As a firefighter, Cassie Hanwell has made a career of keeping calm and thriving in chaos. Away from the extremes of her job, however, she lives a quiet, risk-free life, scarred by past traumas and her…
Book Review: The Beholder by Anna Bright
In Anna Bright’s The Beholder, “once upon a time begins on nights like tonight,” nights of music and revelry and hopeful expectation. But for Selah, those fairy tale notions of happily ever after come…
Book Giveaway: Win ‘The Brightest Stars’ and Alex & Ani Bracelet
We are excited to team up with bestselling author Anna Todd to give away The Brightest Stars prize pack to one lucky reader. Enter for a chance to win below. GIVEAWAY Shine bright! One (1) winner rece…
Book Review: A Cowboy’s Sweetheart by Crista McHugh
We’re heading to the country, folks, as we dive into one of this summer’s upcoming romances: Crista McHugh’s A Cowboy’s Sweetheart. McHugh’s novel throws us into the upper-class and highly accommodate…
Book Review: Emergency Contact by Mary H.K. Choi
Meet Penny, a young, quiet, and firmly independent woman heading to college to begin paving the path towards her goal of becoming a writer, as well as escape the exhaustion of parenting her own mother…
Adrift Movie Review: Strong Directing and Performances Keep a Basic Premise Afloat
Adrift opens with a beautifully choreographed single take sequence where Tami Oldham (Shailene Woodley) finds herself stranded on the remains of her sinking sailboat after it has been struck by a wave…
Movie Review: Call Me by Your Name
Call Me by Your Name ventures into a realm of romantic and sexual possibility in some sunny territory referred to only in the film as “somewhere in Italy.” Luca Guadagnino is a master of lavish and se…