This was a thoroughly enjoyable retelling of Persuasion, one of my favorite types of second chance romance tropes. It centers around Nada Syed who is twenty-eight and still being pressured about marriage by her traditional parents. Nada is helping her best friend, Haleema, prepare for her upcoming wedding to the […]
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This book was everything I didn’t know I needed right now. It was romantic and swoony, with great friendships, and even a bit of a mystery wovwn throughout. I absolutely adored Stella and Luka. They each their quirks but they care about each other deeply. They’ve been best friends for […]
I knew I was going to love Summer Reading from the very first pages, which are actually a note from the author. McKinlay shared that she did a lot of research on dyslexia and other learning disabilities to carefully portray the heroine in this story. In doing so, she learned […]
I thoroughly enjoyed Fortune’s debut, Every Summer After, and I have been not-so-patiently waiting for her follow-up novel. Meet Me At the Lake has some of the same second chance vibes as her first book, but also a somewhat more complex take on first loves, coming of age, as well […]
I loved this book! It touched on some tough topics, such as loss, but also manages to be fun and engaging. The book starts out with Cassie frantically trying to figure out how she is going to make rent and pay bills having just lost her job. She doesn’t want […]
This was such a wonderful story! Ana Maria and her sisters were so easy to love. De la Rosa did a fantastic job of weaving in very difficult topics such as racism, war, and misogyny. She gave the readers a taste of what it must have been like to live […]
I loved this book! Sittenfeld writes with biting wit and her characters are sharp with a flawed depth that I really appreciate. Sally is a writer for a weekly live TV skit show (think SNL) and she’s unlucky in love. Enter Noah, the musical guest as well as host of […]
I have been so excited about this book! I love novella collections and this one sounded so great to me as they are all romances set in an airport – how fun! Williams’ stories were *chef’s kiss* – each of them had a unique premise, even while having a similar […]