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The Books I'm Reading Now I'm reading Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame, Meg Long's upcoming (to be published 01 Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame by Meg Long Meg Long's first novel was Cold the Night, Fast the Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame promises more high-stakes action, intrigue, shifting alliances, emotional

Abriel introduces an enormous shift that shakes things up enormously for both young women before the reimagined faith, the frustrations of societal expectations for women, great adventure, strong female loyalty

The memories are beginning to slowly shift back into focus, but he needs them now. Family, pain, love, music, influence, trust, wonder, brutality, invention, discovery, loyalty, and most hopes, her vulnerability and then her growing doubts, her self-reliance and quick thinking, and the shifts Her self-reliance, romanticized ideas, quick thinking, and strength of character, along with the shifts

The shift has made for strange bedfellows—and a prickly partnership between our main protagonist, Ellen I also loved how Clinton and Penny made me question the loyalty and intentions of almost everyone in

heartwarming story of wonderfully faulted characters who face tragedy and often make a mess of things, loyalty circumstances; characters are faulted and make missteps but learn to forgive themselves and those around them; loyalty and steadfastness serve as bridges to love and caring; and animals work with magical realism to shift

But tensions on board the ship soon come to a head, and Ruth has to weigh her loyalty to Owen and her The frequent shifts in point of view stopped me from feeling linked to the characters as fully as I might

finishing school nemesis, the oddball teachers and quirky school leadership, the persistent young people's shifting

This alternate-reality story is really about loyalty and devoted friendship, it doesn't fall back on Dannie can’t shake the possibilities and uncertainty created by what felt like an actual temporary shift The setup seems like it’s a romance, but it’s really a story about loyalty and devoted friendship without

The book's focus shifts significantly to Margaret and her hidden life, tracking back to the origins of Relationships shift, unlikely ties grow stronger, characters grow apart and find their way back together

Elements shift and the main protagonists insist on free will over fate, gradually succeeding in attempts

The structure allowed for fascinating point of view shifts, subtleties, and humor.

He is, as always, wearing a corny, optimistic motto on his T-shirt. But they soon realize that Mr. The Book of Love explores reality, connections, loyalty, possibilities, and second chances.

Lewis as they adjust to the prospect of such a drastic, potentially deadly (to Wren), fundamentally shift It's 1925, and Diamond Annie is running a ruthless, savvy, gritty, loyal ring of female thieves and cons

Yael van der Wouden Much of The Safekeep  feels claustrophobic, quiet, and hopeless, but unexpected shifts His best friend Turner is more savvy, careful, and jaded, while loyal to Elwood. Relationships shift, unlikely ties grow stronger, characters grow apart and find their way back together

Empire setting, the strong female main protagonist, and the complications and sometimes burdens of loyalty her forge her identity more fully through every ruthless or merciful move she makes, buoyed by the loyalty In The Wicked King, surprising revelations, shifting alliances, opaque political machinations, and enmity I loved the intrigue, clever plotting, complicated loyalties and desires, creatures of all kinds, plus Jude must determine whether her power to rule or the needs of her people will win out in her loyalties

unexpected circumstances--and realizes that she may be able to reinvent her path forward--and possibly also shift The story shifts between events of 1912, 1946, 1950, 1951, and 1989.

His shift into comedy also offers a look behind the curtains at the good, bad, and ugly, but Kosta mainly

Carton is imperfect but capable of shifting power structures, and clever enough to reimagine the faery-controlled

But it’s also layered with elements of redemption, love, unlikely loyalties, and character growth. and privilege; the paralysis of poverty; issues of race, civil rights, education, and women's rights; loyalty There’s some gritty business, there are difficult choices, and there's a surprising shift of loyalties

The many points of view added depth to the characters, but at a cost: I felt somewhat jarred by shifting . 05 Isola by Allegra Goodman Isola , based upon the story of a real-life sixteenth-century woman, shifts The structure of the novel is intriguing; through shifting perspectives and increasingly occluded reality

The structure of the novel is intriguing; through shifting perspectives and increasingly occluded reality

love returning to Alex's creative, irresistibly unorthodox approach to life and her grumpy, undying loyalty unexpected circumstances--and realizes that she may be able to reinvent her path forward--and possibly also shift and feared "Overland" pests (giant, talking cockroaches, rats, and bats) into essential allies and loyal

more centered, but she moves from a broken engagement to what is probably an ill-advised attempt to shift

Rocky is menopausal and adjusting to her own shifts--in thinking, in physicality, in mood, and all--as

But it’s also layered with elements of redemption, love, unlikely loyalties, and character growth.

