Secrets and loyalties swirl as the levee threatens to give, flooding the land.

Wren is a loose cannon, a fierce soldier, intensely loyal, a magical healer, and she has an uncontrollable fantasy elements are all in place here: magic, healing, a defiant main protagonist with a conscience, loyalty

Secrets and loyalties swirl as the levee threatens to give, flooding the town.

Young Mungo explores ideas of masculinity and loyalty, a gay relationship forged in an intensely unforgiving

She's in the awkward, sometimes painful age and stage of shifting from young adulthood to being a grown-up question, her career path is uncertain, she lives in a forlorn former potting shed, and her love life is shifting

This book had many moving parts, evolving points of view and senses of self, shifts between days and whip smart, savvy, kind, and irresistible main protagonist Bridie are her striking and unfailingly loyal adventures—all alongside a dark and brooding and heavily tattooed adventurer and naturalist who becomes a loyal

When she pushes against her restrictions in a brilliant yet shocking manner in order to shift her future

Tallulah shifts from resenting her future and her obligations to taking charge of her life and how she This relatively short book explores Tallulah’s shift from resenting her future and her obligations to

There are a couple of odd point of view shifts to Roselita’s perspective. strong point for me, and I enjoyed learning more about their past and seeing their present-day situation shift

Yet there are bright points: some rare friendships emerge, sisters build intense loyalty to each other

I was distracted at first by the shifts in points of view and by Freddy's omniscient role here--and I

reader is able to see events unfolding while the characters remain unaware, but watching the pieces shift 1830s New York, immigrant challenges, Irish gangs, people pretending to be different than they are, shifted

The memories are beginning to slowly shift back into focus, but he needs them now.

After tragedies and disappointments, the novel ultimately shifts to forgiveness, practical adjustments

sobering, often surprisingly hopeful--but never too easy--peek at Depression-era desperation, forged loyalties The fierce loyalty and revenge elements in this intriguing whodunit were immensely satisfying.

My obsession with the irresistible dry humor, grudging and undying loyalty, and love for the series The

Angeles and is adjusting to the showy personas she's encountering and to participating in the process of shifting

omniscient viewpoint, Beautiful World Where Are You tracks the characters' romantic fits and starts, power shifts

to ferret out those betraying his craft's secrets for nefarious purposes, and to protect those he is loyal life-and-death conflict is not religion, but the rights and very existence of Eðians (those who shape shift

Meanwhile Harper explores loyalty, procedural details related to the past and near past, beginnings and The fierce loyalty and revenge elements in this intriguing whodunit were immensely satisfying.

The point of view shifts between first person and third person and the storytelling switches from past

not truly have been culpable in any meaningful way, nor would he have had the power to significantly shift

Miller allows the frequently dreaded and bemoaned middle-aged shifts and changes to lead her female characters

The story shifts between 1918, when a young woman at the Dead Letter Office bravely embarks on a dangerous

reader is able to see events unfolding while the characters remain unaware, but watching the pieces shift

orphan Sherri Taylor, the resort is an open door to a life of excitement and opportunity, an appealing shift

white, good and bad view of the characters and their blame dramatically simplifies a reader's expected loyalties

But the push to shift production to meet current-day wine trends and demands; the disconnect between

Correspondent by Virginia Evans This quiet, epistolary novel witnesses the creaky, sometimes difficult shifts

sobering, often surprisingly hopeful--but never too easy--peek at Depression-era desperation, forged loyalties Morton's story explores secrets, loyalties, mysteries, and the complicated matter of family--those you

challenges, the varied experiences of those with multiple sclerosis, and the various ways in which it has shifted

Things We Do in the Dark involves mistaken identities, betrayals, secrets and lies, fierce loyalty between

After her stepdaughter garners the attention of royalty , Lady Tremaine discovers a destructive secret

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

is the norm, and geneticists who have tried tinkering with the human state in a desperate attempt to shift

beginner's primer on Deaf culture, and a captivating novel about romance, disappointment, fury, and loyalty adults), the rebellious new transfer student who doesn't know ASL, Charlie, and teacher's pet (and Deaf royalty

Strout shines a light on turning points: small but powerful shifts of power or emotion, masterfully illustrating

As Italian immigrant Grace is faced with compromises and tradeoffs, she'll have to decide her own loyalties

The characters move through interesting moments and shift their understanding of previously mysterious

adjustment to life without her free-spirited, joy-filled partner; and tracks the grief and the resulting shifts

oddball tragicomedy with heart, characters explore the limits and solidity of friendship and family loyalty 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

s existence as new immigrants in the US so terrifyingly tenuous and measures that could potentially shift

Casey McQuiston's One Last Stop, a mostly lighthearted romp through New York City, lesbian love, and shifts

Their wild success and their devastating lows--both individual and collective--test their loyalty to

for a fellow "sporting woman," and when the Buffalo Queen is threatened, she must determine where her loyalties

It's gratifying to see Gifty shift her thinking and her approach slightly in order to open up just a

together try to figure out how to face mortality and preserve the fiber of a meaningful life, with its loyalties

characters' exchanges in The Project felt a little unrealistic and overdramatic, as did the jumps and major shifts

A smart master thief bends time and finds her loyalties divided in turn-of-the-century New York. who's a genius with knives, and Harte Darrigan as a stage (and actual) magician whose loyalties are difficult revelations-come-too-late (the identification of her parents; the potential for a future with Harte; and the reestablished loyalty

in a really fun, interesting way, and through the time-jump premise McQuiston's characters explore loyalty