The Luxe by Anna Godbersen (website, Facebook) Genre: YA Historical Romance Publication: November 20, 2007 by HarperCollins Audiobook borrowed from library Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Rating: Pretty girls in pretty dresses, partying until dawn. Irresistible boys with mischievous smiles and dangerous intentions. White lies, dark secrets, and scandalous hookups. This is Manhattan, 1899. Beautiful sisters Elizabeth and Diana Holland rule Manhattan’s social scene….

“Waiting on” Wednesday is hosted weekly by Jill at Breaking the Spine.     Without A Summer by Mary Robinette Kowal Book 3 in the Shades of Milk and Honey series Genre: Historical Fantasy Expected Publication: April 2nd 2013 by Tor Books Pre-order Amazon (hardcover) | Book Depository | Indiebound UPDATE! A revised version of the book synopsis was provided by the author and has been updated below. Thank you…

Glamour in Glass by Mary Robinette Kowal (website, Facebook | Twitter) Genre: Historical Fantasy Publication: April 10th, 2012 by Tor Books Finished copy received from publisher in exchange for an honest review Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Rating: Mary Robinette Kowal stunned readers with her charming first novel Shades of Milk and Honey, a loving tribute to the works of Jane Austen in a…

A Night Like This by Julia Quinn (website, Facebook) Genre: Historical Fiction Publication: May 29th 2012 by Avon Book provided by TLC Book Tours for review Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from goodreads Rating: “Anne Wynter might not be who she says she is . . .” But she’s managing quite well as a governess to three highborn young ladies. Her job can be a challenge–in…

Shades of Milk and Honey by Mary Robinette Kowal (website, Facebook | Twitter) Genre: Historical Paranormal Publication: August 3rd, 2010 by Tor Books Borrowed from library Get your own: Amazon | B&N | Indiebound synopsis from Goodreads Rating:   Shades of Milk and Honey is an intimate portrait of Jane Ellsworth, a woman ahead of her time in a version of Regency England where the manipulation of glamour is considered…

Barking Mad by Jamieson Ridenhour Genre: Historical Paranormal Comedic Mystery Publication: June 6th, 2011 by Typecast Publishing Audiobook purchased by reviewer Amazon (Hardcover, Paperback, Kindle, Audiobook), Typecast Publishing Synopsis from goodreads The year is 1931. The scene is werewolfishly classic English fare. And tonight the moon hangs as full as a royal pie plate in this inaugural Reginald Spiffington mystery when the none too obsequious playboy, Reggie, sets out for…

Every Last Kiss by Courtney Cole Book I in the Bloodstone Saga Genre: YA historical paranormal Publication: May 2, 2011 by Lakehouse Press Copy received from author Amazon ( Paperback, Kindle), Barnes & Noble, Indiebound Synopsis from goodreads What would you do if you held Fate in your hands? 17-year old Macy Lockhart has the weight of the world on her shoulders. For thousands of years, she has been a…

The Sweet Far Thingby Libba Bray Published: December 26, 2007Links: IndieBound(support an independent bookseller near YOU!)Amazon, Barnes & Noble(available as Kindle/Nook and Audio editions)Audiobook borrowed from the library Synopsis from Goodreads IT HAS BEEN A YEAR OF CHANGE since Gemma Doyle arrived at the foreboding Spence Academy. Her mother murdered, her father alaudanum addict, Gemma has relied on an unsuspected strength and has discovered an ability to travel to an…

Rebel Angelsby Libba Bray Published: July 26, 2005Links: IndieBound(support an independent bookseller near YOU!)Amazon, Barnes & Noble(available as Kindle/Nook and Audio editions)Audiobook borrowed from the library Synopsis from Goodreads Ah, Christmas! Gemma Doyle is looking forward to a holiday from Spence Academy, spending time with her friends in the city, attending ritzy balls, and on a somber note, tending to her ailing father. As she prepares to ring in the…

A Great and Terrible Beautyby Libba Bray Published: December 9, 2003Links: IndieBound(support an independent bookseller near YOU!)Amazon, Barnes & Noble(available as Kindle/Nook and Audio editions)Audiobook borrowed from the library Synopsis from Goodreads A Victorian boarding school story, a Gothic mansion mystery, a gossipy romp about a clique of girlfriends, and a dark other-worldly fantasy–jumble them all together and you have this complicated and unusual first novel. Sixteen-year-old Gemma has had…

The Twelfth Enchantment by David Liss Published: August 9, 2011 Links: IndieBound (support an independent bookseller near YOU!) Amazon, Barnes & Noble (available as Kindle/Nook and Audiobook editions) ARC provided by TLC Tours for a fair and honest review Synopsis from Goodreads Lucy Derrick is a young Regency woman of good breeding and poor finances: after the death of her father, she is forced to maintain a shabby dignity as…

Soulless by Gail CarrigerPublished: October 1, 2009Links: Indiebound(order from an Independent Bookstore near YOU!)Amazon (available as Kindle and Audiobook edition)eBook purchased by reviewerSynopsis from IndieBound Alexia Tarabotti is laboring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she’s a spinster whose father is both Italian and dead. Third, she was rudely attacked by a vampire, breaking all standards of social etiquette. Where to go from there?…