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- Review of A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar
India, and how a tiny bit of empathy might have unraveled the increasingly devastating whirlwind of conflict But their cemented roles in the escalating the conflict ensure that the situation comes to a disastrous
- Six Bossy Favorite Historical Fiction Reads from the Past Year
dresses as a boy to explore scientific pursuits, and the palace intrigue that occurs when their allies conflict for more behind-the-scenes peeks at Shakespeare's shows, and I was least interested in the political conflicts and drama, although they were essential to the conflict of the book. extensive forays into the country's traditions, political interests, and its royal family's interpersonal conflicts
- Six Books Set in Australia that Are Fair Dinkum Fascinating
mother's in jail, his stepfather is gone, and his best friend and most solid source of advice is a convicted It centers around one family’s conflicts with crooked and powerful neighbors; cruel and aggressive Native
- Review of Just for the Summer by Abby Jimenez
the Summer, she offers up an irresistible rom-com premise with weighty, messy, real-life-imperfect conflicts The conflicts that repeatedly keep Emma and Justin from their happy-ever-after feel plausibly limiting
- Review of The Storm by Rachel Hawkins
with a beautiful, spunky local young woman, Lo Bailey, who was later accused of his murder but never convicted
- Review of Our Perfect Storm by Carley Fortune
satisfying whirlwind, George and Frankie's romantic confusion, familial involvement, emotional health, conflicting
- Review of The Pirate Queen by Ariel Lawhon
in details, context, and increased the reader's understanding of Grace's motivations, impulses, and convictions
- Review of Night Night Fawn by Jordy Rosenberg
on points that the reader can see are shadowed by her spectacularly misguided and relentlessly held convictions
- Review of Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
She was made to offer pleasure without challenge or conflict, after all. Meanwhile, Annie, who was literally created to serve Doug, is learning, evolving, growing, facing internal conflicts
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/12/24 Edition
other states across the country, has been swept by a secession movement, but Jess and Storey assume the conflicts The friends soon realize that conflicting political ideologies have led to this horror here and elsewhere
- July Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
extensive forays into the country's traditions, political interests, and its royal family's interpersonal conflicts dresses as a boy to explore scientific pursuits, and the palace intrigue that occurs when their allies conflict for more behind-the-scenes peeks at Shakespeare's shows, and I was least interested in the political conflicts and drama, although they were essential to the conflict of the book.
- Review of People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks
treasures in the book's ancient binding, setting her on a path of exploring forgery and complex political conflicts
- Review of The Knave and the Moon (Stonewater Kingdom #2) by Rachel Gillig
The story explores the conflicts between power and faith, and the influence of the appearance or reality
- Review of The Bright Sword by Lev Grossman
The Nimue-Merlin-Morgan le Fay conflicts were an intriguing side plot, and I enjoyed Grossman's unexpected
- Review of Rebel Rising by Rebel Wilson
Wilson's memoir Rebel Rising , and I listened to the Australian's account of a challenging youth, familial conflicts
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/4/24 Edition
and its' Jewish and Black families' purposes and missions, which sometimes intersect and other times conflict Their cultures conflict in some ways, but their stories and existences overlap, and their challenges
- Review of The Foursome by Christina Baker Kline
Kline puts forward plausible doubts, magnetism, conflict, seeming impossibilities, and outsiders' desire
- Review of Heart, Be at Peace by Donal Ryan
Everyone is linked, with shared youths and local experiences, conflicts new and old, and deep loyalties
- Review of The Griffin Sisters' Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner
Griffin Sisters also takes on deep familial conflicts, coping with loss and a devastating blow for future
- Review of Stone Yard Devotional by Charlotte Wood
Her return seems destined to bring up past conflicts, and our main protagonist is left feeling adrift
- Review of The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
I loved the 1700s wintry Maine setting and the convictions of the historical fiction novel's strong midwife details of life in the time period, as well as the unassuming women who show their true strength and conviction
- Review of Together for Never by Marilyn Kaye
Mean Girls meets The Parent Trap, Together for Never explores each girl's point of view, and after conflict
- Review of We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride and Jo Piazza
In We Are Not Like Them, Pride and Piazza dig into a friendship of opposites, conflicts around race, challenges in trying to dive into each point of view while trying not to favor either one; and the personal conflicts complex, loaded topics the way I was hoping Therese Anne Fowler would do more of in her novel with racial conflicts
- Six More Fantasy Novels I Loved in the Past Year
remain separate, I was taken with the double-edged quest, elite training, magical abilities, and complex conflicts Centuries-old resentments and conflicts threaten to bubble up into war--and Nahri and Dara's arrival only serves to feed the flames of conflict.
