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Book Review: Brood 17

Brood 17 by SE Reynolds Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense / Horror ISBN: 9798310494053 Print Length: 331 pages Amazon Reviewed by Warren Maxwell A horrifying exploration of the darkest corners of sexuality “‘Ivan, you wouldn’t be the first doctor to want to have sex with their patient, and you won’t be the last. I did, […]

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Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert

Talia Hibbert’s Get a Life, Chloe Brown is not just a rom-com. It is a beautifully crafted story of personal reinvention, emotional healing, and slow-burning love. Set against the backdrop of an ordinary Nottinghamshire apartment block, the novel introduces readers to Chloe Brown—a chronically ill, curmudgeonly but endearing heroine—and Redford Morgan, a handyman with a […]

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A Map to Paradise by Susan Meissner

In A Map to Paradise, Susan Meissner—known for her emotionally intelligent historical fiction (The Nature of Fragile Things, The Last Year of the War)—returns with another introspective, mystery-tinged narrative set in the golden glare of 1956 Malibu. Here, she explores the cost of secrets, survival, and female solidarity amid a glittering yet paranoid post-war America, […]

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A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life is not a novel one simply reads—it is a novel one inhabits, endures, and, inevitably, grieves. Sprawling across decades yet deeply internal, the book charts the lives of four college friends—Willem, JB, Malcolm, and Jude—as they navigate art, ambition, friendship, trauma, and time in New York City. Though the blurb […]

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In the Likely Event by Rebecca Yarros

In her latest contemporary romance novel, “In the Likely Event,” Rebecca Yarros crafts an emotionally resonant story about how a single catastrophic event can connect two souls across time, distance, and circumstance. Combining elements of fate, military romance, and second chances, Yarros explores how timing—both perfect and devastating—shapes our lives and loves. Having previously impressed […]

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Book Review: Shaken by Jill Amber Chafin

Shaken by Jill Amber Chafin Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense / Psychological ISBN: 9783988321374 Print Length: 332 pages Publisher: Vine Leaves Press Amazon Bookshop Reviewed by Haley Perry | Content warnings: Postpartum depression, child abuse A twisty psychological thriller exploring the dark depths of new motherhood Jill Amber Chafin delivers an evocative thriller about a […]

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Book Review: Finding Order In Disorder

Finding Order In Disorder by Ishaa Vinod Chopra Genre: Memoir / Bipolar Print Length: 190 pages Amazon Reviewed by Andrea Marks-Joseph A vulnerable, valuable call to question the stigma of mental illness and live a bold life of love  Finding Order in Disorder is an intimate memoir of the life and travels of Ishaa Vinod […]

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An Artifice by Guy de Maupassant

An Artifice by Guy de Maupassant was published in 1882. The story explores themes of deception, manipulation, and the clever schemes people employ to achieve their goals. This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. An Artifice by Guy de Maupassant An Artifice by Guy de […]

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Book Review: Where Eagles Fly Free

Where Eagles Fly Free by David A. Jacinto Genre: Historical Fiction / Frontier ISBN: 9798218497729 Print Length: 406 pages Amazon Bookshop Reviewed by Lauren Hayataka Where dreams meet adversity, one family’s odyssey unfolds. David A. Jacinto’s Where Eagles Fly Free, the second installment in the Courageous Series, is a sweeping historical epic that chronicles the […]

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Book Review: The Doctrine of Recovery

The Doctrine of Recovery by Mutatis Mudandas Genre: Literary Fiction ISBN: 9798878228213 Print Length: 190 pages Amazon Bookshop Reviewed by Nikolas Mavreas A work speaking powerfully against injustice The Doctrine of Recovery, written under the pen name Mutatis Mutandis, is a novel functioning as a manifesto or a manifesto in the guise of a novel. […]