What a book! Usually when one reads a volume in which there are three main female characters, it gets very girly, very silly and very superficial very quickly. This does not. Osla […]
THE ROSE CODE by Kate Quinn, narrated by Saskia Maarleveld
Kate Quinn’s LADY OF THE ETERNAL CITY (EMPRESS OF ROME #4) narrated by Elizabeth Wiley
This volume picks up where volume 3 left off, and concerns the younger generation of Romans: Faustina’s daughters, their friends and suitors. Kate Quinn’s writing has great strengths. The way she does […]
Kate Quinn’s DAUGHTERS OF ROME (EMPRESS OF ROME #2) narrated by Elizabeth Wiley
As is usual with second volumes in a series, this one did not quite match up to Kate Quinn’s first, her MISTRESS OF ROME. What drove the first novel was the high-stakes […]
Kate Quinn’s MISTRESS OF ROME (EMPRESS OF ROME #1) narrated by Elizabeth Wiley
Before I talk about this stunning debut novel, I would like to give a shout-out to the narrator, Elizabeth Wiley. Our pleasure in the audiobook experience is so dependent on the narrator. […]
THE LION & THE ROSE by Kate Quinn, narrated by Leila Birch (Carmelina), Maria Elena Infantino (Giulia) & Ronan Vibert (Leonello)
THE LION & THE ROSE really made this duology. I already loved THE SERPENT & THE PEARL, where Carmelina is making her crostata, marzipan & tortes, Giulia is running downstairs gossiping & […]
THE SERPENT & THE PEARL by Kate Quinn, narrated by Leila Birch (Carmelina), Maria Elena Infantino (Giulia) & Ronan Vibert (Leonello)
Kate Quinn is such a talented writer. THE SERPENT & THE PEARL (the first in a duology about the Borgia Pope Alexander VI in 1490s Rome) begins with a sniff. Carmelina is […]
Kate Quinn’s THE HUNTRESS narrated by Saskia Maarleveld
How I loved THE HUNTRESS, Kate Quinn’s study in evil! We are in Boston, Massachusetts. It is the spring of 1946. The Second World War has just ended, when Jordan McBride is […]
Kate Quinn’s THE ALICE NETWORK narrated by Saskia Maarleveld
Kate Quinn’s THE ALICE NETWORK is superb. Like many historical novels today, this one has a braided narrative, alternating between 1915 and 1947. Nineteen-year-old Charlotte “Charlie” Sinclair is looking for her much-loved […]
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