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597 results found for "shifting loyalties"
- The Once and Future Queen (Lives of Guinevere #1) by Paula Lafferty
And growing conflicts, puzzling developments, and murky motivations and loyalties complicate everything
- Review of One of Us Is Back (One of Us Is Lying #3) by Karen M. McManus
intrigue and young love, family conflict and growth, and builds upon the bedrock of friendship and loyalty
- Review of Meet Me at the Lake by Carley Fortune
an anchor in deeper issues, some steamy scenes, conflicting feelings surrounding coming home again, shifting
- Review of I Am Not Jessica Chen by Ann Liang
I found myself wanting to understand more about what shifted in Jenna's thinking about all of her long-held
- Review of This Shining Life by Harriet Kline
adjustment to life without her free-spirited, joy-filled partner; and it tracks the grief and the resulting shifts
- Six Four-Star (and Up) Science Fiction Reads I Loved Last Year
is the norm, and geneticists who have tried tinkering with the human state in a desperate attempt to shift sequel to Tamsyn Muir's Gideon the Ninth is a complex, fascinating, gruesome story full of action and shifts The memories are beginning to slowly shift back into focus, but he needs them now.
- Six Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year
The shift has made for strange bedfellows—and a prickly partnership between our main protagonist, Ellen I loved how Clinton and Penny made me question the loyalty and intentions of almost everyone in State
- Yet Another Six of My Favorite Fiction Reads from the Past Year
civilization buckles to the power of weather and ocean while certain species thrive in the extreme changes and shifted oddball tragicomedy with heart, characters explore the limits and solidity of friendship and family loyalty
- Six Favorite Bossy Fantasy Reads from the Past Year
01 Steelstriker (Skyhunter #2) by Marie Lu With intriguing questions about loyalties and motivations, action, deceit, political maneuvering, and gutsy skirmishes, and Lu made me question the motivations and loyalties suspicious circumstances surrounding Bryn's parents' long-ago deaths, and an extended family with mysterious loyalties recognizes an immediate need to develop a thick skin—as well as feeling the complicated impetus to establish loyalties
- December Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
the destructive power of weather and ocean while certain species thrive in the extreme changes and shifted Bono explores his faith, family, loyalty, musical inspirations, and important activism efforts.
- Review of This Time Tomorrow by Emma Straub
She gets do-over chances and plays with how various decisions shift her potential future.
- Review of Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
I was taken with her writing style and loved how smoothly the shifts in time and chronology worked.
- Review of Nightwatch on the Hinterlands by K. Eason
Neither is quite sure where the other's loyalties begin and end, nor are they intimately acquainted with the interplay of characters--particularly the grudging friendship and grumpily built but rock-solid loyalty
- Review of Gwen & Art Are Not in Love by Lex Croucher
the attraction between Gwen's lady's maid and Arthur's right-hand-man); the unorthodox and touching loyalty
- Six More of My Favorite Historical Fiction Reads of the Year
At times the story felt as though it was shifting into overly dramatic soap-opera territory for me, and wrapped up with a bow as though according to a formulaic "happy ending" equation, and I found this shift
- Review of The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James
hopes, her vulnerability and then her growing doubts, her self-reliance and quick thinking, and the shifts -and then her growing doubts--her self-reliance, quick thinking, and strength of character, and the shifts
- Review of The Frederick Sisters Are Living the Dream by Jeannie Zusy
roller-coaster story--I wasn't always sure whether Zusy was aiming for what felt like moment-to-moment shifts
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/29/24 Edition
relocates to Los Angeles and is adjusting to the showy personas she's encountering and the process of shifting
- Six Books Set in Australia that Are Fair Dinkum Fascinating
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
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/1/24 Edition
Determined not to give up on the musical, Riley convinces a nerdy teen coworker, Nathan, to cover her shifts
- Six More Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year
When she pushes against her restrictions in a brilliant yet shocking manner in order to shift her future Things We Do in the Dark involves mistaken identities, betrayals, secrets and lies, fierce loyalty between
- Review of The Other Side of Night by Adam Hamdy
The pacing felt uneven to me, and shifts in mood and manner sometimes seemed abrupt, so that it was tough
- Six Four Star (And Up) Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I Loved in the Past Year
sometimes grumpy pirate Amina al-Sirafi and her quest, her strategic swearing, her strength, her fierce loyalty unexpected and special connections, and to the joy and satisfaction in a settled life surrounded by loyal this first in a young adult fantasy series, but what hooked me was the fearless, hardened, fiercely loyal
- Review of Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt
After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at her local aquarium as a custodian
- Review of Deadly Waters by Dot Hutchison
The college friends have strong bonds of loyalty; they sometimes behave impulsively; and they are appropriately And the homicides seems to be shifting the tide of power and changing men's behavior in general.
