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553 results found for "shifting loyalties"
- Review of Murder in Old Bombay by Nev March
The story keeps a patient pace as Captain Jim uncovers clues, uses deduction, and emphasizes loyalty
- My Very Favorite Bossy 2023 Reads
Can she shift the future by changing the past? older brother never seems to be around to help; and she's the only Black person at work with a boss who shifts
- Review of Beneath the Keep by Erika Johansen
crushed by famine, feudalism, corruption, greed, and unrest--which spurs on some citizens to attempt to shift
- Review of The Kingdom of Back by Marie Lu
gender roles (and tragic female limitations) in mid-eighteenth century Europe; high stakes that can buoy loyalty
- Review of Vengeful by V.E. Schwab
I split my loyalties fairly equally between them--yet the characters are diametrically opposed in their
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/23/21 Edition
essays; and We Are the Brennans, Tracey Lange's family story about secrets, tragic mistakes, love, and loyalty
- Six Favorite Nonfiction and Memoir Reads of the Year
childhood encounters with nature, and for me the book really shone when she included her family's current shifts
- Six More Powerful Books About Facing Mortality
adjustment to life without her free-spirited, joy-filled partner; and it tracks the grief and the resulting shifts
- July Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
into the country's traditions, political interests, and its royal family's interpersonal conflicts and loyalties
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/18/21 Edition
Evaristo's novel are concerned with sexuality, autonomy, race, artistic expression, tradition, class, loyalty
- Review of Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen
I especially love how Chen explores Kin's emotions in both of his realities, his warring loyalties,
- Six More of My Favorite Fantasy Reads of the Past Year
And Anequs is just the fearless catalyst who might be able to shift it all.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/4/21 Edition
Harley's story about loyalty, loss, and pushing forward is beautiful; it's sometimes heartbreaking and
- Review of Sunny Side Up by Katie Sturino
She's got deeply loyal and inspiring newly divorced friends to lean on, a body- and sex-positive lifestyle
- Six Novels I Loved Reading Last Year
Lara herself, Duke, her young life, her path to her husband Joe, and the unexpected ways her future shifted
- Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading
an anchor in deeper issues, some steamy scenes, conflicting feelings surrounding coming home again, shifting
- February Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
01 Isola by Allegra Goodman Isola , based upon the story of a real-life sixteenth-century woman, shifts
- The Six Best Mysteries I Read Last Year
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
- Review of The Epic Crush of Genie Lo by F.C. Yee
It's about embracing your true self, saying yes to adventure, and the strength and power of loyalty and For a different (not young adult) book I also loved, which centers around superheroes, loyalty, revenge
- Review of Blacktop Wasteland by S.A. Cosby
He's forced to consider what loyalty means, and to face how dark the path ahead might become when the
- Six More Illuminating Memoirs to Lose Yourself In
Her tone is loyal while remaining brutal and honest. ), and how her own eventual personal growth drove a rift between her and the mother she idolized, a shift
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/28/21 Edition
; brothers at odds; complex issues surrounding prison, war, and violence; and a brother's unfailing loyalty
- Review of Dark Roads by Chevy Stevens
warnings I felt they shouldn't need--but the book was atmospheric, and the characters' friendship and loyalty
- Six Short Story Collections to Wow You
Strout shines a light on turning points: small but powerful shifts of power or emotion, masterfully illustrating
- Review of The Parting Glass by Gina Marie Guadagnino
1830s New York, immigrant challenges, Irish gangs, people pretending to be different than they are, shifted
- My Twelve Favorite 2020 Books
She's Hollywood royalty, and her former movie star mother lives in a home on the same compound. Kathi tends toward outrageous excess and could use a loyal companion who cares enough to set limits toward a rigid faith, marriage/child/parental/educational expectations for women, adventure, strong female loyalty
- Six More of My Favorite Romantic Fiction Reads from the Past Year
The steamy scenes, the twisty route to the relationship, the career shifts, and the science focus were
- Review of Shiner by Amy Jo Burns
pulled into a marriage of limited love and to remain in the region with limited life trajectories out of loyalty
- Six Fantastic Novels Set in North Carolina
Rumors, long-simmering conflicts, clashing loyalties, and Barnes's personal tragedy all complicate the
- Review of In Other Lands by Sarah Rees Brennan
It’s really about personal growth, knowing your own mind and holding convictions, demonstrating loyalty
- Six Riveting Backlist Reads
He's forced to consider what loyalty means, and to face how dark the path ahead might become when the
- Review of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
responsibility and risk; following gut feelings over worrying about propriety; the complications of choosing loyalty
- 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
- September Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Lara herself, Duke, her young life, her path to her husband Joe, and the unexpected ways her future shifted
- Review of The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
His best friend Turner is more savvy, careful, and jaded, while loyal to Elwood.
- Six of My Favorite Light Fiction Reads from the Past Year
an anchor in deeper issues, some steamy scenes, conflicting feelings surrounding coming home again, shifting
- Six More Short Story Collections I Loved
lovers concerned with sexuality, autonomy, race, artistic expression, tradition, class, education, loyalty
- Six Great Books about Brave Female Spies
You can see events unfolding while the characters involved remain unaware, but watching the pieces shift
- Six More Great Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading
The steamy scenes, the twisty route to the relationship, the career shifts, and the science focus were
- Review of Network Effect: A Murderbot Novel by Martha Wells
there are meaningful human-bot connections and surprisingly (to Murderbot, if no one else) strengthened loyalties
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 6/9/25 Edition
She's got deeply loyal and inspiring newly divorced friends to lean on, a body- and sex-positive lifestyle
- Review of Not for the Faint of Heart by Lex Croucher
The rest of the gang is fantastically spunky, tough, kind, and loyal--with nonbinary representation and
- Bossy Holiday Gift Ideas: Books about Music
illustrations from female musicians ranging from Dolly Parton to Beyonce, Joan Jett to Joan Baez, Taylor Swift patterns, R.E.M. remained in my top five bands this year. 06 Heartbreak Is the National Anthem: How Taylor Swift Rolling Stone contributing editor and music journalist Rob Sheffield delves into the magic of Taylor Swift
- March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
and Heath's and an attention-grabbing behind-the-scenes reporter with redemptive, golden moments of loyalty
- Six of My Favorite Book Club Books of 2023
After Tova Sullivan's husband died, she began working the night shift at her local aquarium as a custodian
- Six Rom-Coms Perfect for Summer Reading
an anchor in deeper issues, some steamy scenes, conflicting feelings surrounding coming home again, shifting
- Six Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels
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 Betty by Tiffany McDaniel
She revels in the wonders of the natural world, soaks in her father's rich stories, loves her sisters loyally I was waiting for a brutal, swift kick of justice for the person responsible, the person who held a horrifying
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/10/25 Edition
His best friend Turner is more savvy and jaded, while unfailingly loyal to Elwood.
- My Bossy Favorite Reads of the Summer
Can she shift the future by changing the past?

















































