Some romance novels lean entirely on their tropes. Others borrow a setting like a coat and never actually live inside it. The Last Page by Katie Holt belongs to a smaller, harder-to-pull-off category: a love story that earns its feelings because the place it’s set in feels lived in, smelled, sweated through, and loved. If […]
The author of Divergent is back, and she is no longer writing for the same readers. Seek the Traitor’s Son by Veronica Roth opens The Burning Empire, a new series that braids dystopia, fantasy, and a slow-burn romance into something denser and quieter than her early work. It is a book that asks you to […]
Any list called “best war books of all time” is a position, not a verdict. This one is mine. I… The post Best war books of all time appeared first on She Reads Everything.
Picture this. A diehard football fan gets booed out of her own team’s stadium for shoving the mascot, who absolutely had it coming. A morning-show interview pairs her with the team’s beloved star tight end. Cue chemistry, cue chaos, cue a public relations scheme that only one of them knows exists. That is the engine […]
What is Folk Gothic? Folk Gothic is rooted in place. It’s not about a single haunted house or a single… The post Folk Gothic: where the land remembers appeared first on She Reads Everything.
An emotionally charged drama about the aftermath of a mother’s suicide Death and All That Follows thoroughly conveys the full spectrum of feelings experienced by twin siblings Sara and Nico as they travel home to gather with family to mourn. Here, the author weaves a fascinating tale about love, loss, acceptance, and forgiveness that doesn’t […]
Content warnings: Domestic abuse A necessary gut-punch of a book that balances tragedy with renewal A woman is killed by a family member or partner every eleven minutes, with homicide being one of the leading causes of death for women. Sometimes, the danger escalates when a woman tries to leave her abuser. With the enduring […]
Crime Scene: May 1, 1992 Some thrillers chase you through a single weekend. The Anniversary by Alex Finlay stretches the hunt across ten years, returning every May 1st to two seventeen-year-olds whose lives split apart on a single Nebraska night in 1992. Quinn Riley, the bookish kid from the wrong side of Monarch, swings a […]
Part heartfelt memoir, part Hollywood tell-all, Tortured Soles is a love letter to late 20th century entertainment culture. In this sure-handed memoir, celebrity journalist Fran Weinstein shares her evolution from “wounded little girl from the Bronx in bargain-basement buckled flats” to stiletto-wearing Hollywood insider with the sharp candor of your favorite aunt. Weinstein covers ample […]
The trouble with following a runaway bestseller is that everyone arrives with expectations clenched in their fists. With Broken Dove by Dani Francis, the second installment in the Silver Elite series, Dani Francis (the pen name of contemporary romance veteran Elle Kennedy) doesn’t try to outshine her debut. She does something harder. She trusts that […]