Ready, steady, go to your nearest bookstore or library and check out the newest addition to Dahlia Adler’s novels, Home Field Advantage! Amber McCloud’s ultimate goal is to be named captain of her cheer team at the end of the…
‘I Kissed Shara Wheeler’ review: Casey McQuiston’s debut YA is the romance you need this summer
Casey McQuiston’s debut young adult novel I Kissed Shara Wheeler is a book you are going to want on your romance TBR list for this summer! After Chloe Green’s moms moved her from California to Alabama for high school, she…
‘Sense and Second-Degree Murder’ review: Tirzah Price’s new Jane Austen mystery is an engaging whodunit
Jane Austen fans, Tirzah Price is back with another retelling of one of our favorite pieces of English literature, with a murder mystery twist! Sense and Second-Degree Murder primarily follows the two eldest Dashwood sisters, Elinor and Marianne. When their father…
‘Very Bad People’ review: Kit Frick’s dark academia seethes with dark deeds
Kit Frick’s newest thriller, Very Bad People, bursts with boarding schools, secret societies, and murder, but ultimately, the set-up is more thrilling than the payoff. Six years ago, Mrs. Bolan drove the family van into the lake with her three…
‘Message Not Found’ review: Dante Medema thrusts readers into a emotional journey of secrets, grief, and forgiveness
If you think you can escape from reading Dante Medema’s new novel Message Not Found without being at least misty-eyed by the end, you’re either incredibly strong-willed or insane. Bailey and Vanessa have been best friends since they were young,…
‘Gallant’ review: V.E. Schwab returns with a haunting family mystery
V.E. Schwab’s newest addition to her growing bibliography, Gallant, gave me The Secret Garden vibes, if The Secret Garden was horror… and I am here for it. Olivia Prior has never had a family. She was abandoned at Merilance School…
‘Only a Monster’ review: Vanessa Len’s debut novel is monstrously entertaining
Vanessa Len debuted this year with her first novel, Only a Monster. And boy, what a fun thrill ride it was! It should have been a great summer for Joan Chang-Hunt. She got to stay with her late mother’s family…
