BOOKLOVES

“I live in Brooklyn. By choice.” – begins Jenny Jackson’s debut novel, Pineapple Street, with this Truman Capote quote, setting the perfect tone for what unfolds as a sharply observed tale of money, class, and familial bonds in Brooklyn Heights. In Pineapple Street, Jackson delivers a wickedly funny yet emotionally nuanced portrait of the Stockton […]

In her striking debut novel, Nowhere, Allison Gunn guides readers down a rabbit hole of grief, guilt, and supernatural horror set against the isolated backdrop of small-town Appalachia. Nowhere is a masterful blend of family drama and cosmic terror that subverts expectations at every turn, offering a fresh perspective on familiar horror tropes while diving […]

In her chilling debut novel, My Lovely Wife, Samantha Downing takes readers on a macabre journey through the darkest corners of matrimony. “My Lovely Wife” shatters the façade of suburban bliss and replaces it with something far more sinister—a marriage revitalized not by counseling or communication, but by murder. The Deceptively Simple Premise On the […]

Jessica George’s debut novel Maame introduces us to Madeline “Maddie” Wright, a 25-year-old British-Ghanaian woman navigating the complex terrain between family obligation and personal independence. The title itself—”Maame,” meaning “woman” in Twi—holds significant weight throughout the narrative, representing both the burden of responsibility placed on Maddie’s shoulders from a young age and the strength she […]

“My darkness meets a darker soul.” With this one line, Rina Kent invites readers into a volatile game of power, pain, and passion. Kiss the Villain, the first book in the Villain series, is not just a dark MM romance—it is a psychological battlefield. In a narrative soaked in control, dominance, and emotional dissection, Kent […]

Rebecca Makkai’s I Have Some Questions for You is not your standard whodunit. It is less about uncovering a singular truth than it is about dissecting the nature of truth itself—what it means, who gets to tell it, and how it’s remembered, retold, and recontextualized over time. Blending the intellectual rigor of literary fiction with […]

Emily Carpenter’s Gothictown brilliantly captures the post-pandemic desperation that left many Americans searching for a fresh start, wrapping this contemporary anxiety in the suffocating embrace of Southern Gothic tradition. In this tightly wound thriller, Carpenter invites readers to a seemingly idyllic Georgia town where the sweetness of Southern hospitality quickly sours into something far more […]

Adele Parks delivers a gripping psychological thriller with her latest release, “First Wife’s Shadow.” The novel explores how one woman’s seemingly perfect life unravels after falling for a charming widower—a premise that quickly spirals into a tense, atmospheric tale of manipulation, jealousy, and revelation. Parks, who has mastered the art of domestic noir with her […]