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Continue reading →: The Tenant Follows the Cherished McFadden Formula
Authored by Frieda McFadden; Published May 2025; Thriller ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️ After reading two Frieda McFadden novels, I think I pretty much have the formula down. The Tenant is exactly what you expect from her novels, for better or worse. In The Tenant, Blake’s life has veered completely off course.…
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Continue reading →: Son of Nobody Makes Me Want to Revisit The Odyssey
Authored by Yann Martel; Published March 2026; Historical Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️ If The Odyssey were more like Son of Nobody, perhaps I would have gotten into the Homeric epics. It has humor and heartbreak, and it beautifully depicts how humanity is the same regardless of the era. In Son…
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Continue reading →: That Fine Line is as Predictable as a Hallmark Movie
Authored by Cindy Steel; Published 2022; Romance ⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️🏖️ If you like your romances Hallmark-style and completely predictable, you might enjoy That Fine Line. It’s exactly what you would expect from the story of a farm girl who comes home from her big city life the summer before her…
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Continue reading →: The Director is Haunting
Authored by Daniel Kehlmann; Published May 2025; Historical Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ There’s a specific type of haunting air to the novels featuring World War II collaborationists. It’s never quite as straightforward as it seems to be, and it’s always tragic—and that is the case with The Director. In The Director, G.…
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Continue reading →: Katabasis Gives Me Nightmares About Academia
Authored by R.F. Kuang; Published August 2025; Fantasy ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️ Although Katabasis is a love story of sorts set in a fantasy world, it’s just about the furthest thing from a romantasy novel. There’s far too many logic puzzles and musings on existential philosophy—but that doesn’t mean it’s not…
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Continue reading →: Rebecca Feels Surprisingly Modern Considering Its Age
Authored by Daphne du Maurier; Published 1938; Thriller ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️ Some novels remind you that as much as things have changed in the past century, much has stayed the same. Rebecca is one of those novels, managing to evoke the same tension as a modern psychological thriller. In Rebecca,…
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Continue reading →: The Wilderness Exhibits a Beautiful, Adaptable Friendship
Authored by Angela Flournoy; Published September 2025; Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I’ve read several novels in the last few years about lifelong friendships. The Wilderness stands out for its depiction of women who learn to adapt and accommodate to each others’ personalities without changing the core of who they are, through deep…
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Continue reading →: Detective Aunty Is Perfect To Curl Up With On a Rainy Night
Authored by Uzma Jalaluddin; Published May 2025; Mystery ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️ Is it an axiom of cozy mysteries that they must be filled with many, many cups of tea? Detective Aunty certainly features gallons of the stuff and a fine mystery to boot. In Detective Aunty, Sana summons her mother…
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Continue reading →: Firefly Lane Made Me Want To Visit My Best Friend
Authored by Kristin Hannah; Published 2008; Historical Fiction ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️ Firefly Lane tugged at my sisterhood-loving heartstrings. The story of a friendship that spans multiple decades, the novel depicts the pain and joy of traversing life with someone who’s seen you through it all. In Firefly Lane, Kate and…
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Continue reading →: A Thousand Natural Shocks is a Wild Ride
Authored by Omar Hussain; Published May 2025; Thriller ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 🏖️🏖️🏖️ A Thousand Natural Shocks is a wild ride, and I’m not sure that that is a good thing. It feels so chaotic to read, with a bizarre mix of down-to-earth trauma and otherworldly cult figures. A Thousand Natural Shocks…
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