Book Review: You Made a Fool of Death with your Beauty by Akwaeke Emezi

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

Book Review: Bloomsbury Girls by Natalie Jenner

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

Book Review: The Summer Place by Jennifer Weiner

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

Book Review: Moonlight and the Pearler’s Daughter

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

Book Review: Mansions of the Moon by Shyam Selvadurai

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

Book Review: All the Lights Above Us by M.B. Henry

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

Book Review: The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan

Publisher: Harper Collins Canada, May 10, 2022 Format: paperback Pages: 304 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): Publisher: Harper Collins Canada, May 10, 2022 Format: paperback Pages: 304 Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): For fans of the compulsive psychological suspense of Ruth Ware and Tana French, a mother daughter story—one running from a horrible … Continue reading Book Review: The Murder Rule by Dervla McTiernan

Book Review: Blame it on the Brontes by Annie Sereno

Publisher: Forever Publishing, May 3, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 384 Rating: 3.5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): She’s going to write her own happy ending.English professor Athena Murphy is an authority on the novels of the Brontë sisters. But as they say in academia, publish or perish. To save her job, Athena decides to write a biography … Continue reading Book Review: Blame it on the Brontes by Annie Sereno

Book Review: Half-Blown Rose by Leesa Cross-Smith

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, May 31, 2022 Format: paperback Pages: 384 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): An irresistible story of a woman remaking her life after her husband’s betrayal leads to a year of travel, art, and passion in Paris, from the award-winning author of This Close to Okay. Vincent, having grown up as the privileged … Continue reading Book Review: Half-Blown Rose by Leesa Cross-Smith

Book Review: The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Aramas

Publisher: Atria Books, February 8, 2022 Format: ebook Pages: 482 Rating: 5/5 stars Synopsis (from Goodreads): Catalina Martín desperately needs a date to her sister’s wedding. Especially since her little white lie about her American boyfriend has spiralled out of control. Now everyone she knows—including her ex and his fiancée—will be there and eager to … Continue reading Book Review: The Spanish Love Deception by Elena Aramas