I would have finished reading this book much sooner, but I’ve been distracted by the Olympics (swimming and gymnastics mostly. Don’t get me started on the crossover turn during IMs; you’ll be an unwilling captive audience for many minutes if you do). Anyway, I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Medici Heist by Caitlin …
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Book Review | Looking for Smoke
Looking for Smoke by K. A. Cobell follows four teenagers—Mara, Brody, Loren, and Eli—who live on the Blackfeet reservation. When one of their classmates, Samantha, is murdered at a tribal giveaway event, the four of them are thrown together. They were the last four to see Samantha alive, and so are thrown under suspicion. As …
Book Review | A Game Most Foul (ARC)
I received a digital advance reader’s copy (ARC) of A Game Most Foul by Alison Gervais. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In A Game Most Foul, we follow Jules as she travels to London for a summer writing …
Book Review | The Black Flamingo
In The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta, Michael grows up in London, uncertain of who he is. He doesn’t feel that he’s Jamaican enough, or Greek Cypriot enough to identify with either group. And then there’s his sexuality, as it becomes more and more apparent as he grows up that he’s definitely not straight. So …
Book Review | A Tempest of Tea (ARC)
I received a digital advance reader’s copy (ARC) of A Tempest of Tea by Hafsah Faizal. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In A Tempest of Tea, Arthie Casimir has been making a bit of a name for herself …
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