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The Noble Guardian by Michelle Griep follows a young woman who is neglected by her family as she makes her way across the country, towards her new husband who she has dances with once. However, the road is quite perilous with highwayman, and one handsome rugged lawman comes to her aid... and more trouble arises.… Continue reading The Noble Guardian by Michelle Griep
“The bond of family spans miles, memory and time.” Romanov was my most anticipated book of 2019. I love Nadine’s writing, the A Time to Die series changed my life (or at least my perspective on life), and then Fakwes, which made me doubt alongside Thomas in what was right and wrong and how to… Continue reading Romanov by Nadine Brandes
I must say, I had a rough start but it turned into AWESOME. I didn’t like the MC Aspasia at all and that lasted like half the book... After the truly wonderful kind person that is Shalia (MC of book 1), Aspasia is very much the opposite, she’s very closed and very morally grey and… Continue reading Imprison the Sky by AC Gaughen
🇬🇧 English below 🇬🇧Vanaf het moment dat hij door de brievenbus kletterde moest ik hem lezen. Ik heb in 1 ruk doorgelezen, en ik denk dat hij nog vaak herlezen gaat worden. Want wow, wat is dit een duidelijk en goed boek! En het zit schrijftechnisch zowaar ook heel goed in elkaar, met humor en… Continue reading Maar je ziet er helemaal niet autistisch uit (But You Don’t Look Autistic At All) – Bianca Toeps
English below! Ik begin met dit te zeggen: dit is een belangrijk boek. Eigenlijk zou iedereen deze moeten lezen, zeker onze jeugd - in de hoop dat zij het beter doen. Ingesloten raakte me diep in mijn ziel. Ik heb dagenlang over de thema's nagedacht, zeker toen ik in de afgelopen dagen een zekere witte… Continue reading Internment (Ingesloten) by Samira Ahmed
This is the book I didn’t know I needed! I never knew it could be THIS awesome to have a book set in your own country and your own culture! To know all the references like what being from the Bijlmer means and all the Amsterdam ethnic diversity that makes the city so beautiful. But… Continue reading On the Edge of Gone (Op de rand van het niets) by Corinne Duyvis
This is one of my top 10 anticipated releases of 2019... A Beauty and the Beast retelling with a girl with a disabilty as MC? Sign me on! Ok disabled MC would've been enough to hook me of course since I am chronically ill myself and am always looking for representation. Also, I think it… Continue reading A Curse so Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
I finished this book in two sittings. However, those sittings were a year apart 😂 Let's say I'm just not good with illness self help books. After 20+ years and so much advocating I figure there is nothing new they can tell me. The only reason I picked up this book is because it's Ilana's,… Continue reading Surviving and Thriving with an Invisible Chronic Illness by Ilana Jacqueline
Ladies of Intrigue is a book with three short stories by Michelle Griep. I actually am very fond of short stories, they are my favorite because they are fast paced and usually have a unique premiss, so I was very happy to receive an e-arc from Netgalley! And there is some serious cover envy going… Continue reading Ladies of Intrigue by Michelle Griep
This book is very different from the Star-touched Queen, both in writing style as in story telling, but it is just as amazing! Historical fantasy is my favorite, and this one is executed really well! For me, what really worked were the characters. So much diversity, and even an autistic girl! We're already underrepresented in… Continue reading The Gilded Wolves by Roshani Chokshi
Umbertouched was one of my most anticipated releases of 2018. And it didn't disappoint! Why am I reading this now? Well, pneumonia and 4 other infections at the same time were a bit distracting so I lost the month of December and half of January entirely. I waited until I was well enough because I… Continue reading Umbertouched by Livia Blackburne
The Alamo Bride is the seventh installment of the Daughters of the Mayflower series. I have had the privilege of reading the previous books, too, and I have developed a fondness for this series. Don’t worry, each book can be read seperately very well! Usually each book has all new characters, but this time the… Continue reading The Alamo Bride by Kathleen Y’Barbo
The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy takes place a few months after the happenings of The Gentlemen’s Guide. I actually think it can be read as a standalone, some characters reappear and of course there’s Monty and Percy (they’re adorable) but I think it would work. Just an FYI. The start off is quite… Continue reading The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee
The Liberty Bide by MaryLu Tyndall is the sixth book of the Daughter of the Mayflower series, though it can be read independantly without missing anything. I have fallen in love with this series, it’s quite unique because many different authors participate., I actually broke my reading stop when I saw I got the arc,… Continue reading The Liberty Bride by MaryLu Tyndall
The average of all the short stories combined is 3,92, but I’m still debating giving it 5 stars just because we need more of these books. I laughed and cried and felt all the stories and all the tiny recognisable things that we disabled/chronically ill people have in common. There was a lot of recognition… Continue reading Unbroken by Marieke Nijkamp eo
I was very fortunate to receive an e-copy of this book in exchange for my honest review. I was looking into a present for my grandfather, who loves historical romances, and this one was competing with 3 other books. The competition was solved within one chapter. This book was so amazing, I phoned the book… Continue reading Across the Blue (Tot aan de wolken) by Carrie Turansky
My Heart Belongs to Galveston, Texas: Madeline’s Search is part of a series called “My Heart Belongs”. It can be read as a stand alone, I had no trouble understanding the story even though I haven’t read any of the 9 before (and one is still to be released). I daresay I fell a bit… Continue reading My Heart Belongs to Galveston, Texas: Madeline’s Search by Kathleen Y’Barbo
The Cumberland Bride is the fifth book in The Mayflower series, which follows the descendants of the Mayflower throughout historical American events. Each book is written by a different author, and this one is by Shannon McNear. It takes place on the Kentucky Wilderness Road in 1794, a time of great unrest between the frontiers… Continue reading The Cumberland Bride by Shannon McNear
De Nederlandse versie staat hieronder. In Isaiah’s Daughter we follow Zibah. We watch her grow from a 5 year old, taken captive by the Ishraelites, to womanhood. After she’s been released from captivity, she ends up in the household of Isaiah himself as a little traumatized girl. Hezekiah also has been through quite a traumatic… Continue reading Isaiah’s Daughter (Dochter van Jesaja) by Mesu Andrews
A girl, trying to survive in Victorian London who doesn’t know she has a magical gift, that’s all I needed to hear to want to read this book. I think there is not enough historical YA, though there seems to finally be a shift in 2018, yay! I loved the idea of magical abilities, secret… Continue reading Game of Secrets by Kim Foster
Yellow Mockingjay 