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This comedic, yet also sobering and affecting, sci-fi novel centers around a state-of-the-art new AI named Quinn that’s being trained on Read more...]]> http://momcentral.com/your-behavior-will-be-monitored-by-justin-feinstein/feed/ 0 http://momcentral.com/beneath-by-ariel-sullivan/ http://momcentral.com/beneath-by-ariel-sullivan/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2026 21:26:20 +0000 http://momcentral.com/?p=31123 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...]]> http://momcentral.com/beneath-by-ariel-sullivan/feed/ 0 http://momcentral.com/the-hiding-season-by-ava-glass/ http://momcentral.com/the-hiding-season-by-ava-glass/#comments Tue, 17 Mar 2026 21:20:49 +0000 http://momcentral.com/?p=31115 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...]]> http://momcentral.com/the-hiding-season-by-ava-glass/feed/ 0 http://momcentral.com/a-far-flung-life-by-by-m-l-steadman/ http://momcentral.com/a-far-flung-life-by-by-m-l-steadman/#comments Mon, 23 Feb 2026 20:56:03 +0000 http://momcentral.com/?p=31111 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...]]> http://momcentral.com/a-far-flung-life-by-by-m-l-steadman/feed/ 0 http://momcentral.com/the-shock-of-the-light-by-lori-inglis-hall/ http://momcentral.com/the-shock-of-the-light-by-lori-inglis-hall/#comments Sat, 14 Feb 2026 22:41:54 +0000 http://momcentral.com/?p=31109 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...]]> http://momcentral.com/the-shock-of-the-light-by-lori-inglis-hall/feed/ 0 http://momcentral.com/the-violin-makers-secret-by-evie-woods/ http://momcentral.com/the-violin-makers-secret-by-evie-woods/#comments Sat, 14 Feb 2026 22:33:02 +0000 http://momcentral.com/?p=31107 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...]]> http://momcentral.com/the-violin-makers-secret-by-evie-woods/feed/ 0 http://momcentral.com/the-danger-of-small-things-by-caryl-lewis/ http://momcentral.com/the-danger-of-small-things-by-caryl-lewis/#comments Sat, 14 Feb 2026 22:29:59 +0000 http://momcentral.com/?p=31105 5 stars

Welcome to a young adult dystopia echoing of The Handsmaid Tale, with young girls being enslaved and manipulated by dominating men.

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