

Review of Bride by Ali Hazelwood
Ali Hazelwood brings her wonderful banter and an intriguing mystery to this steamy interspecies romance that has lots of heart and kept...
Jun 13, 2024


Review of Rednecks by Taylor Brown
In this mix of fictional and fascinating historical elements, Brown crafts a character-driven story of the shocking, widespread, deadly...
Jun 12, 2024


Review of Wellness by Nathan Hill
Flawed main characters Jack and Elizabeth try to find their way back to an emotional connection in this literary fiction work. Wellness...
Jun 11, 2024


Review of The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard
The Other Valley is literary fiction with a captivating setup: three adjacent valleys, each of which is a different timeline of the same...
Jun 6, 2024


Review of Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
Just for the Summer is another Jimenez story with wonderful banter and a romantic connection that's anchored in and shaped by incredibly...
Jun 5, 2024


Review of Grief Is for People by Sloane Crosley
Crosley's memoir traces a treasured friendship and the gutting loss of that dear friend. She's vulnerable enough to allow the reader in...
Jun 4, 2024


Review of Love, Lists and Fancy Ships by Sarah Grunder Ruiz
Sarah Grunder Ruiz serves up an irresistible rom-com with great banter and with interesting and difficult, complex issues of loss, grief,...
May 30, 2024


Review of Betting on You by Lynn Painter
Lynn Painter delivers funny, charming banter and an opposites-attract tension in this heartwarming rom-com about divorce, trust, blended...
May 29, 2024


Review of The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
Elif Shafak's The Island of Missing Trees explores past Turkish-Greek conflicts in a small island community while illustrating the...
May 28, 2024


Review of The Luminous Web: Essays on Science and Religion by Barbara Brown Taylor
Barbara Brown Taylor is one of my favorite authors, but this slim, early book of hers didn't offer the candid, thought-provoking, wise...
May 23, 2024


Review of The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley
This captivating story involves time travel, but it's primarily about deep human connections, complete with fantastic, funny banter;...
May 22, 2024


Review of The Phoenix Crown by Kate Quinn and Janie Chang
Quinn and Chang share an adventure- and danger-laden story of women artists, women of color, and women of various social classes in San...
May 21, 2024


Review of The Enchanted by Rene Denfeld
ICYMI: A death-row inmate's desperate need for escapism leads to an elaborate world of magical thinking and fantastical scenes in this...
May 16, 2024


Review of Only If You're Lucky by Stacy Willingham
Only If You're Lucky centers around a group of South Carolina college students who don't truly know each other--and the unpleasant...
May 14, 2024


Review of The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger
I was intrigued by the post-World War II repercussions on small-town Minnesota and by the dark secrets coming to light, but found myself...
Apr 18, 2024


Review of Funny Story by Emily Henry
Funny Story is the perfect rom-com read. Henry offers funny banter that made me laugh, some steamy moments, and a sweet love story....
Apr 16, 2024


Review of Shark Heart: A Love Story by Emily Habeck
Emily Habeck's debut novel offers an unusual premise in which one member of a newlywed couple begins transforming into a great white...
Apr 11, 2024


Review of Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
The shallow, emotionally stunted character of Doug made my blood boil. His base desires stood in contrast to Annie's unanticipated...
Apr 10, 2024


Review of The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
Katherine Arden, author of the captivating Winternight trilogy, here shares a mysterious, haunting historical fiction story with a...
Apr 9, 2024


Review of Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
The tone of Martyr! was tough for me to get a handle on for much of the book. The story is dark, nerve-racking, irreverent, tragic, and...
Mar 28, 2024