- Review of Maame by Jessica George
older brother never seems to be around to help; and she's the only Black person at work with a boss who shifts
- Six Bossy Favorite Historical Fiction Reads from the Past Year
into the country's traditions, political interests, and its royal family's interpersonal conflicts and loyalties brings memories flooding back from her own childhood, and her resistance to his bond and then her deep loyalty
- Six Great Stories about Robots
Neither is quite sure where the other's loyalties begin and end, nor are they intimately acquainted with the interplay of characters--particularly the grudging friendship and grumpily built but rock-solid loyalty
- Review of The Last Legacy by Adrienne Young
suspicious circumstances surrounding Bryn's parents' long-ago deaths, and an extended family with mysterious loyalties recognizes an immediate need to develop a thick skin—as well as feeling the complicated impetus to establish loyalties
- December Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Gwynne Gwynne's epic, Norse-inspired saga tracks three fascinating main protagonists through battles, shifting The story is always shifting--shaped by betrayals and the flipped script when fate and destiny aren't
- June Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
growing up, and finding new beginnings; The Celebrants, Steven Rowley's exploration of friendship, loyalty The point of view frequently shifts, and many chapters are short, but I felt connected to each of the
- Six More Great Historical Fiction Books Set in the American West
The other plotline concerns Lurie, a man who has adventures and challenges with his surprising, loyal a deeper, quiet, surprisingly affecting story beneath the Western adventure, which is about trust, loyalty
- Review of The Maid by Nita Prose
The shifts in point of view and the revelations that were made possible by the bit-by-bit unveiling of
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/23/23 Edition
unexpected circumstances--and realizes that she may be able to reinvent her path forward--and possibly also shift
- Review of A Boy and His Dog at the End of the World: A Novel by C.A. Fletcher
If we’re not loyal to the things we love, what’s the point?... Griz is capable of fury and revenge, but also great love and loyalty, bravery, and creativity.
- Review of Orbital by Samantha Harvey
Maybe it's hard to shift from thinking your planet is safe at the centre of it all to knowing in fact
- July Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
nineteenth-century Dodge City, Kansas, offers up a tough young heroine who makes mistakes but whose perseverance and loyalty for a fellow "sporting woman," and when the Buffalo Queen is threatened, she must determine where her loyalties love returning to Alex's creative, irresistibly unorthodox approach to life and her grumpy, undying loyalty
- April Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Lewis as they adjust to the sudden prospect of a drastic, potentially deadly (to Wren), fundamental shift It's 1925, and Diamond Annie is running a ruthless, savvy, gritty, loyal ring of female thieves and cons
- Review of The Ink Black Heart (Cormoran Strike #6) by Robert Galbraith
detailed accounts of tracking online tweets and online message board messages, and also involved frequent shifts
- Review of Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
colonization, the universal connection of music, the temptation to change the past, portals and time loops, loyalty structure for our true main protagonist, Gaspary, and we see the most depth and development and change; loyalty
- Review of Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
Lara herself, Duke, her young life, her path to her husband Joe, and the unexpected ways her future shifted
- Review of Homecoming by Kate Morton
Morton's story explores secrets, loyalties, mysteries, and the complicated matter of family--those you
- The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi (Amina al-Sirafi #1) by Shannon Chakraborty
sometimes grumpy pirate Amina al-Sirafi and her quest, her strategic swearing, her strength, her fierce loyalty
- Six More Science Fiction Favorites to Dive Into
and heartbreak, and it's satisfying to follow them as they seek redemption, take comfort in and build loyalty The memories are beginning to slowly shift back into focus, but he needs them now.
- Six Four-Star Mysteries to Keep You Guessing
In The Witch Elm, French dips her toe into exploring how privilege, luck, (sometimes blind) loyalty—and pool of potential culprits for Nathan to examine in this story of uncovering truths, family history, loyalty
- Six Riveting Time-Travel Escapes
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 A full genre shift around page 400 would normally make me want to throw a book through the window.
- Review of No One Is Talking About This by Patricia Lockwood
these dark, hyperbolic glimpses into humanity and the swirl of social media--as well as the powerful shifts The situation that arises in her life is so deep and important, the tone of the book shifts to reflect
- July Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
is the norm, and geneticists who have tried tinkering with the human state in a desperate attempt to shift Their wild success and their devastating lows--individual and collective--test their loyalty, offer joy
- Review of Exiles (Aaron Falk #3) by Jane Harper
Meanwhile Harper explores loyalty, procedural details related to the past and near past, beginnings and
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/28/23 Edition
Morton's story explores secrets, loyalties, mysteries, and the complicated matter of coming home.















































