Darcy appears to have built a quietly perfect life: she’s a librarian, married to her wife Joy, living in a sun-filled house by the lake with two cats and shelves overflowing with books. But when she learns of her ex-boyfriend’s death, unresolved guilt sends her into a mental health crisis that forces her to step…
Category: You Need a Good Cry
We Could Be Rats
Emily Austin’s Interesting Facts About Space was one of my favorites, so I was excited to jump into my ARC of We Could Be Rats! I think this book is a ‘right book, wrong time’ situation for me. There are so many people who will love this literary story, especially because the writing is excellent,…
A Little Ray of Sunshine
Welp Kristan Higgins did it again, she made me cry, and I’m pretty upset by it. People told me this one would be lighter, so I read it on my flight up to New York last week. It’s a good thing I had a window seat and nobody next to be because I was bawling…
One Italian Summer
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…
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….