The Half Moon by Mary Beth Keane is an examination of a marriage in crisis and what makes a family. The novel begins with Jess and Malcolm separated, and takes place over a week where there is a blizzard, a financial crisis, and a police investigation of a missing person.
Monica Brashears is an incredible writer and I look forward to watching what will certainly be an acclaimed and accomplished writing career. There are critics and professors out there who can tell you "why" this story writes itself into your bones, I'm not one of them. All I can tell you is that it does.
Yours Truly is the second book in the Part of Your World series. It functions fine as a standalone. The couple in the first book in the series are secondary characters in this story. The female main character (FMC) in Yours Truly is the best friend of the FMC in Part of Your World. Yours [...]
Happy Place by Emily Henry is a contemporary romance novel about a couple that has broken their engagement but are forced to pretend to still be together for a friend's wedding.
It's a rare treat when we find a novel written by an unknown author that is so extraordinary. It feels like discovering a secret. To find one of the best written novels I've ever come across this way was a pleasant surprise. I cannot recommend highly enough.
Stu Whitney has accomplished what most novelists dream of - a great novel, written and published at the right moment. The Covid Chronicles tackles tough issues that we have all struggled with over the past year. The fear and uncertainty that swept into our lives with the COVID-19 pandemic are illuminated through a father's hopes for his [...]
The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab is a story driven novel about a girl who makes a deal for her soul, and when the mysterious figure comes to collect, she refuses to give up. Born in the 1600s in a small village in France, little Adeline LaRue is a dreamer. When she [...]
Beheld by TaraShea Nesbit is set in the Plymouth colony in the 1620s, from the perspective of two women who reside in the colony.
You are not Alone, by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen: A Book Review You are not Alone is on a bazillion bestseller and best of lists, and I completely see why. I'll write on but what you really need to know is that no matter your preferred genre, you should give this book a read. [...]
Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton is a novel that imagines the Earth going dark.
