BOOKLOVES

Kelly Andrew’s “I Am Made of Death” delivers a spellbinding conclusion to her loosely connected supernatural trilogy, following “The Whispering Dark” and “Your Blood, My Bones.” With this mesmerizing dark romance, Andrew crafts a tale that is equal parts horrifying and heartbreaking, weaving together themes of identity, alienation, and finding connection in the most unexpected […]

Sara Raasch’s second installment in her Royals and Romance series, “Go Luck Yourself,” delivers a refreshing cocktail of supernatural holiday elements, genuine character growth, and sizzling chemistry that rivals its predecessor. Following the success of “The Nightmare Before Kissmas,” Raasch expands her unique holiday universe with this Christmas/St. Patrick’s Day crossover that beautifully balances humor, […]

Dolly Alderton’s debut novel “Ghosts” arrived with considerable expectations. Known for her memoir “Everything I Know About Love” and her popular podcast “The High Low,” Alderton has established herself as a keen observer of millennial relationships. In “Ghosts,” she navigates the treacherous waters of modern dating with unflinching honesty and acerbic wit, delivering a story […]

Caroline Kepnes returns with a hypnotic third installment in the You series, You Love Me, delivering a thriller that’s slower in blood but deeper in dissection. The infamous Joe Goldberg is back, not in New York or L.A., but nestled in the wooded calm of Bainbridge Island, Washington. He’s doing things differently now—at least, that’s […]

Caroline Kepnes’s You is not just a novel—it’s a meticulously woven psychological web, spun by a narrator who is equal parts charismatic, chilling, and catastrophically delusional. Set in the modern landscape of digital footprints and performative identity, this first book in the You series introduces us to Joe Goldberg, a seemingly charming bookstore clerk in […]

There’s something perversely hypnotic about following a narrator who openly acknowledges their own repulsiveness. In “Eileen,” Ottessa Moshfegh’s brilliantly unsettling debut novel, we meet one of contemporary literature’s most unapologetically squalid protagonists: twenty-four-year-old Eileen Dunlop, a woman so consumed by self-loathing that reading her story feels like watching someone slowly peel off their own skin. […]