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Travel through time with historical fiction book clubs on Fable. You’ll discover gripping dramas, alternate histories, and literary fiction set in historical periods. Build your collection with historical fiction audiobooks and ebooks on Everand, then connect with readers, discuss books, and explore curated reading lists on Fable!
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CJReads39w ago
Wow wow wow wow wow. I’m speechless. I’m floored. She did it again. Finished this book five minutes ago and am now sitting in my bed in tears starting this review. Where to even start. Joan, Vanessa, Frances. Perfect trio of characters. I adored them. Every single scene with them was like magic. The way that TJR weaved their dynamics throughout the story was masterful. Each and every scene with them was a joy. I wish I could be more eloquent, but I’m just so full of emotions right now. This story isn’t about space it’s about love. It’s the continuous theme through this book. Familial love, romantic love, platonic love. We’ve got it all in this one. We move back and forth between a nightmare disaster in space and the events that led us to that disaster. We are introduced to characters early on that we know nothing about and only through reading more we find out just what they all mean to each other. This is one of my favorite love stories I’ve ever read. And it’s that, a love story. It’s not a romance. Because that’s not the only kind of love that is spoken of here. Yes, the couple is one of my favorites, but also the love between Joan and her niece, the love between Joan and her crew mates. I loved it. Love love love I keep saying the word but it’s everywhere in this book. It’s in every scene, every page, and call me a romantic, but I’ll eat that up every single time. But it’s not just about love that’s not the only thing the book has to offer. It talks about the pressures of being a woman, especially in a job like working for NASA, constantly having to prove yourself. Every single thing that you do wrong could “ruin it” for women all over the world. The struggle of hiding a queer relationship from the world when all you want to do is hold their hand in the grocery store, or slip your arm around their back as you lead them through a crowd, or tell them “I love you” to their face without having to look behind your back. This book shows you just how cruel the world can be. But it also shows you how beautiful the world can be. That a woman can throw up flying upside down in a jet plane and guess what, that’s okay! It doesn’t mean that every woman that ever exists is weak. It shows how women can come together and show their strength rather than submitting to a world that tells them to give up. The book shows that even if the world thinks it’s disgusting, even if it tells people that you’ll go to hell for loving, people are going to fucking love who they want and it doesn’t matter that they look the same because they love each other more than they ever thought they could possibly love something and no one, no religion, no god, no man, no society, can EVER take that away. It shows how we desperately struggle to exist every single day, and try despite it all to be the exact person that we want to be and we’re shown all of this through inspiring characters and a heart warming yet heart wrenching story. The world is so cruel. We see it every day. But we can look at the sky and see the stars, and we can hold someones hand, and we can watch a child grow and discover the world, and we can love each other, because that is what it’s all about. And I can hope, and I have to hope, that no matter how cruel the world is it will never be able to take that away from us. Please read Atmosphere I think a lot of us need a story like this right now.
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Flowerbliss☕️🏰42w ago
First off - I've read it in another language ( I cannot share which one tho ) This book was enlightening💡. It reminded me how hard life was for jewish citizens when nazis invaded countries, but it also reminded me that they found ways to be courageous and help eachother. If there's one thing everyone should remember from this book is to be kind, to find the courage to fight for the good and to always stick together🫂
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4.8
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Rose30w ago
This gem of a book is one of my best reads in 2025. “You don’t get bored with books. You just get bored with books that don’t suit you” - that’s what I believe. I’ve failed in enjoying reading many historical fiction as well as fantasy fiction. But this book felt like it was written for me. I love that the protagonist is a strong woman. You can see a mother who seeks revenge for her child. You can see a strong woman who mastered medicine and carried the legacy of her late husband. You can see a Grandma desperately trying to protect her Grandson. You can see a wife who forgives her husband and holds his hand in the tough times. The author highlights the injustices that women face in patriarchal societies. The author calls out foot binding, a culture prevalent in China that women had to go through for beauty standards. She also details the concubine system, where men had multiple wives, another example of women being considered inferior or submissive to men. The book is fast-paced, the kind that you can read in 2-3 sittings if you are a fast reader. Each chapter is intriguing with the mysteries, and I never once felt bored. I was in fact, a bit sad thinking about how I could find a great book similar to THE FOX WIFE.
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A.D🍁☕🍰20w ago
I feel like this author deserves an award the way that they made Medusa was beautiful. If you do not read any other Medusa story or you want to learn the beauty of Medusa read this story. I have read so many different books about Medusa and I feel like they've always made her the ugly monster that people believe she was. But the older I get the more I appreciate Medusa because she was beautiful but she was used and that is something that never sat right with me. The way that the author shows that and the gods and Medusa and her growing up in her life and her innocence is just phenomenal. The characters are beautiful the storyline is fantastic and the way that they did Medusa is how I wanted Medusa to be. They did her justice and the story itself is one of those stories that upset you that make you want to scream and make you want to cry and make you really upset because of the way they did Medusa they did her wrong and the story shows that. So 100% I would recommend this story it is definitely a beautifully written story Trigger Warnings • Abuse • Rape • Assult • Sex • Killing • Death • Betray • You’ve been warned about this type of book. If you’re curious, go ahead and take a peek. If not, don’t bother, I won’t judge.

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