- Review of An Unexpected Peril (Veronica Speedwell #6) by Deanna Raybourn
extensive forays into the country's traditions, political interests, and its royal family's interpersonal conflicts
- Review of The Jackal's Mistress by Chris Bohjalian
historical fiction novel, Libby Steadman lives in Virginia on the edge of the Confederate-Union Civil War conflict
- April Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Quinn offers plenty of interpersonal conflict, romance, suspected double-crossing, and details of life By the end of that summer, Chloe's father had confessed to the crimes of killing those girls, was convicted collaboration between Clinton and Penny kept me on the edge of my seat through heart-stopping political conflicts feel invested in the story, Adams's family, and the ins and outs of the various complicated political conflicts
- Review of Harmattan Season by Tochi Onyebuchi
I was taken with the premise of conflicts and mystery in a post-colonial West African city, but I didn't
- Review of Blackwater Falls by Ausma Zehanat Khan
I was intrigued by the issues raised in Blackwater Falls--police corruption, racial conflict, religious complicated issues surrounding racial injustice, police corruption, political concerns, faith, and religious conflicts
- Review of The Last Days of Night by Graham Moore
historical fiction tale based on real events surrounding the rise of the light bulb--with compelling conflicts The Last Days of Night is a fictionalized account based on the dramatic Edison-Westinghouse-Tesla conflicts
- Review of His Majesty's Dragon: Temeraire #1 by Naomi Novik
introduces vain, strong-willed, talking dragons, their complex, wonderfully faulted handlers, and wartime conflicts
- Review of The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny by Kiran Desai
Current-day conflicts link to generational trauma, storytelling, and mysterious power.
- Review of Silver Elite by Dani Francis
remain separate, I was taken with the double-edged quest, elite training, magical abilities, and complex conflicts
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/23/25 Edition
country is reeling from economic troubles; Brandon's older brother deeply resents his presence; and conflicts
- Six Fantastic Novels Set in North Carolina
five-star, 1950s North Carolina-set novel offers mountain clans, whiskey runners, folk healers, family conflict Family secrets and conflicts come to a head as The Gods of Howl Mountain reaches a dark, brooding, beautiful Carolina setting, the character of Sheriff Winston Barnes, and the pulsing racial, class-based, and family conflicts Rumors, long-simmering conflicts, clashing loyalties, and Barnes's personal tragedy all complicate the
- Six of My Favorite Contemporary Fiction Reads of the Year
other states across the country, has been swept by a secession movement, but Jess and Storey assume the conflicts The friends soon realize that conflicting political ideologies have led to this horror here and elsewhere Thorpe offers lots of joy and offbeat fun, yet doesn't shy away from weighty conflicts between classes
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/20/26 Edition
Kline puts forward plausible doubts, magnetism, conflict, seeming impossibilities, and outsiders' desire
- Review of The Gods of Howl Mountain by Taylor Brown
five-star, 1950s North Carolina-set novel offers mountain clans, whiskey runners, folk healers, family conflict Family secrets and conflicts come to a head as The Gods of Howl Mountain reaches a dark, brooding, beautiful
- Review of Blunt Instrument (Dell Chandler #1) by Amy Bloom
I love an academic setting, and I also enjoy a conflict between renegade justice-seekers and law enforcement
- Review of Young Mungo by Douglas Stuart
Young Mungo offers a striking story of disappointment, abuse, Protestant-Catholic conflict, and a young vulnerability of allowing one's self to be seen for the first time, overcoming lifelong Protestant-Catholic conflicts
- Six Rockin' Stories about Bands and Music
Griffin Sisters also takes on deep familial conflicts, coping with loss and a devastating blow for future meteoric rise of a 1970s band, their mesmerizing lead singer Daisy, the group's complicated interpersonal conflicts
- Review of The Safekeep by Yael van der Wouden
A mix of unexplained actions and conflict, Louis's imminent return, and Isabel's discovery of what seems
- Review of Divine Rivals (Letters of Enchantment #1) by Rebecca Ross
The gods' war provides the structure for the book's main conflict, but the story feels primarily focused
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/28/24 Edition
her impatient barkeep brother, she grieves the loss of her father and is astounded by the increasing conflict
- Review of The Blighted Stars (Devoured Worlds #1) by Megan E. O'Keefe
O'Keefe's first space opera in the Devoured Worlds series presents failing worlds filled with conflict
- Review of Iron Flame (Empyrian #2) by Rebecca Yarros
the story would take off and eclipse the pacing and the forced-feeling will-they/won't-they-focused conflicts The melding of two fighting forces offers additional interesting characters, conflicts, complexities,
- Review of The Paris Novel by Ruth Reichl
food and fashion are fun, heartwarming, and light, and make for a satisfyingly clean wrap-up of all conflicts
- Review of Margo's Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
Thorpe offers lots of joy and offbeat fun, yet doesn't shy away from weighty conflicts between classes
- Six More of My Favorite Historical Fiction Reads of the Year
Brigade. 02 The End of Drum-Time by Hanna Pylväinen Pylväinen's novel explores the cooperation and conflict Their cultures are sometimes mysteries to each other, and at times conflict greatly with others' traditions Religion is a particular conflict in the novel, with the Christian characters proving themselves to be
- Review of Exit Party by Emily St. John Mandel
we witness haunting shadows, echoes, and repeated images: threads of similar characters, disparate conflicts















































