Book #74 of 2025: The Half Life of Valery K by Natasha Pulley This title is a good example of why I often struggle with historical fiction as a genre. On the one hand: author Natasha Pulley has plainly done her homework here, and she ably depicts her chosen setting, which is a clandestine Soviet …
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Book #33 of 2022: The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley This novel has its share of flaws, but I almost want to give it four stars regardless. The worldbuilding and time-travel mechanics are excellent, as is the gradual way these elements are introduced in the text. We open on a late nineteenth-century England that is merely …
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