-
Continue reading →: The Girls of Good Fortune Has Fairy Tale Vibes
Authored by Kristina McMorris; Published May 2025; Historical Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️ The Girls of Good Fortune may be billed as a historical fiction novel, but it bears a certain resemblance to a fairy tale. While it had a fascinating setting to draw in the reader, it’s offset by a…
-
Continue reading →: Shield of Sparrows is All About the Slooooooow Burn
Authored by Devney Perry; Published May 2025; Fantasy ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️ Shield of Sparrows takes the concept of slow burn to an extreme. The world the author creates, full of magic and monsters, is fascinating, but if you are not ready to wait… and wait… to see the hero and…
-
Continue reading →: Yellowface is a Masterful Psychological Thriller
Authored by R. F. Kuang; Published 2023; Thriller ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️ I blazed through Yellowface, feeling like I was teetering on the edge of a cliff, apt to fall at any moment. It is a masterwork of a psychological thriller—so tense that it was difficult to read at moments. Yellowface…
-
Continue reading →: Women’s Hotel Did Not Sell Me on Living Dorm Style
Authored by Daniel Lavery; Published October 2024; Historical Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️ I am so glad to live in the 21st century, where women can work and live independently in their own apartments. As much as Women’s Hotel brings the humor, it did not sell me on the collective dorm…
-
Continue reading →: Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea is Powerful but Painful
Authored by Jessica Guerrieri; Published May 2025; Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea, was, at times, painful to read—like watching a plane crash in slow motion. And yet, it communicated the story of addiction and motherhood unlike I have ever seen it recounted before. In Between…
-
Continue reading →: Time Travel Makes it Work in Some Desperate Glory
Authored by Emily Tesh; Published 2023; Science Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️ Some Desperate Glory made me realize just how much I love a good time travel/ alternative timeline plot. I know, it’s exceedingly difficult to create a plot around a system of time travel with consistent rules. But, as a…
-
Continue reading →: The Pretender is Not Just for History Buffs
Authored by Jo Harkin; Published April 2025; Historical Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️ I was not optimistic about The Pretender when I first started it, especially considering my lack of knowledge of early English history. But it turns out humans are humans in every era, and this coming of age story…
-
Continue reading →: Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil is For Those Who Need a Dose of Silly
Authored by Oliver Darkshire; Published May 2025; Fantasy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️ I can’t even remember the last time I read a novel that I considered to be truly and enjoyably silly, but Isabella Nagg and the Pot of Basil most definitely is. I wouldn’t have thought a Keats poem could…
-
Continue reading →: I Have Some Questions for You is Wild Ride of a Mystery
Authored by Rebecca Makkai; Published 2023; Mystery ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️ I Have Some Questions for You was a wild ride. The book is *thick,* frankly far thicker than I expected for the mystery that I believed I got for myself. I Have Some Questions for You follows Bodie, a professional…
-
Continue reading →: The Lilac People May Depict History But Certainly Resonates Today
Authored by Milo Todd; Published April 2025; Historical Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Woof. The Lilac People is a shock to the system. The tragedy of how trans people were treated in the aftermath of World War II, just how deplorably the Americans acted, and the disturbing resonance with today makes it a…
-
Subscribe
Subscribed
Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
Breakaway Books 