Georgia Kostopoulou When I first read the storyline of “Mirrorland” I knew I was in for some thrilling reading. I expected it to be twisted in a way, following this strange treasure hunt one sister left for the other. I never really expected it to be that good! Ellice and Catriona, El and Cat,… Read More “Mirrorland” by Carole Johnstone #BookReview
Georgia Kostopoulou I have really missed the company of Severin and his team members, his friends if I may say, after “The Gilded Wolves” was over. Then I requested and got an ARC of “The Silvered Serpents” but I didn’t have the time to read it. I even got the hardback once it was… Read More “The Silvered Serpents” by Roshani Chokshi #BookReview
Georgia Kostopoulou This is the first Kate Clayborn book I am reading and I have to say I really enjoyed it and I’m considering reading some more! I read about one or two contemporary romances each year, one is always by a good friend and favourite author, so I now know where to look… Read More “Love at First” by Kate Clayborn #BookReview
Georgia Kostopoulou I love historical fiction, especially stories that are related to World War II. “The Paris Dressmaker” is one of those stories, set in 1939 Paris and throughout the German occupation on the city, until the day it’s free again in 1944. With the war about to spread all over Europe, the Parisian… Read More “The Paris Dressmaker” by Kristy Cambron #BookReview
Georgia Kostopoulou Zoe, a chef in a local pub, is on her late 20s when she realizes that she is finally over her ex boyfriend, who’s girlfriend, Alice, is Zoe’s boss. At the same time she realizes that she is going to die alone, without a partner that is, having as her only company… Read More “Thank you, Next” by Sophie Ranald #BookReview
Georgia Kostopoulou Maggie and Thomas have been married for twenty or so years. They met each other at the University and they are together ever since. Maggie is a scholar and she wanted to get a PhD but she put family first and her career on hold in order to raise their two children. She… Read More “Fire Sermon” by Jamie Quatro #BookReview
Georgia Kostopoulou The past few years, unemployment has become a huge issue in every country in this world, not only the poor ones. It is more so, that people of age are the ones to be fired first, because of all those years they have been working and the relatively large paycheck they may have.… Read More “Inhuman Resources” by Pierre Lemaitre #BookReview
Georgia Kostopoulou It’s the mid 1800s in Russia when Tsar Nocholas I is on his throne. The vast countryside is living on agriculture and kettles. During those times, the nobility was owning all the land, and the serfs that were living on their property would cultivate grain and other crop for the nobleman and… Read More “Who Is to Blame?” by Jane Marlow #BookReview
Georgia Kostopoulou When I read “Black Chamber” by S. M. Stirling I was thrilled by the story. It’s an alternate history, set in the midst of World War I, where the Germans have managed to develop a deadly gas that wiped out London and Paris, and the United States of America has a secret agency… Read More “Theater of Spies” by S.M. Stirling #BookReview
Georgia Kostopoulou What a great ride this was! I totally recommend this to anyone you likes a good thriller! The story begins with a woman that is fleeing away with her kids, trying to escape an abusive husband. They are somewhere in Arizona, through the desert and the dust, avoiding main roads and interstates,… Read More “Here and gone” by Haylen Beck #BookReview
Georgia Kostopoulou It’s 1918 and the war is burning Europe. Troops from the USA have been sent over the Atlantic to fight with the allies, while back home the influenza epidemic breaks out. Annie Brown has just moved to Mount Pleasant. She is the new girl at this school and all she wants is… Read More “One for Sorrow” by Mary Downing Hahn #BookReview
Georgia Kostopoulou Architectural Historian Diana Somerville has been a code breaker at Bletchley Park during World War II. There she has met some interesting people that have been working for the government, ones that she would have not met otherwise. Now, in the 1945 London, the war is over and Diana has been requested… Read More “The London Restoration” by Rachel McMillan, Narrated by Hannah Curtis #BookReview
Georgia Kostopoulou I hadn’t read such a lovely and romantic young adult story for a while! I’m so glad I got this ARC! It was a feelgood read for me! Capalon is a high tech kingdom, where intelligence and innovation are highly appreciated. Piper Parish is the sixteen year old princess of Capalon who appreciates… Read More “The King’s 100” by Karin Biggs #BookReview
Georgia Kostopoulou This is not like any other Pirate story you have read before! This is a pirate fantasy inspired by the West Indies, The Swahili Coast, and Arabia, full of sea, sky and magic! Zala and Jelani are part of a pirate ship crew out of desperation. Jelani is a sea whisperer and every… Read More “By Sea & Sky” by Antoine Bandele #BookReview, Narrated by John Rogers
Georgia Kostopoulou Have I told you how much I love Megan Goldin’s books? No?? Are you sure? I was raving about “The Escape Room”, I’m sure you have noticed? Well, if you’re not sure, go check my review for “The Escape Room” and read this one as well. “The Night Swim” was a great ride!… Read More “The Night Swim” by Megan Goldin #BookReview
