Book Review: The Fabled Earth

The Fabled Earth is a novel that has a very beautiful story to tell. Set in the enchanting town of Cumberland Island located in the State of Georgie, it follows the story of three women –eccentric Cleo Woodbine, newly widowed Audrey, and answer-seeking Frances Flood – whose lives are unexpectedly intertwined due to past events that directly involved the now elderly Cleo Woodbine.  While the story is confusing at first since it was told from different POVs and alternating timelines between 1932 and 1959, everything came beautifully once you get the hang of it. I think it has something to…

Book Review: The Wolf Den

I am not sure how to review The Wolf Den because my knowledge about Italy’s history is very little. I must admit that choosing this book amongst the TBR pile was a result of getting convinced by one of the book bloggers I’ve been following for a very long time. The thing that really caught my interest was the synopsis for it literally spelled out that the story would be following the life of a prostitute.  So I said, sign me up for this. It’s not every day that you get to come across a historical, non-erotica book which tackles…

Book Review: Kindling

Kindling has a lot of promise that made me pick it out of the the numerous ARCs offered in Edelweiss. It promised to give me an epic fantasy read condensed into one book instead of a crazy 10-book epic fantasy series, I mean who would not pick it up? Unfortunately, that is the main weakness of the book. There were so many leading characters, seven of them, to know but so little page time. It just wasn’t enough to build the angst and the pain to make me hurt for these Kindlings. I could neither relate to their journey nor…