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Harriet and Win were attracted to each other from the start, but they spent ages trying to deny it for long-distance while Harriet pursues her residency and Win, a furniture repair person, helps his sick mother

What other series that have to do with court, queens, and royalty would you include on this list? I've got enough other favorites in this vein to make a second list sometime. (this was possibly my favorite among favorites), Thick As Thieves, and Return of the Thief are the other of the Tearling series by Erika Johansen Exiled Princess Kelsea is trying to reclaim the crown her mother

largely sheltered from the evils of the underbelly of Victorian London by her unofficial, doting adoptive mother

Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery begins with a mother awaiting her teenage son's return home late As she digs into the inspirations for her music she quotes her own lyrics--along with, occasionally, others

including I'm Glad My Mom Died, Carrie Soto Is Back, Lessons in Chemistry, Sparks Like Stars, Horse, and others Bloom is also the author of the wonderful White Houses and other books. I listed other heartbreaking and beautiful memoirs about facing death and loss in the Greedy Reading Click here for my full review of This Time Tomorrow. 07 No Cure for Being Human (And Other Truths I Need marry and settle down (something she has no interest in), main protagonist Grace heads to her deceased mother's

His mother died when he was young, and he has no memory of her.

As she digs into the inspirations for her music she quotes her own lyrics--along with, occasionally, others The story begins with a mother awaiting her teenage son's return home late one night.

buoyed only by meandering thoughts of the past--including her life's one tender connection, to the young daughter

her mother and herself when she was an infant after World War II.

Toni grows up a painful side note to her mother's efforts to advance her own struggling musical career

The unassuming-seeming mother and wife was actually a legendary spy who evaded capture by China, the

Old friends resurface, pulling Anna out of herself, and when other young girls go missing, the draw of solitary young woman living in a large house outside of town, and Connell, a popular athlete whose mother This sci-fi thriller is about the forces that drive apart a husband and wife, but it's not the other-woman to suit your expectations and desires--and recognizing how you're shaped by others in turn. So now he just needs to do some dangerous digging into matters that seem to generally end up sending others

The Girl in the Tower and The Winter of the Witch are the others, and I think Arden's stories get even The swirl of events draws other innocent young women into Miryem's complicated web and toward potential would have dreamed of becoming a doctor if society would allow it, but she's stuck working off her mother's and other books, F.C. What other books would you include on this list? What fairy tales for grown-ups have you loved?

I loved the tennis focus, the fast pacing, and the father-daughter relationship that drives the story

Her father has a prominent position in the government, and the family has plenty of love and laughter

(this was possibly my favorite among favorites), Thick As Thieves, and Return of the Thief are the other of the Tearling series by Erika Johansen Exiled Princess Kelsea is trying to reclaim the crown her mother What other series that have to do with court, queens, and royalty would you include on this list? I've got enough other favorites in this vein that I could probably make a second list sometime.

setting is an isolated island (Antarctica is the closest land mass), the climate is cold (check out these other The lonely, broken characters reach out to each other. world, and enormous secrets being harbored on all sides, the disjointed group seems doomed to fail each other pain, and hope within extreme isolation, the power of external forces, and the push to protect each other ; they tentatively become vulnerable with each other; they share difficult truths and dare to imagine

in their circle inspires each of them to consider the past, their secrets, and their bonds to each other childhood and adulthood, each character considers how they might have remained more connected to each other One example that stood out: the friends' falling asleep in each others' arms at the lake house, which Kauffman is also the author of Another Place You've Never Been , I'll Come to You , The Reservation , and other

the loss--which can cause a different level of loss and another layer of sadness, particularly for other Many of the novel's characters seek escape from the painful, messy path through grief, while others-- (Check out the links below to Bossy reviews of other titles about mortality, grief, and loss.) The bond between the travelers was heartwarming, and they surprise each other and themselves with the roles they play in each other's emotional journeys.

Neema can never resist pointing out when others are wrong; she is a social outcast with an active, petty Yet her dogged determination and brilliant insights eventually earn her other competitors' grudging respect More Fantasy Novels I've Loved Antonia Hodgson is also the author of the Thomas Hawkins series and other You might also be interested in other fantasy books I've read and reviewed .

Her mother Star is old friends with Walk and Vincent, and when Vincent reappears, the tenuous peace and scenes (the artist's exhibition, the actual on-the-spot printed and posted corrections of "fact," and others clumsily come together, fighting through pain, working through misunderstanding, and forgiving each other

But things quickly take a turn as pirates and other dangers threaten the friends-like-family on the Wayfarer They each have reasons to mistrust other creatures, but they have to trust and rely on each other more Click here for my full review of The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet. 02 No Cure for Being Human (And Other Her father has a prominent position in the government, and the family has plenty of love and laughter every exquisite detail; the characters' growth, emotional distance, and unforeseen connections to each other

first book (with an all-star cast of Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan, Ben Kingsley, David Tennent, and others (They reserve their room as "Jigsaw Club" to discourage others' interest and interruption.) But when a slick local developer associated with their own retirement community is murdered, and other And you can find Bossy reviews of many other mysteries here .

