Tag: Book Reviews

ARC Review: The Antique House Murders by Leslie Nagel (The Oakwood Mystery Series #2)

May 31, 2017

Official Synopsis from Goodreads: In this irresistible cozy mystery from the author of The Book Club Murders, amateur sleuth Charley Carpenter fights to avenge a crime that hits far too close to home. Mulbridge House stood, silent and decaying, deep in the woods at the heart of Oakwood, Ohio, long before the passing of Augusta … More ARC Review: The Antique House Murders by Leslie Nagel (The Oakwood Mystery Series #2)

Book Review: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor (Strange the Dreamer #1)

May 26, 2017

Official Synopsis from Goodreads: The dream chooses the dreamer, not the other way around—and Lazlo Strange, war orphan and junior librarian, has always feared that his dream chose poorly. Since he was five years old he’s been obsessed with the mythic lost city of Weep, but it would take someone bolder than he to cross … More Book Review: Strange the Dreamer by Laini Taylor (Strange the Dreamer #1)

ARC Review: Allie and Bea by Catherine Ryan Hyde

May 25, 2017

Official Synopsis from Goodreads: Bea has barely been scraping by since her husband died. After falling for a telephone scam, she loses everything and is forced to abandon her trailer. With only two-thirds of a tank in her old van, she heads toward the Pacific Ocean with her cat—on a mission to reclaim what’s rightfully … More ARC Review: Allie and Bea by Catherine Ryan Hyde

ARC Review: Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan (Crazy Rich Asians #3)

May 23, 2017

Official Synopsis from Goodreads: Kevin Kwan, bestselling author of Crazy Rich Asians and China Rich Girlfriend, is back with an uproarious new novel of a family riven by fortune, an ex-wife driven psychotic with jealousy, a battle royal fought through couture gown sabotage, and the heir to one of Asia’s greatest fortunes locked out of … More ARC Review: Rich People Problems by Kevin Kwan (Crazy Rich Asians #3)

Book Review: Anne’s House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables #5)

May 19, 2017

Official synopsis from Goodreads: Anne’s own true love, Gilbert Blythe, is finally a doctor, and in the sunshine of the old orchard, among their dearest friends, they are about to speak their vows. Soon the happy couple will be bound for a new life together and their own dream house, on the misty purple shores … More Book Review: Anne’s House of Dreams by L.M. Montgomery (Anne of Green Gables #5)

ARC Review: House of Names by Colm Toibin

May 11, 2017

Official Synopsis from Goodreads: (WARNING: SPOILERS FOR THE ENTIRE PLOT OF THE BOOK ARE IN THE SYNOPSIS) From the thrilling imagination of bestselling, award-winning Colm Tóibín comes a retelling of the story of Clytemnestra—spectacularly audacious, violent, vengeful, lustful, and instantly compelling—and her children.“I have been acquainted with the smell of death.” So begins Clytemnestra’s tale … More ARC Review: House of Names by Colm Toibin

ARC Review: The Book of Summer by Michelle Gable

May 9, 2017

Official Synopsis from Goodreads: Physician Bess Codman has returned to her family’s Nantucket compound, Cliff House, for the first time in four years. Her great-grandparents built Cliff House almost a century before, but due to erosion, the once-grand home will soon fall into the sea. Though she’s purposefully avoided the island, Bess must now pack … More ARC Review: The Book of Summer by Michelle Gable

Book Review: The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin

May 1, 2017

Official Synopsis from Goodreads: For much of her life, Anne Morrow, the shy daughter of the U.S. ambassador to Mexico, has stood in the shadows of those around her, including her millionaire father and vibrant older sister, who often steals the spotlight. Then Anne, a college senior with hidden literary aspirations, travels to Mexico City … More Book Review: The Aviator’s Wife by Melanie Benjamin

ARC Review: In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen

April 27, 2017

Official Synopsis from Goodreads: World War II comes to Farleigh Place, the ancestral home of Lord Westerham and his five daughters, when a soldier with a failed parachute falls to his death on the estate. After his uniform and possessions raise suspicions, MI5 operative and family friend Ben Cresswell is covertly tasked with determining if … More ARC Review: In Farleigh Field by Rhys Bowen

Book Review: Caraval by Stephanie Garber

April 24, 2017

Official Synopsis from Goodreads: Remember, it’s only a game… Scarlett Dragna has never left the tiny island where she and her sister, Tella, live with their powerful, and cruel, father. Now Scarlett’s father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval—the faraway, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in … More Book Review: Caraval by Stephanie Garber