Publisher: St. Martin's Press Press,  January 23, 2023 Format: Hardcover Pages: 320 Rating: 5/5 stars Summary (From Goodreads): Maame (ma-meh) has many meanings in Twi but in my case, it means woman.It’s fair to say that Maddie’s life in London is far from rewarding. With a mother who spends most of her time in Ghana … Continue reading Book Review: Maame by Jessica George

Publisher: The Dial Press,  March 14, 2023 Format: Paperback  Pages: 416 Rating: 4/5 stars Summary (From Goodreads): An emotionally layered and engrossing story of a family that asks: Can love make a broken person whole?William Waters grew up in a house silenced by tragedy, where his parents could hardly bear to look at him, much … Continue reading Book Review: Hello Beautiful by Ann Napolitano

Publisher: Northern Lights Press,  March 1, 2024 Format: ebook Pages: 378 Rating: 3/5 stars Summary (Goodreads): In the vein of Naomi Novik’s Uprooted and Katherine Arden’s The Bear and the Nightingale— this unforgettable adult debut follows the journey of a young woman who seeks to defeat Death himself and save her village from his torment.As a young child, … Continue reading Book Review: The Bride of Death by F.M. Aden

Publisher: Atria Books,  February 6, 2024 Format: ebook Pages: 336 Rating: 5/5 stars Summary (Goodreads): The final installment in the Regency Vows series follows the heir to a dukedom and a young widow, once very much in love, as they reunite years later to fake an engagement for the benefit of her sister.West, the Marquess … Continue reading Book Review: To Woo and to Wed by Martha Waters

Publisher: St. Martin's Press,  February 6, 2024 Format: ebook Pages: 480 Rating: 5/5 stars Summary (Goodreads): From the celebrated author of The Nightingale and The Four Winds comes Kristin Hannah's The Women—at once an intimate portrait of coming of age in a dangerous time and an epic tale of a nation divided.Women can be heroes. When twenty-year-old nursing student Frances … Continue reading Book Review: The Women by Kristin Hannah

Publisher: Celadon Books,  January 16, 2024 Format: ebook Pages: 320 Rating: 4/5 stars Summary (Goodreads): A masterfully paced thriller about a reclusive ex–movie star and her famous friends whose spontaneous trip to a private Greek island is upended by a murder ― from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Silent Patient.This is a tale of … Continue reading Book Review: The Fury by Alex Michaelides

Publisher: St. Martin's Press,  January 23, 2024 Format: ebook Pages: 336 Rating: 3.5/5 stars Summary (Goodreads): New York Times bestselling author Daisy Goodwin returns with a story of the scandalous love affair between the most celebrated opera singer of all time and one of the richest men in the world.In the glittering and ruthlessly competitive world … Continue reading Book Review: Diva by Daisy Goodwin

Publisher: Simon and Schuster Canada,  January 2, 2024 Format: paperback Pages: 352 Rating: 4/5 stars Summary (Goodreads): A spellbinding, sweeping novel about a Malayan mother who becomes an unlikely spy for the invading Japanese forces during WWII—and the shocking consequences that rain upon her community and family.Malaya, 1945. Cecily Alcantara’s family is in terrible danger: … Continue reading Book Review: The Storm We Made by Vanessa Chan

Publisher: Penguin Teen Canada,  November 28, 2023 Format: ebook Pages: 416 Rating: 3.5/5 stars Summary (Goodreads): Heartstopper meets A Knight’s Tale in this queer medieval rom-com YA debut about love, friendship, and being brave enough to change the course of history.It’s been hundreds of years since King Arthur’s reign. His descendant, Arthur, a future Lord and general gadabout, … Continue reading Book Review: Gwen and Art are Not In Love by Lex Croucher