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It’s been a very long time since I have picked up a book and finished it in a 3-hour sitting, but that is exactly what I did with The Inmate. Readers follow the first-person, present tense view of Brooke Sullivan as she adapts to her new life in upstate New York, including taking on a…
Admittedly, the back of this book was a bit misleading. I was honestly expecting a bit more intrigue and darker mood to the story, but I still enjoyed the overall execution. Written in a dual timeline – present day and in the 18th century London – The Lost Apothecary follows the story of Caroline Parcewell…
Genre: Fiction, Fairy TaleRating: TV-PG 14 (death, love, darker themes) Villain backstories are a somewhat new demand in the entertainment world, especially for Disney villains that we have all grown up loving to hate. The Beast Within is a Disney Villains backstory that sheds some light on why the Prince from Beauty & the Beast…
I wanted to love this book. It seemed like the perfect story for the mood I’ve been in lately – a murder mystery set in the late 1800s in Philadelphia. While standing in the bookstore, I read the introduction and was hesitant based on the writing style, but the story seemed decent enough that I…
by Rebecca Yarros – 3.5/5 Stars – Violet Sorrengail has no choice but to enter the most dangerous school available where students are taught to fly dragons, or die trying.
by Holly Jackson – 4/5 Stars – 17-year-old Pip chooses an interesting subject for her school project – a deep dive into a murder-suicide that occurred in her small town 5 years prior. Convinced that Andie Bell was not murdered by her suicidal boyfriend, Sal Singh, Pip teams up with Sal’s brother, Ravi, to uncover…
by Deanna Raybourn – 2.5/5 Stars – Four retirement-age assassins are finally getting out of the business, but are quickly pulled back in when they discover there is a price on their heads set by their employer.
by Kate Quinn – 5/5 Stars – Charlie St. Claire enlists the aid of drunken ex-WWI spy Eve Gardiner to track down what happened to her cousin, Rose, during WWII.
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