Category: Fiction
Review: All-American Muslim Girl
All-American Muslim Girl by Nadine Jolie Courtney In the newest novel by Nadine Jolie Courtney, a teenage girl named Allie learns to embrace and accept a part of her that many don’t understand. Her journey is one woven with threads of many colors: the […]
Review : My Favorite Half-Night Stand
My Favorite Half-Night Stand by Christina Lauren Millie Morris likes to look at her life as a cup half-full. Preferably, half-full of the best coffee around. Nearly everything she needs is comfortably within her reach, and for those few things that are a little too […]
Review: Once Upon A Bad Boy
Once Upon a Bad Boy by Melonie Johnson In a world drenched in fame and fortune, Sadie has learned the hard way that not all that glitters is … well, gold. Sadie Gold grew up with privilege, not that she had any choice of […]
Review: The Perfect Date
The Perfect Date by Evelyn Lozada with Holly Lorincz Angel Gomez is doing her best to make things work. Most of the time, she feels like a complete failure. Between making rent, keeping her growing son in shoes that fit, scraping together enough coins […]
Review: Bring the Rain
Bring the Rain by JoAnn Franklin While facing age is hardly ever easy – even for those who are happy to accept this new path of their life freely – the transition into a later chapter in life can prove to be even more […]
Review: The House Children
The House Children by Heidi Daniele Mary Margaret Joyce belongs to no one. And no one belongs to her. The night she was rescued from a shuttered barn by the friendly face of a young woman she vaguely knew, Mary was sure she’d finally […]
Review: When We Left Cuba
When We Left Cuba by Chanel Cleeton “Tonight, I looked at myself in the mirror, and it occurred to me that perhaps adulthood has come not with a white gown and a view thrust upon me against my wishes, but rather in this moment, […]
Review: Sinner
Sinner by Christopher Graves So, I’ll preface this review by disclosing the fact that I’ve read a lot of thrillers. I’ve also read some horror. And I’ve read some twisted psychological novels that left me feeling dirty and shaking my head like … “what […]
Review: Willa of the Wood
Willa of the Wood by Robert Beatty Willa can blend. She can disappear. She can bend the wood to her very will, feeling the drum of it deep in her bones. She can move like a snake, silent and cunning. The very soil of […]
Review: Umbertouched
Umbertouched by Livia Blackburne When last we saw the healer Zivah and the warrior Dineas, they were on a mission against the Empire. All of their collective efforts were wrapped up in finding out the purpose and strategy of the impending war, and what […]