Publisher: Simon Schuster Canada, August 2nd, 2022 Format: paperback Pages: 384 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): The New York Times bestselling author of the “mesmerizing and evocative” (Sara Gruen, author of Water for Elephants) Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet returns with a powerful exploration of the love that binds one family across the generations.Dorothy Moy breaks … Continue reading Book Review: The Many Daughters of Afong Moy by Jamie For

Publisher: Sourcebooks Casablanca, June 7th 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 400 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): She was the face that launched a thousand ships,The fierce beauty at the heart of Olympus,And she was never ours to claim.*A scorchingly hot modern retelling of Helen of Troy, Achilles, and Patroclus that's as sinful as it is … Continue reading Book Review: Wicked Beauty by Katee Robert

Publisher: Simon and Schuster  Canada, May 31st, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 336 Rating: 3.5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): From the New York Times bestselling author of The Good House, the story of two friends, raised in the same orphanage, whose loyalty is put to the ultimate test when they meet years later at a controversial institution—one as an … Continue reading Book Review: The Foundling by Ann Leary

Publisher: Penguin Teen Canada, May 31st, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 336 Rating: 33.5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): A sweet and swoony contemporary Young Adult novel about a cross-country family road trip that puts one girl and her childhood best friend on an unexpected road to romance!Norah hasn’t seen her childhood best friend, Skyler, in years. … Continue reading Book Review: Places We’ve Never Been by Kasie West

Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada, May 24th, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 288 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): New York Times bestselling author and National Book Award finalist Akwaeke Emezi (they/them) reimagines the love story in this fresh and seductive novel about a young woman seeking joy while healing from loss.Feyi Adekola wants to learn how … Continue reading Book Review: You Made a Fool of Death with your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

Publisher: St. Martin's Press, June 14th, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 432 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): The internationally bestselling author of The Jane Austen Society returns with a compelling and heartwarming story of post-war London, a century-old bookstore, and three women determined to find their way in a fast-changing world.Bloomsbury Books is an old-fashioned … Continue reading Book Review: Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner

Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada, June 14th, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 432 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of That Summer comes another heartfelt and unputdownable novel of family, secrets, and the ties that bind.When her twenty-two-year-old stepdaughter announces her engagement to her pandemic boyfriend, Sarah Danhauser is shocked. But the … Continue reading Book Review: The Summer Place by Jennifer Weiner

Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada, June 14th, 2022 Format: paperback Pages: 288 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): For readers of The Light Between Oceans and The Island of Sea Women, a feminist adventure story set against the backdrop of the dangerous pearl diving industry in 19th-century Western Australia, about a young English woman who sets off to … Continue reading Book Review: Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter

Publisher: Penguin Random House Canada, May 10, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 352 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): From the bestselling, award-winning author of Funny Boy and The Hungry Ghosts comes a breathtaking reimagining of ancient India through the extraordinary life of Yasodhara, the woman who married the Buddha.In this sweeping tale, at once epic and intimate, Shyam Selvadurai … Continue reading Book Review: Mansions of the Moon by Shyam Selvadurai

Publisher: Alcove Press, May 10, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 352 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): Across Europe, on what history will call D-Day, five unforgettable women from all walks of life strive to survive the most terrifying night of their lives.Told in alternating viewpoints, this unforgettable debut is perfect for fans of Kate Quinn … Continue reading Book Review: All the Lights Above Us by M.B. Henry