The Mall, by Megan McCafferty, is a retro, over-the-top YA story about mall culture and the summer after high school.…
The Hike, by Lucy Clarke, opens with the dramatically terrible news that one of the four women on this hiking…
I heard this one had Gone Girl vibes, and it sort of did, but I thought it was much closer…
I enjoyed In A Dark, Dark Wood, by Ruth Ware, but it has a bit of a slow start, with…
In the Hawaiian mystery novel Off The Grid, by Robert McCaw, an abandoned rural area in the shadow of a volcano…
You guys, I knew I was going to love People to Follow, by Olivia Worley. I love reality TV novels,…
I got Keigo Higashino's The Devotion of Suspect X through Osusume Books. (Thank you!) Osusume Books promises to send carefully…
The historical events of Brides of Rome have been covered so many times in other novels. It's really hard to bring…
Last Seen Wearing was written in the fifties, and set at a women's college in Massachusetts, a fictionalized Smith or…
I was excited to read The Bombay Prince (A Perveen Mistry Novel Book 3) by Sujata Massey because I really enjoyed…
The Mystery of the Blue Train is another Poirot mystery by Agatha Christie. American millionaire Rufus Van Aldin has bought…
The City Beautiful, by Aden Polydoros, is a queer, Jewish historical fantasy. In this world, the question isn't about whether…
I wanted to read Ordeal of Innocence, by Agatha Christie, because the premise was both intriguing and ridiculous. First, the…
I heard about Lucy Foley's new novel The Hunting Party on the BritLit Podcast, and I just loved the two…
So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany C. Morrow reimagines the March sisters as a newly-freed Black family…
Maybe I would have liked Kill All Your Darlings more if I hadn't read The Plot first. The central conflict…
I love twisty thrillers, don't you? But I don't always buy the obsessive-love motivation. Like, does our character not know…
This has been a pretty great season for page turners, hasn't it? It's almost hard to choose my favorites, but…
Seaplane to Sounion Cove: An Ellie Pincrest Cozy Mystery (Book #1), by Devin Todd, is a cozy mystery set in…
I love a good high school drama with a little murder, like One of Us is Lying, Beware That Girl,…
When I received my ARC of The Maidens, I thought it was brilliant marketing, perfectly targeted to me with classical…
In the pandemic lockdown, I've been reading even more than usual. Mostly suspense and international fiction, plus some books recommended…
Murder At The Met (Penelope Harris Mystery #2), by E. W. Cooper, is a historical murder mystery set in 1920s…
In Firekeeper's Daughter, by Angeline Boulley, teenage Daunis Fontaine is an unenrolled Ojibwe tribe member, which means learning the ceremonies,…
Spark Jr: Creative Writing Prompts for Young Adults, by Dusty Durston, is a collection of story starts and challenge vocabulary…