After an encounter between Assembly and Unity members ends in a dangerous standoff, Dalton must navigate

interstate drug ring; and I'm listening to a suspenseful mystery about a missing young woman who reappears after

My very favorite Bossy May reads! Here are the six books I most loved reading this past month. This means that sought-after DNA specimen sources such as celebrities are in potential danger of having adored this element--possibly because with a senior in high school, I am also facing enormous pending alterations is one of several civil servants offered a mysterious job: she'll be a handler for expats--and paid very

; The Celebrants, Steven Rowley's exploration of friendship, loyalty, life and death, and moving on after After a disastrous encounter with Rhys, a new romantic opportunity arises...and June suddenly finds herself The Celebrants centers around college friends who made a pact after Alec, one of the original six, died assemble, no questions asked--for affection, support, and the sharing of sentiments typically reserved for after Jimenez is also the author of Part of Your World, The Friend Zone, and The Happy-Ever-After Playlist.

After twenty-two years of adventuring, Viv had reached her limit of blood and mud and bullshit.

And would that be the worst thing in the world, after all? Sarah Manguso is also the author of Very Cold People . 02 Catalina by Karla Cornejo Villavicenzio Catalina

We're all headed toward the same end in this life, after all, and those brave enough to commit their Yip-Williams's memoir, the subtitle of which is A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything That Comes After After the diagnosis, I knew that someday I would die, but I didn’t know when. Warren digs deeply into the realities of doubting his faith, God, his life’s work, and his vision of an afterlife

Jack Alston (Lord Hawthorn) swore that he was finished with magic for good after his twin sister Elsie

for a social media guru bent on controlling everything, and some days she wonders if she's ventured very far from her beginnings after all.

that saved the world--and weary of the constant comments about how she's so lucky to have been born after

Defendant (as he is called throughout) are so disturbing, I welcomed the breaks from the immediate aftermath It was horrifying that the sorority girls in the story received so little guidance and support after

In Run for the Hills , Mad and her mother have run their farm in Coalfield, Tennessee, ever since Mad's Nothing will ever be the same. After all, she hasn't sacrificed, obsessed, planned, spent all her money on voice lessons, and humiliated

and community in a crisis and in common suffering, and figuring out the impossible: how to move on after Edward tries on the mantle of taking responsibility for every life lost; he wallows in the despair of Nothing is too easy here, nor is it ever melodramatic in Napolitano’s hands. I loved this book. of dying, death, appreciating the beauty of the impermanence of our lives, planning for loved ones after

After I finished reading, I kept thinking about the characters and their realizations, compromises, and

But could their shared pain lead to a friendship after all? This is exxxxcellent Emily Henry.

Or is someone really after her?

fascinating novel Disappearing Earth  in the Greedy Reading List Six Chilly Books to Read in the Heat of Summer I received a prepublication edition of this title, which was published earlier this summer, courtesy

This is beautiful and tragic, and I'm captivated so far. 03 Tokyo Dreaming (Tokyo Ever After #2) by Emiko Jean In Emiko Jean's young adult story Tokyo Ever After, we met Izumi (Izzy) Tanaka, an everyday, average Jean is also the author of Tokyo Ever After (Tokyo Ever After #1), Empress of All Seasons, and We'll

After the World Falls Apart I have a fascination with postapocalyptic (set in a time after a disaster no law left except what you make of it, but if you steal my dog, you can at least expect me to come after They take everything away, our very dignity, and anything we get in return feels like a gift. Then Hig gets an indication that he is not alone and that there is life out there after all. Colonel Carlisle; and the others on board may not have been meant to succeed in their grand mission after

too many "doom is coming, get ready" types of heads-ups for my liking--especially because this is, after Danger and darkness lurk around every corner. bravery in this spooky tale--and the atmospheric descriptions of the remote, tiny town setting created an eerie The atmospheric descriptions of the remote, tiny town created an eerie, claustrophobic feeling.

