Title: PreppedAuthor: Bethany Mangle Genre: Young AdultPublished On: February 23, 2021Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry BooksSource: physical (Books Forward)Pages: 320 Synopsis: For fans of Jeff Zentner and Katie Henry comes a thrilling and funny debut about a teen raised in a doomsday community who plots her escape with the boy from the bunker next door. Always be …
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ARC Book Review | The Smash-Up by Ali Benjamin
Title: The Smash-UpAuthor: Ali Benjamin Genre: Contemporary Adult FictionPublished On: February 23, 2021Publisher: Random HouseSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 352 Synopsis: A family is upended when their small-town life becomes the latest battlefield in the culture wars in this of-the-moment novel for readers of Meg Wolitzer and Fleishman Is in Trouble. Life for Ethan and Zo used to be …
ARC Book Review | The Love Proof by Madeleine Henry
Title: The Love ProofAuthor: Madeleine Henry Genre: RomancePublished On: February 9, 2021Publisher: Atria BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 304 Synopsis: A brilliant physicist studying the nature of time embarks on a journey to prove that those we love are always connected to us, leading to surprising revelations in this fresh and unique love story. Sophie Jones is a …
ARC Book Review | Love at First by Kate Clayborn
Title: Love at FirstAuthor: Kate Clayborn Genre: RomancePublished On: February 23, 2021Publisher: Kensington BooksSource: physical (BookishFirst) and digital (Netgalley)Pages: 320 Synopsis: An Uplifting and Unforgettable Story of Love and Second Chances. A sparkling and tender novel full of bickering neighbors, surprise reunions, and the mysterious power of love. Sixteen years ago, a teenaged Will Sterling sawβor …
ARC Book Review | Hadley & Grace by Suzanne Redfearn
Title: Hadley & GraceAuthor: Suzanne Redfearn Genre: FictionPublished On: February 1, 2021Publisher: Lake Union PublishingSource: digitalPages: 344 Synopsis: The author of In an Instant delivers a heart-pounding and emotional roller-coaster ride of self-discovery in the tradition of Thelma and Louise. Needing to escape her abusive marriage, Hadley flees with her two kids, knowing it might be her only chance. …
ARC Book Review | Big Girl, Small Town by Michelle Gallen
Title: Big Girl, Small TownAuthor: Michelle Gallen Genre: FictionPublished On: December 1, 2020Publisher: Algonquin BooksSource: physicalPages: 320 Synopsis: Meet Majella OβNeill, a heroine like no other, in this captivating Irish debut that has been called Milkman meets Derry Girls. Majella is happiest out of the spotlight, away from her neighborsβ stares and the gossips of the small town in …
ARC Book Review | Happy Singles Day by Ann Marie Walker
Title: Happy Singles DayAuthor: Ann Marie Walker Genre: RomancePublished On: January 19, 2021Publisher: Sourcebooks CasablancaSource: digitalPages: 240 Synopsis: Single and proud of it! Oh, oops… As a Certified Professional Organizer, everything in Paige Parker’s world is as it should be. Perfect apartment, perfect office, perfect life. And now, the perfect vacation planned to honor Singles Day. …
ARC Book Review | What Could Be Saved by Liese O’Halloran Schwarz
Title: What Could Be SavedAuthor: Liese O’Halloran Schwarz Genre: Literary, Historical FictionPublished On: January 12, 2021Publisher: Atria BooksSource: digitalPages: 460 Synopsis: An enthralling, redemptive novel set in Bangkok in 1972 and Washington, DC, in 2019 about an expatriate child who goes missing, whose family is contacted decades later by a man claiming to be the vanished …
ARC Book Review | The Perfect Guests by Emma Rous
Title: The Perfect GuestsAuthor: Emma Rous Genre: MysteryPublished On: January 12, 2021Publisher: Berkley BooksSource: digitalPages: 400 Synopsis: The USA Today bestselling author of The Au Pair returns with another delicious, twisty novelβabout a grand estate with many secrets, an orphan caught in a web of lies, and a young woman playing a sinister game. 1988. Beth Soames is fourteen years …
Highlight Book Review | Snowflakes at the Little Christmas Tree Farm by Jaimie Admans
Title: Snowflakes at the Little Christmas Tree FarmAuthor: Jaimie AdmansGenre: Romance, HolidayPublished On: October 9, 2019Publisher: HQ DigitalSource: digitalPages: 384 Synopsis: All she wants for Christmasβ¦ Leah Griffiths has woken up after a few too many glasses of Prosecco with a hangover β and discovers sheβs accidentally bought a little Christmas tree farm in Scotland! …