History: The Remix
These historical novels don't tell the story the way you heard it in school. Some tell stories with magic alongside muskets. Others venture back from now into times not so different from our own; they're grim, hopeful, and complex. Yet others wander to places so gently rendered you'll wish they'd stuck around until you remember why you're glad to live now.
I'm sad to say before this graphic novel and it's companion volume, "Saints," my lone exposure to the Boxer Rebellion came from a "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" episode. Though they're quick reads, they stick with you and leave you thinking how every story has more than two sides.
Music, history, and contemporary pain collide in this novel of the French Revolution.
This novel of time travel, the continuing pain caused by slavery in America, and the complexities of family history made my brain explode.
Smart, romantic, and funny, this novel rewrites history by righting the wrongs done to Lady Jane Grey and adding shapeshifters.
Romance, magic, muskets: this second volume in a series has it all.