Title: The Honey-Don’t ListAuthor: Christina LaurenGenre: RomancePublished On: March 24, 2020Publisher: Gallery BooksSource: Digital Copy, NetgalleyPages: 308 Synopsis: Carey Douglas has worked for home remodeling and design gurus Melissa and Rusty Tripp for nearly a decade. A country girl at heart, Carey started in their first store at sixteen, and—more than anyone would suspect—has helped …
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ARC Book Review: A Good Neighborhood by Therese Anne Fowler
Title: A Good NeighborhoodAuthor: Therese Anne FowlerGenre: Literary FictionPublished On: March 10, 2020Publisher: St. Martin’s PressSource: Physical & Digital CopyPages: 279 Synopsis: In Oak Knoll, a verdant, tight-knit North Carolina neighborhood, professor of forestry and ecology Valerie Alston-Holt is raising her bright and talented biracial son. Xavier is headed to college in the fall, and …
Book Review: Chain of Gold by Cassandra Clare
Title: Chain of Gold (The Last Hours, #1)Author: Cassandra ClareGenre: Young Adult, FantasyPublished On: 3/3/20Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry BooksSource: PhysicalPages: 624 Synopsis: Welcome to Edwardian London, a time of electric lights and long shadows, the celebration of artistic beauty and the wild pursuit of pleasure, with demons waiting in the dark. For years there has …
Book Review: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before Series by Jenny Han
Title: To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before; P.S. I Still Love You; and Always and Forever, Lara JeanAuthor: Jenny HanGenre: Young Adult ContemporaryPublished On: 4/15/2014, 5/26/2015, 5/2/2017Publisher: Simon & Schuster Books for Young ReadersSource: PhysicalPages: 355, 337, 325 Synopsis from To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before: This is the story of Lara Jean, …
ARC Book Review: Saint X by Alexis Schaitkin
Title: Saint XAuthor: Alexis SchaitkinGenre: Literary Fiction, ThrillerPublished On: February 18, 2020Publisher: Celadon BooksSource: PhysicalPages: 352 Synopsis: Claire is only seven years old when her college-age sister, Alison, disappears on the last night of their family vacation at a resort on the Caribbean island of Saint X. Several days later, Alison’s body is found in …
ARC Book Review: In Five Years by Rebecca Serle
Title: In Five YearsAuthor: Rebecca SerleGenre: Contemporary, Magical RealismPublished On: March 10, 2020Publisher: Atria BooksSource: EbookPages: 272 Synopsis: Perfect for fans of Me Before You and One Day—a striking, powerful, and moving love story following an ambitious lawyer who experiences an astonishing vision that could change her life forever. Where do you see yourself in five years? When …
ARC Book Review: The Light After the War
Title: The Light After the WarAuthor: Anita AbrielGenre: Historical Fiction, RomancePublished On: February 4, 2020Publisher: Atria BooksSource: EbookPages: 320 Synopsis: Inspired by an incredible true story of two Jewish friends who survived the Holocaust, this sweeping novel of love and friendship spans World War II from Budapest to Austria and the postwar years from Naples …
ARC Book Review: Things in Jars by Jess Kidd
Title: Things in JarsAuthor: Jess KiddGenre: Historical Fiction, Mystery, FantasyPublished On: February 4, 2020Publisher: Atria BooksSource: EbookPages: 384 Synopsis: In the dark underbelly of Victorian London, a formidable female sleuth is pulled into the macabre world of fanatical anatomists and crooked surgeons while investigating the kidnapping of an extraordinary child in this gothic mystery—perfect for …
ARC Book Review: Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain
Title: Big Lies in a Small TownAuthor: Diane ChamberlainGenre: Historical FictionPublished On: January 14, 2020Publisher: St. Martin’s PressPages: 400 Synopsis: North Carolina, 2018: Morgan Christopher’s life has been derailed. Taking the fall for a crime she did not commit, she finds herself serving a three-year stint in the North Carolina Women’s Correctional Center. Her dream …
Book Review: A Curse So Dark and Lonely by Brigid Kemmerer
Title: A Curse So Dark and Lonely (Cursebreakers #1)Author: Brigid KemmererGenre: Young Adult, FantasyPublished On: January 29, 2019Publisher: Bloomsbury YAPages: 484 Synopsis: Fall in love, break the curse. Cursed by a powerful enchantress to repeat the autumn of his eighteenth year, Prince Rhen, the heir of Emberfall, thought he could be saved easily if a …