Burton Book Review - Leafing through history

Nov 12, 2021

Witches, Heretics & Warrior Women by Phoenix LeFae

BurtonReview Friday, November 12, 2021

Witches, Heretics & Warrior Women: Ignite Your Rebel Spirit Through Magick & Ritual by Phoenix LeFaeLlewellyn Publications, January 8 2022eGalley provided in exchange for this review, thank you! Filled with transformative stories of powerful women from legend and history--as well as rituals, spellcraft, and...

Oct 10, 2021

Empire of the Vampire by Jay Kristoff

BurtonReview Sunday, October 10, 2021

Empire of the Vampire by Jay KristoffPublished by St. Martin's Press, September 14, 2021; 752 pp. Illustrations by Ben OrthwickPersonal eBook copy Synopsis:From holy cup comes holy light;The faithful hand sets world aright.And in the Seven Martyrs’ sight,Mere man shall end this endless night.It...

Sep 15, 2021

The Vanished Days by Susanna Kearsley

BurtonReview Wednesday, September 15, 2021

The Vanished Days by Susanna Kearsley Sourcebooks Landmark, published October 5 2021448 pages Egalley via netgalley A sweeping love story set against the Jacobite revolution from much-loved, million copy bestselling author Susanna KearsleyThere are many who believe they know what happened, but they do not...

Aug 5, 2021

Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

BurtonReview Thursday, August 05, 2021

Little Thieves by Margaret OwenHodder & Stoughton, October 2021egalley via NetgalleySynopsis:Once upon a time, there was a horrible girl...A scrappy maid must outsmart both palace nobles and Low Gods in a new YA fantasy by Margaret Owen, author of the Merciful Crow series.Vanja Schmidt knows that no gift...

Jul 11, 2021

The Lost Apothecary by Sarah Penner

BurtonReview Sunday, July 11, 2021

The Lost Apothecary by Sarah PennerPark Row Books March 2, 2021 Description:A female apothecary secretly dispenses poisons to liberate women from the men who have wronged them—setting three lives across centuries on a dangerous collision course.Rule #1: The poison must never be used to harm another woman.Rule...

May 18, 2021

The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin

BurtonReview Tuesday, May 18, 2021

The Nature of Witches by Rachel Griffin Published by Sourcebooks, June 2021eGalley provided via Netgalley in exchange for this review, thank you! The Summary:"One of the Most Anticipated Young Adult Debuts of 2021!From a stunning new voice in YA comes the fierce, romantic story about a world on the...

Mar 17, 2021

Chain of Iron by Cassandra Clare

BurtonReview Wednesday, March 17, 2021

Chain of Iron, book 2 of The Last Hours Available March 2021 (The silhouettes will appear randomly in the Kindle version) LitJoy Crate did a special edition with an added bonus of this Cordelia Carstairs print. The LitJoy edition comes with a gorgeous slipcase and...

Mar 9, 2021

When Twilight Breaks by Sarah Sundin

BurtonReview Tuesday, March 09, 2021

When Twilight Breaks by Sarah Sundin Revell Baker Publishing February 2021Synopsis:Munich, 1938. Evelyn Brand is an American foreign correspondent as determined to prove her worth in a male-dominated profession as she is to expose the growing tyranny in Nazi Germany. To do so, she must walk a thin line....

Feb 20, 2021

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid

BurtonReview Saturday, February 20, 2021

Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins ReidRandom House Ballantine, June 2021Women's Fiction/Saga, 384 pageseGalley via publisher, thank youFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six . . . Four famous siblings throw an epic party to celebrate the end of the summer. But over the course of twenty-four...

Feb 13, 2021

Cosmic Health by Jennifer Racioppi

BurtonReview Saturday, February 13, 2021

Cosmic Health: Unlock Your Healing Magic with Astrology, Positive Psychology, and Integrative Wellness by Jennifer Racioppi Little, Brown and Company Religion & Spirituality Pub Date 12 Jan 2021 (Thank you to the publisher for providing me a copy of the eGalley in exchange for this review)“A life-changing...

Oct 3, 2020

The Camelot Betrayal by Kiersten White

BurtonReview Saturday, October 03, 2020

The Camelot Betrayal by Kiersten WhitePublished by Random House Delacorte Press, November 10, 2020The Camelot Betrayal by Kiersten White"The second book in a new fantasy trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Kiersten White, exploring the nature of self, the inevitable cost of progress, and, of course,...

