Category: Book Reviews

In her sparkling debut novel, The Launch Date, Annabelle Slator delivers a witty and astute exploration of modern dating, workplace dynamics, and self-worth. The Launch Date introduces us to Grace Hastings, a marketing manager at a dating app who finds herself caught between professional ambition and personal fulfillment. The novel skillfully weaves together themes of […]

In his stunning debut novel Loca, Alejandro Heredia weaves an intricate tapestry of friendship, identity, and belonging set against the backdrop of New York City at the turn of the millennium. The narrative follows two Dominican friends, Sal and Charo, as they navigate their new lives in America while grappling with the shadows of their […]

In her electrifying debut novel, Ande Pliego crafts a deliciously twisted tale that both honors and subverts the locked-room mystery genre. You Are Fatally Invited is an intricate puzzle box of a novel that explores the dark corners of the publishing world while delivering pulse-pounding suspense and moral complexity. Setting the Stage: A Deadly Writer’s […]

In her mesmerizing Gothic horror novel Hungerstone, Kat Dunn crafts a compelling feminist reimagining of Sheridan Le Fanu’s vampire classic Carmilla. Set against the backdrop of Victorian industrialization and the stark wilderness of England’s Peak District, the novel weaves together themes of repression, appetite, and female agency into a dark tapestry of psychological and supernatural […]

Throughout history, women who dared to challenge societal norms or express their emotions openly have often been dismissed as “crazy.” This reductive label has been wielded as a weapon to silence, discredit, and control women who refuse to conform to patriarchal expectations. In her raw and unflinching memoir “Men Have Called Her Crazy,” artist Anna […]

The Doomsday Clock Ticks Closer to Midnight It’s 3:03 PM on an ordinary spring afternoon. The sun is shining, birds are chirping, and millions of Americans are going about their daily lives, blissfully unaware that in mere minutes, their world will end in nuclear fire. This is the terrifying scenario that unfolds in Annie Jacobsen’s […]