Holy Stetson, is this book……well something. We Begin at the End is a beautifully crafted novel that blends family drama with a gripping mystery. It tells the story of Duchess Day Radley, a fierce 13-year-old who calls herself an outlaw, and her little brother, Robin. They’re caught in the fallout of their mother’s troubled past,…
Tag: contemporary fiction
Interesting Facts About Space
Enid works for the space center. Having grown up to a single mother, unwanted by her father, and deaf in one ear, she’s no stranger to being label weird or quirky. With a manic-depressive mother, and her own paranoia, Enid is convinced something is fundamentally wrong with her. What else would explain why her father…
The Wishing Game
Lucy is struggling. Her only wish is to foster and adopt one of her students, Christopher. But as a teacher’s aide, she’s barely making ends meet and with no permanent home she has to face giving up her dream of adopting him. When award winning and Lucy’s favorite childhood author, Jack Masterson puts on a…
The Connellys of County Down
I absolutely loved Tracey Lange’s debut We are the Brennans last year. It was one of my favorite reads, as I enjoyed the way all the POVs flowed together. When Celadon sent me an ARC of her newest release The Connellys of County Down, I immediately dropped everything to read it. Tara Connelly, has just…
Now is Not the Time to Panic
“The edge is a shantytown filled with gold seekers, we are the new fugitives, and the law is skinny with hunger for us.” I love Kevin Wilson’s writing. If you have never read one of his books just know that ‘Quirky’ is the best way to describe them. I always find his books perfect to…
Four Aunties and a Wedding
Meddy Chan and the aunties are back and this time they’re not planning just any wedding, they’re planning Meddy’s wedding to Nathan! Not wanting her family to do all the work for the wedding, Meddy has decided to hire vendors for the big day. Before Meddy and Nathan can even start to look for vendors,…
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…
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,…
All Girls
Raise you’re hand if you went to an all girls school for high school! I did and honestly I think it really influenced my rating on this story. At it’s core All Girls is a coming of age story that takes place at a prestigious all girls boarding school. Set in 2015 but highly influenced…