Title: The Half MoonAuthor: Mary Beth KeaneGenre: Contemporary FictionPublished On: May 2, 2023Publisher: ScribnerSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 304 Synopsis: From the bestselling author of Ask Again, Yes, a masterful novel about a couple in a small town who must navigate the complexities of marriage, family, and longing. Malcolm Gephardt, handsome and gregarious longtime bartender at the Half …
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ARC Review | If We’re Being Honest by Cat Shook
Title: If We’re Being HonestAuthor: Cat ShookGenre: Contemporary FictionPublished On: April 18, 2023Publisher: Celadon BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 304 Synopsis: For fans of We Are the Brennans by Tracey Lange and All Adults Here by Emma Straub, Cat Shookβs debut novel If Weβre Being Honest is the snappy, smart, heartwarming story of the Williams family, and the sweltering summer that rewrote their …
ARC Review | Small Joys by Elvin James Mensah
Title: Small JoysAuthor: Elvin James MensahGenre: Literary FictionPublished On: April 11, 2023Publisher: Ballantine BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 320 Synopsis: An unexpected friendship saves a young man’s life in this moving, utterly charming debut about chosen family, the winding road to happiness, and the grace of second chances. Could I one day inspire happiness in others, the …
ARC Review | Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
Title: Romantic ComedyAuthor: Curtis SittenfeldGenre: Contemporary FictionPublishing On: April 4, 2023Publisher: Random HouseSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 320 Synopsis: A comedy writer thinks sheβs sworn off love, until a dreamily handsome pop star flips the script on all her assumptions. Romantic Comedy is a hilarious, observant and deeply tender novel from New York Timesβbestselling author Curtis Sittenfeld. Sally Milz is …
ARC Review | Lone Women by Victor LaValle
Title: Lone WomenAuthor: Victor LaValleGenre: Horror, Historical FictionPublishing On: March 28, 2023Publisher: One WorldSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 304 Synopsis: Blue skies, empty landβand enough room to hide away a horrifying secret. Or is there? Discover a haunting new vision of the American West from the award-winning author of The Changeling. Adelaide Henry carries an enormous steamer trunk …
ARC Review | You Wouldn’t Dare by Samantha Markum
Title: You Wouldn’t DareAuthor: Samantha MarkumGenre: YA Contemporary Publishing On: March 28, 2023Publisher: Wednesday BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 368 Synopsis: A rom com about trying to have the summer of your life before everything changes – only to realize change might be exactly what you need… When Juniper Nash Abreheart kissed Graham Isham for the first …
ARC Book Review | Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
Title: Love, TheoreticallyAuthor: Ali Hazelwood Genre: RomanceExpected on: June, 13, 2023Publisher: BerkleySource: digitalPages: 368 Synopsis: Rival physicists collide in a vortex of academic feuds and fake dating shenanigans in this delightfully STEMinist romcom from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis and Love on the Brain. The many lives of theoretical physicist Elsie Hannaway have finally caught up …
ARC Book Review | Dust Child by Nguyα» n Phan QuαΊΏ Mai
Title: Dust ChildAuthor: Nguyα» n Phan QuαΊΏ Mai Genre: Historical FictionPublishing On: March 14, 2023Publisher: Algonquin BooksSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 336 Synopsis: From the internationally bestselling author of The Mountains Sing, a suspenseful and moving novel that tells the intertwined stories of an American GI, two Vietnamese bargirls, and an Amerasian manβall of whom are forced to …
ARC Book Review | The Love Match by Priyanka Taslim
Title: The Love MatchAuthor: Priyanka Taslim Genre: Young AdultFirst Published On: January 3, 2023Publisher: Salaam Reads / Simon Schuster Books for Young ReadersSource: physicalPages: 400 Synopsis: To All the Boys Iβve Loved Before meets Pride and Prejudice in this delightful and heartfelt rom-com about a Bangladeshi American teen whose meddling mother arranges a match to secure their familyβs financial …
Book Review | Chain of Thorns by Cassandra Clare
Title: Chain of ThornsAuthor: Cassandra ClareGenre: YA, FantasyPublished On: January 31, 2023Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry BooksSource: physicalPages: 800 Synopsis: James and Cordelia must save Londonβand their marriageβin this thrilling and highly anticipated conclusion to the Last Hours series from the #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Cassandra Clare. Chain of Thorns is a Shadowhunters novel. Cordelia Carstairs has …