Some books grow teeth as you read them. The Children by Melissa Albert is one of those books, a Gothic-tinged literary horror about siblings whose mother turned their childhood into a publishing empire, and the bill that comes due years after she died in the fire that should have killed them too. This is Albert’s […]
Originally published in 1887, Verotchka by Anton Chekhov tells the tale of Ognev, who reminisces about a day in his past when he let his love, Vera Gavrilovna, slip away. This post may contain affiliate links that earn us a commission at no extra cost to you. Verotchka by Anton Chekhov Verotchka by Anton Chekhov […]
Writing is an act of love. You wake up early. You stay up late. You rack your tired brain for ingenious plot ideas and beautiful sentences while you’re at bus stops, at work, in the shower. You bang your head against your writing desk when the sentences don’t come easy. Writing good books is supposed to be […]
Of Frozen Monsters and Men: A captivating fight against the supernatural, the wilderness, and the doubt of men Greed is known as a cardinal sin—and for a good reason. A reason Jack Calsin knows better than anyone. As the sole survivor of an ill-fated voyage to the mysterious land now known as Alaska, Jack is […]
A lyrical, lovely, and unconventional 50+ romance MauriuS Muze’s Bound By The Invisible Red Thread, the second volume in theTwo Hearts Within One Soul series, is a novel that wears its heart on its sleeve. From the opening dedication—“When your soul calls for you to rise, ‘YOU RISE.’”—it is clear that, like the preceding volume, […]
Some novels arrive with such quiet authority that you find yourself reading slower than usual, not because the prose is difficult but because the sentences ask to be sat with. Girl’s Girl by Sonia Feldman is one of those novels. Published by The Dial Press, this is Feldman’s first full-length work of fiction, and it […]
House of Sky and Breath by Sarah J. Maas on February 15, 2022 Genres: Fiction / Fantasy / Paranormal, Fiction / Fantasy / Romance, Fiction / General, Fiction / Romance / Fantasy, Fiction / Romance / General Pages: 768 Format: Paperback Buy on Amazon Goodreads Bryce Quinlan and Hunt Athalar are trying to get back […]
A poetic meditation on love and loss The promising opening to an ongoing series,Two Hearts Within One Soul (Volume 1) by MauriuS Muze’ offers an unexpected blend of romantic fiction, poetic meditation, and mythic allegory. It is not simply a love story but an emotional and philosophical journey through love, longing, grief, and spiritual awakening. […]
A propulsive thriller where North Korea takes America and its allies to the precipice of global destruction Author James Bultema pits his American military forces against North Korea and its maniacal new leader bent on unleashing nuclear mayhem in the fifth installment of the Sea of Red series, Red Horizons. At the Korean DMZ line, […]
A summer abroad. A vocabulary list. A grandfather you barely knew. From these small things, R.F. Kuang has built a book that whispers where her earlier novels shouted, and the change in register is going to surprise readers who came to her by way of Babel‘s polemic or Yellowface‘s sharpened knives. A College Freshman, a […]