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Continue reading →: Finley Donovan is Killing It is a Romp
Authored by Elle Cosimano; Published February 2021; Mystery ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️ Finlay Donovan Is Killing It is, in my mind, the very definition of a romp. Disconnected from reality, for sure, but a great way to take a few hours off from real life. I don’t have any kids, but…
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Continue reading →: The Blue Hour Falls Short
Authored by Paula Hawkins; Published October 2024; Thriller ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️ In a year filled with thrillers, The Blue Hour did not stand out to me as one of the best. While somewhat suspenseful, it seemed to lack focus and the satisfying conclusion I like in my novels. The Blue…
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Continue reading →: The Book of George is Not a Good Look for Millennials
Authored by Kate Greathead; Published October 2024; Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️ I am protective of my generation. I know the stereotype of millennials is that we live for far too long in the good graces of our parents because we spent too much on avocado toast to buy a house.…
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Continue reading →: Piranesi is a Rare Fantastical Mystery
Authored by Susanna Clarke; Published 2020; Fantasy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️ Piranesi was a page-turning delight. Susanna Clarke masterfully built up the suspense in this novel, slowly revealing more and more of the nightmare the narrator is trapped in—by the time I got to the last third of the book, I…
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Continue reading →: Gabriel’s Moon Will Disabuse You Of Dreams of Being a Spy
Authored by William Boyd; Published September 2024; Thriller ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️ Have you ever dreamed of becoming a spy? Read Gabriel’s Moon and have cold water splashed all over your fantasies—spycraft does not come naturally to ordinary guys. Gabriel’s Moon follows Gabriel, a travel writer, as he is sent on…
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Continue reading →: Society of Lies is for Conspiracy Theorists
Authored by Lauren Ling Brown; Published August 2024; Mystery ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️ Society of Lies was made for the conspiracy theorists who go to town on elite institutions’ shadowy secrets and private clubs. If you’re looking to indulge that part of yourself, this is the book for you. In Society…
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Continue reading →: Little Secrets is Not for Readers with Children
Authored by Jennifer Hillier; Published 2020; Thriller ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️ Little Secrets is halfway between a beach read thriller and a tell-all exposé of what it’s like to have a missing child. It didn’t precisely keep me at the edge of my seat—but it definitely had me by the throat.…
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Continue reading →: The Treasure Hunters Club is a Campy Delight
Authored by Tom Ryan; Published October 2024; Mystery ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️ I’ve never read a book that embodies the adjective ‘campy’ as much as The Treasure Hunters Club. It is a callback to a simpler type of mystery: a treasure hunt gone horribly wrong. The Treasure Hunters Club follows Peter,…
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Continue reading →: And He Shall Appear
Authored by Kate van der Borgh; Published October 2024; Horror ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️ I enjoyed And He Shall Appear barring one major flaw: It was remarkably similar to A Separate Peace, the most annoying novel of my high school days. Between the pretentious schooling and the inauspicious ending, it was…
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Continue reading →: The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue is About Freedom
Authored by V.E. Schwab; Published in 2020; Fantasy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️ What does it mean to be completely, totally free? That is the question sitting at the heart of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue—an extended meditation on if a legacy requires giving up even just a little bit of…
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