But I felt unmoored by the enormous shift into time travel and its inspiration within the story: a passionate But the story of The Invisible Hour makes a massive shift halfway through, when--spoiler--Mia travels to escape it, the haven found in books, and, ultimately, Mia's peaceful second chapter of life and shift

The story highlights unlikely loyalties forged during desperate times, terrible scenes of cruelty, and Miller allows the frequently dreaded and bemoaned middle-aged shifts and changes to lead her female characters I loved the characters' unanticipated loyalty to unlikely parties and their hard-won emotional growth

is cold (check out these other Bossy reviews of titles with cold settings ), and climate change  and shifting

this first in a young adult fantasy series, but what hooked me was the fearless, hardened, fiercely loyal Tamsin struggles to be vulnerable and to build new loyalties, and I was hooked by her often awkward interpersonal

Meanwhile Harper explores loyalty, procedural details related to the past and near past, beginnings and Trent's debut novel sifts through everyday brutality, corruption, and the general neglect of people and pool of potential culprits for Nathan to examine in this story of uncovering truths, family history, loyalty

provides some heartbreaking disappointment about family members' emotional limitations and conditional loyalty Yet there are bright points: rare friendships emerge, sisters build intense loyalty to each other, girls see A Woman Is No Man. 06 In Five Years by Rebecca Serle This alternate-reality story is really about loyalty ’t shake the possibilities raised and the uncertainty created by what felt like an actual temporary shift

tiers of control within the faerie-controlled underbelly of society and powerful enough to potentially shifting

heartwarming story of wonderfully faulted characters who face tragedy and often make a mess of things, loyalty circumstances; characters are faulted and make missteps but learn to forgive themselves and those around them; loyalty and steadfastness serve as bridges to love and caring; and animals work with magical realism to shift is cold (check out these other Bossy reviews of titles with cold settings ), and climate change  and shifting

is cold (check out these other Bossy reviews of titles with cold settings ), and climate change  and shifting Everlasting  involves jaunts through multiple versions of the same story, as our fantastic main protagonists shift Harrow's tale involves multiple do-overs and attempts to shift events and alter reality--while the unlikely Correspondent by Virginia Evans This quiet, epistolary novel witnesses the creaky, sometimes difficult shifts Names. 10 Isola by Allegra Goodman Isola , based upon the story of a real-life sixteenth-century woman, shifts

love returning to Alex's creative, irresistibly unorthodox approach to life and her grumpy, undying loyalty They manage assemble an oddball group of allies (trusty local cop Turner, wonderfully loyal and nonmagical

bodily autonomy, transgender characters, characters without bodies but with sentient selves, duty and loyalty

The many points of view added depth to the characters, but at a cost: I felt somewhat jarred by shifting

Everlasting  involves jaunts through multiple versions of the same story, as our fantastic main protagonists shift Harrow's tale involves multiple do-overs and attempts to shift events and alter reality--while the unlikely Correspondent by Virginia Evans This quiet, epistolary novel witnesses the creaky, sometimes difficult shifts

The structure of the novel is intriguing; through shifting perspectives and increasingly occluded reality moments as an unlikely pack of allies sets out on a journey of discovery, complete with battles, evolving loyalties

Deepti Kapoor's Age of Vice shifts through time and points of view to explore outrageous wealth, ruthless The Passenger shifts from New Orleans to an oil rig off the Florida coast and places in between while

Then a shocking realization upends Cate's carefully curated life and shifts her understanding of all

After the women in the novel develop an audacious plan to make money and thereby gain the power to shift

The project shifts her thinking in unanticipated ways.

second-chance book in which the main character gets the opportunity to go back and try again, redo their life, shift But Atkinson's thrusting of Ursula back into her same existence as she shifts her circumstances slightly Dannie can’t shake the possibilities and uncertainty created by what felt like an actual, temporary shift The setup seems like it’s a romance, but it’s really a story about loyalty and devoted friendship without

of the hotel guests, Bailey thinks Charlie is actually pretty fun, and she looks forward to her work shifts

, I focused on books with fantastical elements; clear good-and-evil conflicts; characters living as royalty ownership, responsibility, and belonging, as Wecker simultaneously digs into the creatures' feelings, loyalty about dragons, the Temeraire series, and the dragons talk and are haughty and greedy and intensely loyal

and feared "Overland" pests (giant, talking cockroaches, rats, and bats) into essential allies and loyal throughout this story and instead delight in the humor, the noble quest, the unlikely heroes, the familial loyalty

His shift into comedy also offers a look behind the curtains at the good, bad, and ugly, but mainly focuses

Relationships grow and shift, and some slow-motion demises occur while the story progresses, which adds

Bono explores his faith, family, loyalty, inspiration, and important activism efforts. He is a family man and fiercely loyal to his bandmates and friends.