In Sandie Jones’s latest thriller, “I Would Die for You,” the author transports readers to the neon-bright, hairspray-heavy world of 1980s pop music, creating a story that alternates between past and present to unravel a decades-old mystery. As a fan of Jones’s previous works, including her breakout hit “The Other Woman,” I approached this novel […]
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 […]
Sunday People by Jo Ann Kiser Genre: Literary Fiction ISBN: 9798891325777 Print Length: 194 pages Publisher: Atmosphere Press Amazon Bookshop Reviewed by Haley Perry From religion and history to trauma and affairs, Sunday People navigates the legacies that tie people together. “I am dying. I look at my family, as I’m doing right now in […]
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 […]
No Short Cuts by Randolph Fenton Genre: Self-Help / Music & Film ISBN: 9781036900267 Print Length: 295 pages Amazon Reviewed by Toni Woodruff Self-help meets musical motivation in this unconventional book set to a curated soundtrack. No Short Cuts: Life Journeys Through Music and Film is a creative & quirkyself-help book to get you motivatedand […]
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. […]
In a world that demands constant acquiescence, Dr. Sunita Sah’s “Defy: The Power of No in a World That Demands Yes” arrives as a revelatory examination of our tendency to comply even when every fiber of our being screams otherwise. This timely work arrives at a cultural inflection point when many are questioning the social […]