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Continue reading →: Teddy Features a Controversial Heroine
Authored by Emily Dunlay; Published July 2024; Historical Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️ From start to finish, I was torn about the titular character of Teddy. I have rarely read a novel featuring a woman whom I so often rolled my eyes at and yet with whom I sympathized. Teddy is…
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Continue reading →: The No-Show is Among the Best of Its Genre
Authored by Beth O’Leary; Published 2022; Romance ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️ Beth O’Leary has ruined me for other romance writers. I don’t know what her secret magical sauce is, but the characters she creates delight me, surprise me into laughter, jerk more than a few tears from my eyes. In each…
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Continue reading →: Breath of the Dragon Whisked Me Away
Authored by Fonda Lee and Shannon Lee; Published January 2025; Fantasy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️ Breath of the Dragon may be marketed for young adults, but it certainly didn’t feel childish as it whisked me away to a new kingdom. It was a delight to be immersed in the magic and…
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Continue reading →: The Queens of Crime is for the Agatha Christie Stans
Authored by Marie Benedict; Published February 2025; Mystery ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️ I can’t say that The Queens of Crime was the most realistic or emotional mystery that I’ve read this year, but if you are a fan of classic female mystery writers, I’m confident you’ll like this one. The Queens…
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Continue reading →: Lessons in Chemistry Highlights a Very Particular Lady
Authored by Bonnie Garmus; Published 2022; Historical Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️ My mom loved watching Lessons in Chemistry when it appeared on Apple TV, but as I read through the wildly popular novel, I couldn’t find myself joining my mom in her fervor. The novel centralizes a very particular type…
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Continue reading →: Close Your Eyes and Count to 10 Does Not Have Its Eyes on the Prize
Authored by Lisa Unger; Published February 2025; Thriller ⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️ If you’re looking for a treatise on the corroding effects of social media, Close Your Eyes and Count to 10 will definitely prove the point. But, as a thriller, it left something to be desired. In Close Your Eyes…
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Continue reading →: Last Twilight in Paris Has a Happier Ending than Most Historical Fiction
Authored by Pam Jenoff; Published February 2025; Historical Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️ It is possible that I have now read too many historical fiction novels set during World War II. Last Twilight in Paris felt like just another novel re-treading similar ground, without much tension to pull it along. Last…
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Continue reading →: The Layover Will Have You Dreaming of Belize
Authored by Lacie Waldon; Published 2021; Romance ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️ It’s been a while since I’ve read a book that had me looking up a beach vacation, but after The Layover, I was fervently searching for resorts in Belize. How could I not, after hearing about the fun adventures to…
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Continue reading →: The Favorites Takes Frenemies to the Olympic Arena
Authored by Layne Fargo; Published January 2025; Romance ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️ If you are old enough to remember the figure skating drama that accompanied the likes of Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan, and that was your jam, you may enjoy The Favorites. Frenemies, competition with Olympic-level stakes, and endless relationship…
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Continue reading →: Slow Dance is High School Levels of Awkward
Authored by Rainbow Rowell; Published July 2024; Romance ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️ Slow Dance, at times, felt so real that it was difficult to read. The miscommunication, the stubbornness of the male and female leads, even just how annoying kids are in high school. But it does a lovely job showing…
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