I read Rebecca Serle’s The Dinner List a few years ago when it was a Book of the Month pick and I loved it. Then In Five Years came out and once again, Serle was able to toy with my emotions once again. At this point she’s an auto-buy author for me and if you…
Category: Contemporary Fiction
Vladimir
I’m really not sure how to review this book, honestly I don’t even know what I just read. A popular English teacher, who we never actually get the name of, is struggling to deal with her choices in life, aging, and the investigation into her husband’s inappropriate relationships with former students. When new profession Vladimir…
Notes on an Execution
Ansel Packer has 12 hours left until his execution. He knows he killed those women but he never though he’d end up here on death row. He knows objectively what he did was wrong, but in another universe things might have been different. But while Ansel Packer may have murdered those women, this isn’t his…
The Bright Side Running Club
Keira has just had her life turned upside down when she’s given the news that she has Breast Cancer. She’s determined to keep living her life the way she has been, but soon finds herself overwhelmed by treatment, expectations, and the doubts in her head. Enter Tasmin, who is also going through treatment and convinces…
The Roughest Draft
Katrina Freeling and Nathan Van Huysen haven’t spoken in four years, since they put the finishing touches on their bestselling novel. Now, to fulfill their contract, they’ve been thrown back together to write one final book. What could go wrong? Is it just me or does anyone get major Beach Read by Emily Henry vibes?…
Olympus, Texas
This is the epitome of a family drama, and really the entire plot revolved around the internal drama that is the Briscoe family. This story is 100% about the character’s emotional baggage and coming to terms with who they are as people. While it promises to hold quite a bit of mythology references, unless you…
These Silent Woods
Let me start by saying, this is not a THRILLER. Just like I said for What Comes After, just because there is a mystery and a hint of suspense doesn’t automatically make a story a thriller. This is a solid story with a bit of a mystery at it’s core but going in expecting to…
A Spell of Rowans
The Rowan family is special. Each of the Rowan children have a gift: Philippa, the oldest has a talent for winning people over; Victoria the middle child, an empath who can feel everyone’s emotions clearly; and Liam, the youngest, who can uncover the story of objects. Victoria Rowan hasn’t been home to Grimsby since she…
We are the Brennans
Wow, I was not expecting to absolutely love this story. I’m iffy on family dramas especially when it’s due to just not talking to each other, but the way We Are the Brennans was written was amazing. Something happened five years ago that made Sunday Brennans leave for California. She left behind her four brothers,…
Pack up the Moon
Welp, this book wrecked me. The synopsis should really include a warning to the effect of, “Will make you cry the entire time but also won’t let you put the book down” Lauren and Josh have the perfect life. Both are thriving professionally and their love for each other is the stuff of fairy tales….