After a disastrous encounter with Rhys, a new romantic opportunity arises...and June suddenly finds herself

Waldo is a seventeen-year-old senior working at Victoria's Secret after school, binge-buying cheap clothing

The Summer Favorites These titles aren't light "summer reads," but they were my favorite reads from a summer past, and they all stand the test of time. In case you missed them the first time around, I'm reposting them as this summer begins so you can add For classic light fiction that's also great for summer reading, check out these titles and Bossy reviews Florence Adler Swims Forever, the story of a few summer months in the life of an extended family--including

For every island is a canoe, and all the earth is an island, living by the grace of the immense and slowly

I mentioned The Child Finder in the Greedy Reading List Six Chilly Books to Read in the Heat of Summer

that she couldn't hack medical school--she just didn't go the first day, or the second, or any day after fifth graders in the book seemed far younger to me—their matching outfits, reverting to sucking thumbs after Father and daughter, brother and sister, and mother and father find their way back together after hurting

year, when their friends surprise Harriet upon her arrival with the fact that Win was able to come after Harriet is heartbroken and reeling at being bunked up with Win, but after Sabrina shares big news of

I listened to the audiobook, read wonderfully by Emily Woo Zeller, with an afterword by Yip-Williams's my full review of The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything that Comes After of dying, death, appreciating the beauty of the impermanence of our lives, planning for loved ones after

Main protagonist Violet Powell is being released after 22 months' imprisonment for the drunk-driving Lila has planned her million-dollar wedding down to the last detail, and Phoebe's depression and her very

favorite reads of last year by genre; for my all-around favorites of last year, you can check out My Very It's not clear whether he and Julia can go on--or if her family will ever be the same. The Celebrants centers around college friends who made a pact after Alec, one of the original six, died assemble, no questions asked--for affection, support, and the sharing of sentiments typically reserved for after about overcoming thwarted emotional connection and forging new ways of coming together through and after

Are the strange coordinates she's receiving on her phone after seven years a message from Luke?

I needed someone who lives every single day with illness to tell me that (1) I wasn’t alone and (2) my After multiple misdiagnoses and increasing discomfort and fear, she was ultimately diagnosed with Crohn's

They marry, benefit from his family's wealth and influence in every way, and begin to have children in It's terrifying for her, far from anything she ever desired.

After Ruby's death, strange murmurings about her past begin to surface, and Cam is forced to face questions

player and his quirky, irresistible female agent is a sweet second-chance romance perfect for light summer I've been reading more rom-coms lately--which always seems like a good idea during the summer--and my

personality and obsessive immersion--in the gritty details of homicides, the preliminary circumstances, the aftermaths despite the fact that the number of unresolved homicides were growing exponentially across the country every

Meanwhile, Luzia can't trust those competing against her for favor, as dark forces lead one after another

to care deeply about them, their roles in the wartime efforts, and their potential for various happy-ever-afters

Maisie Dobbs is a formidable, dogged, whip-smart investigator working to ferret out the truth in the aftermath Winspear's series as a thirteen-year-old servant in a Belgravia mansion, taken in and trained for service after

This means that sought-after DNA specimen sources such as celebrities are in potential danger of having

begins Winspear's series as a thirteen-year-old servant in a Belgravia mansion, taken in and trained after

After years under his strict control (he is not named as Dracula here), the forced isolation begins to For a very different take, you might check out The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, in

Titus's past is alluded to, but this is shared in a drunken moment and not delved into very deeply. bringing in reinforcements with more resources, but because of investigative developments (which come only after

01 Head Over Heels by Hannah Orenstein Nineteen-year-old Avery Abrams was set to be the next big gymnastics When she hits a version of rock bottom and moves home, Avery's former teammate and crush Ryan (who did You can see a satisfying version of happily ever after coming, but I didn't predict the circumstances But after that, Beach Read met all of my criteria above and more; it's sweet and funny, it's about writing After she drunk-blogs scathing comments about the unrealistic body images of the stars of Main Squeeze

This story picks up immediately after those events, alluding to various ongoing emotional impacts and

But after his younger sister Lizzie evades her grandmother's attempts to send her from England to the When Lizzie finds a secret notebook of her mother's, she becomes more determined than ever to solve the

By the end of the summer, Anna has delved into Zoe's disappearance and has attempted to untangle the But Pippa Fitz-Amobi is becoming convinced that Sal didn't do it after all. ―Booklist, starred review #youngadult, #mystery 06 The Inheritance Games ​ Avery is in high school, and Hawthorne has set out riddles and puzzles Avery must solve before coming into the money that could save

The author explores her own wonder, joy, loss, and peace as she reflects on the formidable woman after After her larger-than-life mother's death, the narrator of The Hero of This Book faces the sale of the

But Gage notes that every event, however painful, has built our country, that our stumbles and abject

Alexander shares the trauma surrounding this enormous loss--which occurred days after Ghebreyesus's fiftieth