BENEATH by Ariel Sullivan »
4 stars
After the wondrous first book in this series, Conform, Sullivan takes a BIG step back into the past where humans surviving Read more…
THE HIDING SEASON by Ava Glass »
5 stars
This new novel from Ava Glass breaks from her fantastic Emma Makepeace series to an edge-of-your-seat thriller, that had me up Read more…
A FAR-FLUNG LIFE by by M.L. Steadman »
5 stars
On a million-acre outback Western Australia sheep station named Meredith Downs, Phil MacBride mistakes a tall kangaroo for a person and Read more…
THE SHOCK OF THE LIGHT by Lori Inglis Hall »
5 stars
Upper class British twins Tessa and Theo Armstrong have been strongly bonded since childhood, and during WWII when Theo takes a Read more…
THE VIOLIN MAKER’S SECRET by Evie Woods »
5 stars
Working at Heathrow Airport’s baggage handling and looking for a birthday present for his girlfriend, Devlin buys an old violin that’s Read more…
THE DANGER OF SMALL THINGS by Caryl Lewis »
5 stars
Welcome to a young adult dystopia echoing of The Handsmaid Tale, with young girls being enslaved and manipulated by dominating men.
NONESUCH by Francis Spufford »
4 stars
Spufford brings his strong non-fiction background and blends it with fantasy to bring alive London before and during World War I Read more…
LADY TREMAINE by Rachel Hochhauser »
5 stars
Set aside all you think know about Cinderella’s evil stepmother as this wondrous, bold novel reveals her to be a fierce Read more…
THE ASTRAL LIBRARY by Kate Quinn »
5 stars
Kate Quinn, who writes brilliant women’s historical fiction, turns her deft skills and childhood sense of wonder to a grown-up magical Read more…
THE HARD LINE, A Gray Man Novel (Gray Man series, Book 15) by Mark Greaney »
5 stars
Gray Man’s back and you can barely keep straight all the people with vendettas out to kill him in revenge. The Read more…
FAMILY DRAMA by Rebecca Fallon »
5 stars
This novel still has me seething about the shut-down, denialism of a husband and father who refuses to celebrate or facilitate Read more…