

Review of The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl
The Paris Novel is the first novel by food writer, memoir author, food critic, and James Beard award-winner Ruth Reichl. It's a...
Oct 8, 2024


Review of Long Live Evil (Time of Iron #1) by Sarah Rees Brennan
Sarah Rees Brennan offers a funny, dark, clever story within a story in which the heroes and villains are redefined, redemption is always...
Sep 26, 2024


Review of What the Mountains Remember by Joy Callaway
The historical fiction story about the building of the Grove Park Inn in Asheville, North Carolina, had a romantic element that was...
Sep 24, 2024


Review of Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
Thorpe's irresistible character of 19-year-old Margo discovers her strength, drive, creativity, and vulnerability after becoming...
Sep 4, 2024


Review of The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren
The Paradise Problem is the perfect light fiction read to close out the summer, with a high-stakes fake marriage, comeuppances for the...
Aug 29, 2024


Review of Ready or Not by Cara Bastone
Ready or Not is a light take on unplanned pregnancy. It felt so easy for Eve to plan to enter into single parenthood despite the many...
Aug 14, 2024


Review of Sandwich by Catherine Newman
Sandwich is another case of beautifully wrought complications and mutual adoration from Catherine Newman, with unapologetically...
Jul 24, 2024


Review of The Rom-Commers by Katherine Center
Katherine Center offers a writing-focused story in which forced proximity, past secrets, complicated life circumstances, and a fear of...
Jun 25, 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 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 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 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 The Excitements by C. J. Wray
C. J. Wray's story of elderly British sisters who played key roles in fighting the enemy in World War II offers lots of heart, sassy...
Mar 27, 2024


Review of Together for Never by Marilyn Kaye
Marilyn Kaye's middle-grade novel explores eighth-grade opposites' struggle to find common ground when their single parents begin dating...
Mar 26, 2024


Review of Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher
Lex Croucher's queer medieval rom-com--the author's debut young-adult novel--is an absolute gem; it's full of excellent banter and lots...
Feb 13, 2024


Review of Legends & Lattes (Legends & Lattes #1) by Travis Baldree
The first in the Legends & Lattes series is a cozy fantasy story about new beginnings, the transformative power of coffee, and...
Dec 21, 2023


Review of Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Patchett's Tom Lake is a heartwarming, poignant Covid-era bonding session between a mother and her three grown daughters as Lara recounts...
Sep 27, 2023


Review of A Quiet Life by Ethan Joella
Joella's lovely exploration of three characters' loss and grief allows for deep human connection, the forging of messy paths forward, and...
Aug 15, 2023
