History from a Woman's Perspective- A Book Blog

The Intimate Afterlife of Myth: Ancient Stories for the Inner Life Author: Venus Gunyeli Genre: Nonfiction, History, Biography, Religion, Mythology Publisher: Venus Gunyeli Book Release Date: August 14, 2026 Pages: 132 Source: This book was given to me by the author in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis : MYTH IS NOT OVER.         It survives in the choices we repeat, the losses we carry, and the questions that return when certainty gives way.         What if the figures of myth were not distant symbols, but lives we could approach more closely—lives shaped by love and loyalty, power and error, grief and change?         The Intimate Afterlife of Myth revisits ten Greek and Mesopotamian myths, from Persephone and Gilgamesh to Inanna, Psyche, Hector, and Prometheus. Rather than reducing them to simple lessons or fixed interpretations, the book stays with the psychologi...

Santiaga: A Freedom Tale Author: Alexandra Anton Genre: Historical Fiction Publisher: A Sweet House  Book Release Date: August 11, 2026 Pages: 186 Source: This book was given to me by the author in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis : What if motherhood asked for everything — but your soul asked for more?        Santiaga: A Freedom Tale is a spiritual journey novel about motherhood and a woman’s spiritual awakening, following a young woman who walks away from her hometown with unanswered questions in search of meaning. Drawn to a remote spiritual community in the mountains, Santiaga believes that devotion — to a guru, a doctrine, a man — will make her whole. Along the way, she meets a vivid chain of seekers and charlatans—each offering a different promise of fulfillment, each reflecting a different illusion.         As her restlessness continues, she realizes no one can fill the emptiness she feels inside ...

Lady of the Castle (The Nicola de la Haye Series #2) Author: Rachel Elwiss Joyce Genre: Historical Fiction, Romance Publisher: Hedgehog Books  Book Release Date: September 21, 2026 Pages: 598 Source: This book was given to me by the author in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis : For a woman, holding power in a man's world is dangerous; holding faith in an intolerant one is deadly.        England, 1185. Nicola de la Haye, constable of Lincoln Castle, commands her fortress with hard-won authority. Determined to protect her family from a kingdom fracturing around her, she discovers the hardest battle is the one inside her own walls.       When the king's chancellor marches an army to her gates and her husband stands accused of treason, Nicola must hold her castle against a siege—and hold her family together against something far harder to fight. As her marriage buckles under the weight of loss, jealousy, and the gho...

Lady of Lincoln (The Nicola de la Haye Series #1) Author: Rachel Elwiss Joyce Genre: Historical Fiction, Romance Publisher: Hedgehog Books  Book Release Date: February 27, 2026 Pages: 464 Source: Netgalley/Publisher in exchange for an honest review. Synopsis: A true story. A forgotten heroine. In a time when women were told to stay silent, could she become the saviour her people need?      12th-century England. Nicola de la Haye wants to do her duty. But though she’s taught a female cannot lead alone, the young noblewoman bristles at the marriage her father has arranged to secure her inheritance. And when an unexpected death leaves her unguided, the impetuous girl shuns the king’s blessing and weds a handsome-but-landless knight.         Harshly fined by Henry II for her unsanctioned union, Nicola struggles to salvage her estates while dealing with devastating betrayals from her husband… and his choice to join rebels...

       Today, I have the pleasure of interviewing author, Meihan Boey. She is the author of The Formidable Miss Cassidy , which is the first novel in the Miss Cassidy trilogy. The first novel is about how a Scottish governess helps her employer's family who is haunted by a malevolent spirit. She has recently released, The Enigmatic Madam Ingram , which is the second novel in the  trilogy. In this interview, we discussed not only her latest novel, but also Singaporean mythology. Thank you, Mrs. Boey! What inspired you to write The Formidable Miss Cassidy ? Did you know it would be a trilogy before you started writing or did it form while you were writing it?  Yes, I did know I wanted to create a trilogy - I just didn’t know at the start whether or not I would be able to get there!  The Formidable Miss Cassidy started life as a COVID project, sent as a short story to a little Canadian indie press. Because I didn’t think a typical Canadian audience was go...