In Great Big Beautiful Life by Emily Henry, Alice Scott is a writer determined to find her big break, and she thinks she’s found it when she tracks down Margaret Ives, heiress to a famous family and who famously vanished from the public eye two decades ago. But when Alice arrives in the tiny Georgia …
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Book Review | The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association by Caitlin Rozakis. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In The Grimoire Grammar School Parent Teacher Association, Vivian and her husband Daniel have moved …
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Book Review | The Railway Conspiracy
Shockingly, none of the action of this story takes place on a train. The Railway Conspiracy by John Shen Yen Nee and SJ Rozan once again follows the crime-fighting duo, Judge Dee Ren Jie and Lao She, this time as they face off with a multinational conspiracy in 1920s London. After the attempted theft of …
Book Review | The Amalfi Curse (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Amalfi Curse by Sarah Penner. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. The Amalfi Curse follows two timelines: the present day and the 1820s. In the former, a nautical archaeologist Haven …
Book Review | Long Live Evil
In Long Live Evil by Sarah Rees Brennan, Rae has been fighting a probably terminal illness for a while now, and she’s tired. So when a mysterious figure appears in her hospital room and offers her a chance to save her own life, Rae agrees. Next thing she knows, she’s been transported into the world …
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