Sep 7, 2020

A Golden Fury by Samantha Cohoe

BurtonReview Monday, September 07, 2020

A Golden Fury by Samantha CohoeOctober 2020, Wednesday Booksreview copy via netGalley, thank you! In her debut novel A Golden Fury, Samantha Cohoe weaves a story of magic and danger, where the curse of the Philosopher’s Stone will haunt you long after the final page. Thea Hope longs to be an alchemist out of the...

Jul 27, 2020

Into The Unbounded Night by Mitchell James Kaplan

BurtonReview Monday, July 27, 2020

Into The Unbounded Night by Mitchell James KaplanSeptember 1 2020 from Regal House PublishingBiblical Historical FictionReview copy provided by the author in exchange for this review, thank you!When her village in Albion is sacked by the Roman general Vespasian, young Aislin is left without home and family. Determined...

Jul 11, 2020

Stories That Bind Us by Susie Finkbeiner

BurtonReview Saturday, July 11, 2020

Stories That Bind Us by Susie Finkbeiner Bethany House/Revell June 2020review copy provided by the publisher, thank you!Five Stars All Day Long Betty Sweet never expected to be a widow at 40. With so much life still in front of her, she tries to figure out what's next. She couldn't have imagined what God had...

Jun 30, 2020

Halfway through 2020 For the love of God

BurtonReview Tuesday, June 30, 2020

My year started with Ruthless Gods by Emily Duncan. Did that title signal the coming of the Covid-apocalypse of 2020? Maybe. Here we are at the last half of 2020 (hallelujah!) and I am aiming for my Goodreads Reading Challenge of 70 books. I am sitting at 44 books now, most of those are pictured above.I kinda wove around...

Jun 29, 2020

Chosen Ones by Veronica Roth

BurtonReview Monday, June 29, 2020

Chosen Ones by Veronica RothApril 2020 Houghton Mifflin* review copy via Netgalley, thank you!Four stars from me! ...

Of Silver and Shadow by Jennifer Gruenke

BurtonReview Monday, May 04, 2020

Of Silver and Shadow by Jennifer Gruenke North Star Editions/Flux Sci Fi & Fantasy | Teens & YA Kindle Pub Date 26 May 2020 Full release February 2021 EGalley via netgalley in exchange for this review, thank you! Ren Kolins is a silver wielder—a dangerous thing to be in the kingdom of Erdis, where magic...

Apr 18, 2020

The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell

BurtonReview Saturday, April 18, 2020

The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell Simon & Schuster pub November 2019 library loan Be careful who you let in. Soon after her twenty-fifth birthday, Libby Jones returns home from work to find the letter she’s been waiting for her entire life. She rips it open with one driving thought: I am finally going to know...

Mar 12, 2020

House of Earth and Blood: Crescent City #1 by Sarah J Maas

BurtonReview Thursday, March 12, 2020

House of Earth and Blood by Sarah J. Maas March 3, 2020 from Bloomsbury, 816 pages ****Not inserting a synopsis because it contains a huge spoiler **** (first clue this book contains zero merit) I fell in love with Sarah J. Maas' A Court of Thorns and Roses series last year; so much...

Mar 2, 2020

And They Called It Camelot: A Novel of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis by Stephanie Marie Thornton

BurtonReview Monday, March 02, 2020

And They Called It Camelot: A Novel of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis by Stephanie Marie Thornton Berkley Publishing Group, March 10 2020 Hist-Fic, 480 pages Review copy via Netgalley An intimate portrait of the life of Jackie O… Few of us can claim to be the authors of our fate. Jacqueline Bouvier...

Feb 11, 2020

The Queen's Fortune by Allison Pataki

BurtonReview Tuesday, February 11, 2020

The Queen's Fortune A Novel of Desiree, Napoleon, and the Dynasty That Outlasted the Empire by Allison Pataki Random House Publishing Group - Ballantine, February 11 2020 Historical Fiction, 448 pagesReview EGalley via netgalley, thank you! A sweeping novel about the extraordinary woman who captured Napoleon’s...