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The Peacock Bottle by Angela Rigley Today join me on the Blog tour for a lovely dual time story which is the Peacock bottle. My thanks go to Rachels Random Reads for inviting me along. My Review: This is a historical novel with a slight difference, both timelines are historical, instead of as is often the case a modern day thread combined with a parallel story from the past. It introduces us to two young women who live in a house in Cumbria, close to the lake district, which (rather confusingly to me, at first) is named Alice Howe - I thought this was a character at first and spent a few puzzling minutes trying to work out who she was! Maybe this is intentional as the house does play a large part in the story. In 1840 sisters Daisy and Mary Jane reside there, living a privileged rather wealthy life, they come across as two very real young ladies being brought up genteelly yet with real teenage hopes and ambitions that any young woman of today should be able to relate to. They a...

Today I'm part of the Mini Blog Tour for the wonderful historical novel - When Winter Comes by V. A. Shannon. Please welcome her to my blog and support her by buying the book if you like the sound of it and maybe follow her website. I must confess I'm already a HUGE fan of this author having already read and reviewed this book some months ago. Its one of those books that stayed with me, haunted me you could say. I'd like to revisit my original review and draw it to your attention if you missed it first time around. Please note this same review is already posted on this blog dated July 2018. My Review Wonderful, epic, historical fiction, I loved it and couldn't put it down. I consider myself very fortunate to have been chosen as one of the recipients of a copy in advance of publication. My advance review copy is now well creased, as I read this remarkable novel in bed, on the bus and crammed it in my handbag to take to work, I was so engrossed in the story. Quite recentl...

Sunwise by Helen Steadman I was so very excited and thrilled when I was invited to review and join the blog tour for the new book by Helen Steadman, Sunwise, which is a follow up to her earlier work Widdershins which I adored and you can read my review of that here   As well as loving her writing style, Helen hails from the North East of England where I am from and as her books are based around true historical local events, the Newcastle witch trials, they have a special appeal for me. The covers are pretty stunning too so these books have it all. My Review of Sunwise Sunwise is the sequel to the wonderful Widdershins and if you haven’t read that yet, it’s a must-read for your wishlist. Both these amazing books are based on true events, the Newcastle witch trials of the mid 17th century.  I find it utterly terrifying to think about the women who were hounded by men and executed for trumped-up accusations of witchcraft and how Helen has managed to steel herself to do the r...