Verity Kent #2)

ARC Review: This Side of Murder by Anna Lee Huber (Verity Kent #1)

September 27, 2017

Official Synopsis from Goodreads: The Great War is over, but in this captivating new series from award-winning author Anna Lee Huber, one young widow discovers the real intrigue has only just begun . . . An Unpardonable Sin? England, 1919. Verity Kent’s grief over the loss of her husband pierces anew when she receives a … More ARC Review: This Side of Murder by Anna Lee Huber (Verity Kent #1)

Book Review: Regeneration by Pat Barker (Regeneration Trilogy #1)

June 16, 2017

Official Synopsis from the back of the book: In 1917 Siegfried Sassoon, noted poet and decorated war hero, publicly refused to continue serving as a British officer in World War I. His reason: the war was a senseless slaughter. He was officially classified “mentally unsound” and sent to Craiglockhart War Hospital. There a brilliant psychiatrist, … More Book Review: Regeneration by Pat Barker (Regeneration Trilogy #1)