The Summer I Turned Pretty gets at the heart of young love in a way that only author Jenny Han can. Now an Amazon series from the author of the best-selling YA novel To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, The Summer I Turned Pretty is another example of how growing up can come in Read more
I’m only slightly embarrassed to say it, but I picked up The Keeper of Happy Endings by Barbara Davis thanks to TikTok. Scrolling through people’s book ideas, a certain Parisian-styled cover kept jumping out at me. Or maybe it was the intriguing title (because who doesn’t want a “happy ending” to their story). Whatever subconscious Read more
In Reminders of Him (as with all books by Colleen Hoover) love is central to the story. As a #1 New York Times Best-selling author, it’s obvious to see why her work is so popular. She is incredibly skilled at weaving strands of doubt, passion, and hurt all together in a way that feels so Read more
It’s easy to see why Laura Dave’s The Last Thing He Told Me was (and still is) one of those books everyone talks about. Let’s put aside the fact that Apple TV has turned this novel into a limited series starring Jennifer Garner and Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (and is produced by Reese Witherspoon no less). Since Read more
When it comes to book club questions, The Lies of Locke Lamora is a treasure trove of inspiration. This book is so intricate that as soon as you tug on one story string, a whole other tantalizing knot comes into view. Reading and untangling this story is a true pleasure that can only be made Read more
When I picked up the young adult fantasy novel that is Mask of Shadows, I genuinely didn’t know what I was getting into. The first in a pair of books written by Linsey Miller, this novel is not only a groundbreaking, “first-of-its-kind” addition to the world of fantasy literature. It’s also just a really, really Read more
Stepping into the world of Mask of Shadows is like submerging yourself into the darkness of a world that could have maybe been. Our hero (or anti-hero, depending on your perspective), is Sallot Leon (aka Sal Leon), a highway robber known who has the usual rough start in life that a lot of fantasy novels Read more
Chances are if you read A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas, you immediately started reading A Court of Mist and Fury (bonus points if it was for a book club)! In my opinion, the second installment of this book series was not only captivating, I think it might have actually been Read more
Let me start off by saying that author Colleen Hoover absolutely never intended for It Ends with Us to have a sequel. Lily’s story of a fairy tale turned into ugly love through an abusive relationship was in many ways perfect as it was. It was an emotional read that lead its main characters through Read more
It Starts with Us is the long-anticipated sequel to Tik Tok darling novel, It Ends with Us. Eager fans around the world have waited for the conclusion of Lily Bloom and Atlas Corrigan’s love story from the first book (myself among them)! What we got left me with some complicated feelings about the book (a Read more