Category: contemporary fiction
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Book Review: The Night We Met by Abby Jimenez
I have so many conflicting feelings about this book… On one hand, I was invested in the story, wanting to know how everything would work out. On the other, I couldn’t ignore the dynamics. The longer I’ve sat with the book, the less I like it despite how hooked I was…
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Book Review: You Did Nothing Wrong by C.G. Drews
After the death of her parents, Elodie moves country with her young son, Jude, to live with her new husband, Bren. Renovating his family home is Bren’s passion project, wanting to make the perfect life for his pregnant wife and his stepson. But when Jude starts claiming that the renovations are hurting the house and…
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Book Review: The Rainfall Market by You Yeong-Gwang
Lonely and barely getting by, Serin wishes she could change her life. Living with her mother in poverty after the death of her father and her sister has run away, she feels isolated and without direction for her future. Her only hope is a ticket to the ‘Rainfall Market’…
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Book Review: The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez
It was interesting experiencing Abby Jimenez’s earlier work after reading her more recent books. Even though a lot didn’t sit well with me in this story, it’s nice to see that there’s a quality in her writing that has remained the same even as she’s grown as an author…
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Book Review: All the Tomorrows After by Joanne Yi
I added this book to my Book of the Month box on impulse, and I’m so glad that I did. I’m not always a huge fan of coming-of-age stories, but this one was so well done that it felt relatable to read as an adult…
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Book Review: Twice in a Lifetime by Melissa Baron
I’ve had this sitting on my bookshelf for a couple of years now and I figured I’d pick it up when I was in need of a lighthearted book… This is why we shouldn’t judge books by their covers. Although I didn’t get the fluffy romcom I assumed it would be, it wound up being…
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Book Review: Nine Liars by Maureen Johnson
I figured I’d go ahead and pick up this book after I finished The Box in the Woods. After realizing my reading tastes have changed, I didn’t go into this one expecting the same enthusiasm as I did returning to the series after the original trilogy…
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Book Review: The Box in the Woods by Maureen Johnson
t’s been a few years since I binged the first three books in the Truly Devious series. I remember being so hooked that I read them over the span of two days. When the third book didn’t end on a cliffhanger, I wanted to be sure that when I picked up book four, I was prepared for…
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Book Review: Gifts by Lesley Bootiman
It’s been some time since I’ve picked up a multigenerational story. Gifts has been like any other I’ve read, with a large focus on a genetic illness along with external life circumstances…
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Book Review: No Passengers by Elainie La Force
In this prequel to Elainie La Force’s upcoming thriller, which kicks off the ‘Displaced’ series, we are introduced to an unassuming bank teller, Anastasia Pestova, who finds herself in the middle of a money laundering scheme, forcing her to run. With authorities on her tail and a useless passport, the stakes are high…