The Blurb: He doesn't believe in happy endings.She's lost her faith that they exist.But could they find one together? January is a hopeless romantic who likes narrating her life as if she's the heroine in a blockbuster movie.Augustus is a serious literary type who thinks true love is a fairy-tale.January and Augustus are not going … Continue reading Book Review: Beach Read by Emily Henry
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Book Review: Just Friends by Holly McCulloch
The Blurb: It’s easy to put someone in the friend zone. But what happens if you change your mind? Bea isn’t happy. Desperate for a change, she looks to her friends for inspiration. Every single one of them is paired off, perhaps that’s what she needs too. So, she starts dating again. But everywhere she … Continue reading Book Review: Just Friends by Holly McCulloch
Book Review: The Other Family by Loretta Nyhan
The Blurb: From the bestselling author of Digging In comes a witty and moving novel about motherhood, courage, and finding true family. With a dissolving marriage, strained finances, and her life in flux, Ally Anderson longs for normal. Her greatest concerns, though, are the health problems of her young daughter, Kylie. Symptoms point to a compromised immune … Continue reading Book Review: The Other Family by Loretta Nyhan
Book Review: It Sounded Better In My Head by Nina Kenwood
The Blurb: From debut author Nina Kenwood comes a tender, funny, and compulsively readable novel about first love and its confusions, and all of the awkwardness of teen romance. When her parents announce their impending divorce, Natalie can’t understand why no one is fighting, or at least mildly upset. Then Zach and Lucy, her two … Continue reading Book Review: It Sounded Better In My Head by Nina Kenwood
Book Review: Look How Happy I’m Making You by Polly Rosenwaike
The Blurb: A candid, ultimately buoyant debut story collection about the realities of the "baby years," whether you're having one or not. The women in Polly Rosenwaike's Look How Happy I'm Making You want to be mothers, or aren't sure they want to be mothers, or--having recently given birth--are overwhelmed by what they've wrought. Sharp and unsettling, … Continue reading Book Review: Look How Happy I’m Making You by Polly Rosenwaike
Book Review: If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane
The Blurb: If faking love is this easy... how do you know when it’s real?When her partner of over a decade suddenly ends things, Laurie is left reeling—not only because they work at the same law firm and she has to see him every day. Her once perfect life is in shambles and the thought of … Continue reading Book Review: If I Never Met You by Mhairi McFarlane
Book Review: Grown Ups by Marian Keyes
The Blurb: They're a glamorous family, the Caseys. Johnny Casey, his two brothers Ed and Liam, their beautiful, talented wives and all their kids spend a lot of time together - birthday parties, anniversary celebrations, weekends away. And they're a happy family. Johnny's wife, Jessie - who has the most money - insists on it. … Continue reading Book Review: Grown Ups by Marian Keyes
Book Review: Normal People by Sally Rooney
The Blurb: At school Connell and Marianne pretend not to know each other. He’s popular and well-adjusted, star of the school soccer team while she is lonely, proud, and intensely private. But when Connell comes to pick his mother up from her housekeeping job at Marianne’s house, a strange and indelible connection grows between the … Continue reading Book Review: Normal People by Sally Rooney
Book Review: The Switch by Beth O’Leary
The Blurb: Eileen is sick of being 79.Leena's tired of life in her twenties.Maybe it's time they swapped places...When overachiever Leena Cotton is ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, she escapes to her grandmother Eileen's house for some overdue rest. Eileen is newly single and about to turn … Continue reading Book Review: The Switch by Beth O’Leary
Book Review: Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid
The Blurbs: When Emira is apprehended at a supermarket for 'kidnapping' the white child she's actually babysitting, it sets off an explosive chain of events. Her employer Alix, a feminist blogger with a 'personal brand' and the best of intentions, resolves to make things right. But Emira herself is aimless, broke and wary of Alix's … Continue reading Book Review: Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid