I originally read American Born Chinese, a graphic novel by Gene Luen Yang, for a YA fiction course, and I…
The Woman in the Library, by Sulari Gentill, is a thriller around a novelist, working on a thriller that might…
In the Hawaiian mystery novel Off The Grid, by Robert McCaw, an abandoned rural area in the shadow of a volcano…
In Honor, by Thrity Umrigar, an Indian-American journalist, Smita, returns to India after many, many years away. She thinks she's…
Megan Angelo's upcoming novel Followers tells two linked storylines, connected at first by the concept of followers and reality celebrity, but…
I expected to like this one a lot. Locust Lane is described in the book blurb as "a taut and…
If You Could See The Sun, by Ann Liang, uses a supernatural invisibility power to tell a moving, realistic story…
In Find Her (The Lacey James Series Book 1), by Chris Patchell, Lacey James is a hardworking local cop in…
In The Love of My Life, by Rosie Walsh, Leo begins working on his wife Emma's bio (he's an obituary…
In You're Invited, by Amanda Jayatissa, Amaya feels strange about receiving her invitation to her ex-bestie Kaavi’s wedding. First, the…
Flight Patterns, the new novel by Jana Williams, is a story of women pilots training in Texas to join the…
In The Quarter Storm, by Veronica G Henry, Reina Dumond is a Haitian vodou priestess with water powers. She mostly…
The story of The Kingdoms of Savannah, by George Dawes Green, begins with a murder and a mysterious disappearance from…
Nightcrawling, by Leila Mottley, begins with teenage Kiara and her best friend carefully crashing a funeral to cadge a free…
Things We Do In The Dark, by Jennifer Hillier, is a twisty story where almost everyone's got a dark secret…
Laila Ibrahim's new novel Scarlet Carnation is the fourth book in her Yellow Crocus series. In this one, we continue…
Focus Puller, by Daniel Hess, is a novel, but it's told in vignettes from different characters with time jumps, so…
The Family Upstairs, by Lisa Jewell, ends with a solid resolution and then a dramatic cliffhanger at the very last…
I knew I would enjoy Park Avenue Summer, because I love historical fiction, especially when it's set in New York…
I read Watch Out For Her, by Samantha M. Bailey, as part of a Tandem Collective readalong. This is a…
Unholy Inheritance by Samantha Johnson is an exciting, dramatic new vampire romance. Vampire stories have such a lasting fascination, in…
Sarah Penner's upcoming novel The Lost Apothecary is a dual-timeline story set in London.
Although I raised my hand for Juliet in my high school English class’ dramatic reading, I was assigned the Nurse.…
The Rock of Achill, by Jim Sheehan, is a historical fantasy set in Ireland, with fairies and mystical creatures as…
Mirror of Desire, by Ananta Govinda, blends philosophical elements with character's actions and choices, a bit like the TV show…