In Kiss the Girl, Zoraida Córdova masterfully reimagines Disney’s The Little Mermaid for contemporary romance readers, delivering a story that sparkles with authenticity while navigating the treacherous waters of fame, family expectations, and first love. As the third installment in the Meant to Be series—following Julie Murphy’s If the Shoe Fits and Jasmine Guillory’s By […]
Synopsis: When they were boys, Ray Dawley, Eddie Sayers, and Matthew Kauffman were the best of friends. Then new kid Bobby “Bones” Bonetti fell through the ice at Blackamore Pond. The other boys saved Bobby from drowning, but something else came out of the water that day, something dangerous that would tear their friendship apart […]
VHS by Chris Campanioni Genre: Literary Fiction / Short Stories ISBN: 9781960988386 Print Length: 220 pages Publisher: CLASH Books Amazon Bookshop Reviewed by Victoria Lilly A collage of dreamlike, visceral images—an experimental arthouse movie in shifting literary form VHS is an eclectic patchwork of forms, styles, and formats—an array of vignettes loosely tied to the […]
In an era where political memoirs often read like carefully orchestrated victory laps, Jacinda Ardern’s A Different Kind of Power emerges as something genuinely unexpected: a raw, introspective examination of what it means to lead with humanity intact. This isn’t the sanitized account of a former world leader protecting their legacy—it’s the honest confession of […]
A First Time for Everything delivers an entertaining exploration of family dynamics and first love through the relatable lens of wedding chaos, though it occasionally stumbles under the weight of its ambitious plot threads. K.L. Walther returns to the contemporary YA romance scene with A First Time for Everything, a delightful if occasionally chaotic story […]
Claire Lynch’s debut novel A Family Matter arrives like a perfectly timed revelation, illuminating one of the most painful chapters in recent British legal history through the lens of an achingly personal family story. This dual-timeline narrative weaves between 1982 and 2022, exposing the devastating consequences of institutionalized homophobia while celebrating the resilience of love […]
First published in 1850, Three Detective Anecdotes by Charles Dickens was an early example of the detective genre. This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. Three Detective Anecdotes by Charles Dickens Three Detective Anecdotes by Charles Dickens I.—THE PAIR OF GLOVES ‘It’s a singler story, sir,’ […]
Capers and Switcheroos by Chip Cater Genre: Short Story Collection ISBN: 9798891326552 Print Length: 98 pages Publisher: Atmosphere Press Amazon Bookshop Reviewed by Eric Mayrhofer Chip Cater’s short stories shine with compassion, wisdom, wit, and warmth Memories don’t play out like feature-length movies. They happen in flashes, fits, and starts. Sometimes a memory can bubble […]
Toxic Minds by Anthony Lee Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense / Medical ISBN: 9798348330576 Print Length: 388 pages Amazon Bookshop Reviewed by Addison Ciuchta Medical disinformation meets a mysterious cult in this tense medical thriller Mark Lin is a hospitalist, a doctor who works on patients admitted for further care from the emergency department. Dr. […]
Janelle Brown’s latest novel, What Kind of Paradise, arrives at a moment when questions about technology’s impact on human connection feel more urgent than ever. This ambitious work weaves together themes of parental manipulation, technological determinism, and the search for authentic identity in ways that feel both deeply personal and culturally prescient. Brown, whose previous […]