I may not have followed all of the echoes in time, creatures convincingly impersonating other creatures different from earlier versions, creatures lose their memories over and over, and people impersonate other But I love Caruso's writing style, her character-building, and the way the characters relate to each other I predict that I'll be reading all of Caruso's other books as well. For Bossy reviews of many other books that play with time--this is one of my favorite elements--you can

But when she meets Rachel, a single mother-to-be in her prenatal class, Helen begins to feel unsettled

separate lives that any one of them could be a murderer or a god come down to earth and not one of the others family could be said to be paralyzed by societal norms if their imaginations weren't so lacking; no other More Gothic Tales For Bossy reviews of other Gothic stories, please check out the titles at this link

She's moved so many times in her life, by now she realizes no one's going to bother understanding her Other fake-dating rom-coms include The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren and a Bossy favorite, The Bodyguard

They are not allowed to touch each other but may speak, and to bond and pass the time, they share stories But what awaits them on the other side of the bunker doors? appropriately slow as characters wander, wonder, and come across little new information as they search for others

I've loved the other three books I've read by Lily King, but I didn't connect with the Heart the Lover characters and didn't believe in their decades-old deep ties to each other. They are housemates with each other and with another student named Ivan, and together they form a charming But Jordan is more entranced by Yash, who acts oddly around other women but seems to be his naturally

They each had something that benefited the others. They find peace and loyalty together, and part of what they first shape for each other is safety and -asking questions, becoming curious, then getting drunk and speaking frankly and critically--do the other

The friends are lovingly dedicated to each other, but their sobbing, dramatic dependence on each other , and long, tear-filled toasts to each other all came off as somewhat over the top to me.

Cats are more effective than any other medicine out there.” Sometimes simply the act of giving in to care for another creature is the catalyst for change; in other Ishida in some cases overlaps names of cats, workers at the clinic, and others--causing protagonists

When a magical heir is killed--and while the passengers scramble to make sense of it, other deaths follow Various characters aren't who they seem, sometimes impersonating others, which makes it difficult to If you're interested in other Bossy reviews of fantasy mysteries I've enjoyed, check out the titles at

If everyone looked the other way, then everybody was in on it. If he looked the other way, he was as implicated as the rest. For other titles that center around race, please check out the books at this link .

They haven't seen each other since. When the two realize that their feelings for each other never fizzled, one thing leads to another (drunken increasingly complicated life challenges as they try to balance their careers with making space for each other It is possible that professional football players are this involved in each other's lives, in exploring each other's passions and dreams, and in creating outlandishly precious celebrations of such.

coworkers, but she's focused on extending her one year of sobriety--an experience she doesn't share with others They are not allowed to touch each other but may speak, and they share stories of their past lives, bicker But what awaits them on the other side of the bunker doors? appropriately slow as characters wander, wonder, and come across little new information as they search for others

romantic, and the characters' relationship felt bristly and as though they really weren't suited for each other Painter spends significant page time on what is essentially the idea that one character or the other is too gorgeous to believe and to one character's realization that the other character is too tantalizing Multiple other small moments in the book felt similarly dubious and therefore drew me out of the story Wrong Number , and other books.

became set on deadly revenge against the white men bent on destroying buffalo and the Blackfeet and other Jones is also the author of The Only Good Indians , I Was a Teenage Slasher , and many other books. After one disastrous encounter and one magical, extended date, the two are falling for each other.

I was recently talking with a friend about this novel and other books with characters in limbo at the George Saunders is also the author of Tenth of December , A Swim in the Pond in the Rain , Fox 8 , and other

with past trauma, and living in the present all become too complicated to parse as one being or the other For other Bossy reviews of books about memory, please check out the titles at this link .

The Catholic church and the king struggle against each other for power, and wealthy citizens attempt to back the correct power-hungry, corrupt, prominent figure who will wrest control from the other. of good versus evil, for impossible displays of purity, and relentlessly pursues the implications of others historical fiction and fantasy, and while this novel isn't as layered and complex or as twisty as some other

Ann Liang's newest young adult rom-com pits high school nemeses against each other: one relentless perfectionist But neither is as perfect as they seem...except in being perfect for each other. That is, until the emails that were never meant for others' eyes are mistakenly sent out. The vulnerability that Sadie and Julius allow each other to see at long last was lovely.

few titles or authors you've read and disliked ; preferred setting (domestic or foreign); and a few other Three other titles suggested to me as promising adult and young adult science fiction, fantasy, and dystopian For other science fiction and fantasy books I've read and reviewed, please check out the titles at this

minutes) in the series, Cormoran Strike is cursorily on a health kick, he and Robin remain drawn to each other she does and doesn't want in her personal and professional life--particularly concerning eliminating others differing recollections of the pivotal almost-kiss from a prior book, and each willfully believes that the other is disinterested in romantic notions regarding the other--despite almost-reveals by Ilsa and other clues

He teaches English to children and adjusts to the shock of living in a flat with many other people--and to accept impending doom, their wavering hope, and the incredibly powerful bonds they build to each other You can find many other World War II-set novels I've reviewed here.

Now they must rely on each other to survive--and together they stumble upon a widespread plot with corruption People can print into preferred forms or take on a new "print," so that impersonating others is possible members of the opposition, they must fall back on speech patterns, habits, or tics to identify each other

school board) and Lula Dean (determined to rid public libraries of "inappropriate" books) against each other jackets of her wholesome books on LGBTQ+ novels, romances, literary classics, Judy Blume books, and other personal library seems destined to come to light--just as Lula and Beverly are running against each other

upon a clumsy, heartwarming, lovely coming-together of opposites: unexpected friends who need each other significant difficulties and loss, and while she is naïve  in many ways, she is necessarily jaded in others More Stories about Best Friends You might want to check out these other Bossy reviews of stories about

Young wife Becky Jenkins is fearlessly unconcerned with others' opinions. Cal is unable to serve in the war due to congenital factors causing one leg to be shorter than the other hardware store and is bewildered about how to live a life worth living, feeling helplessly buoyed along by others

character of Lenni seemed significantly younger than seventeen, and this kept occurring to me but didn't bother and out of Margot's and Lenni's memories, building their pasts as they become irreplaceable to each other