One of my new year resolutions was to dabble in Youtube. I figured, what better way to do this than review DREAMLAND by Nancy Bilyeau? After further consideration, perhaps there were better ways than making poor DREAMLAND my guinea pig. Read on to see my novice booktube debut.
Dreamland by Nancy Bilyeau Published by Endeavour Quill on January 16, 2020
Genres: Historical Fiction, Thriller
Pages: 386
Format: Paperback
Source: Endeavour Quill
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The year is 1911 when twenty-year-old heiress Peggy Batternberg is invited to spend the summer in America’s Playground.
The invitation to the luxurious Oriental Hotel a mile from Coney Island is unwelcome. Despite hailing from one of America’s richest families, Peggy would much rather spend the summer working at the Moonrise Bookstore than keeping up appearances with New York City socialites and her snobbish, controlling family.
But soon it transpires that the hedonism of nearby Coney Island affords Peggy the freedom she has been yearning for, and it’s not long before she finds herself in love with a troubled pier-side artist of humble means, whom the Batternberg patriarchs would surely disapprove of.
Disapprove they may, but hidden behind their pomposity lurks a web of deceit, betrayal and deadly secrets. And as bodies begin to mount up amidst the sweltering clamour of Coney Island, it seems the powerful Batternbergs can get away with anything…even murder.
Extravagant, intoxicating and thumping with suspense, bestselling Nancy Bilyeau’s magnificent Dreamland is a story of corruption, class and dangerous obsession.
The official Dreamland Review:
This is a fast-paced historical fiction/thriller/love story and offers great escapism. See the synopsis above, and if you like the sound of it, read it yourself to immerse yourself in a Coney Island summer in the early 1900s.
A.S. Thornton has evolved from book blogger to author with a particular fondness for writing forbidden love in ancient deserts. When not writing, she’s caring for dogs and cats as a veterinarian. You’ll never find animals at the center of her writing, though, because those fictional worlds don’t have veterinarians and her literal brain can’t accept that the poor critters would be without parasite prevention. Thornton’s debut, DAUGHTER OF THE SALT KING is available wherever books are sold.
