A Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / bride / fairy tale / fairy tale retelling / Fantasy / Historical Fantasy / Middle East / YA3 Comments
Dear Catherine Faris King: We should all know the story of Scheherazade, right? It’s the frame story of the Arabian Nights, and famous enough in its own right. Once there was a murderous king, who, after he finds his first wife to be unfaithful, marries dozens of women, murdering every ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsBeauty-and-the-Beast / Sweetness and Light SeriesNo Comments
Dear Ms. Satie: I have you in my mind as one of a handful of authors I’ve liked but haven’t read enough of – meaning I always mean to read more of your work but somehow life interferes and I forget, until I’m reminded again. Anyway, when I heard that ... more >
A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsEngland / First-Person / Historical / Historical fiction / journalism / London / War / Military / World War II9 Comments
An irresistible debut set in London during World War II about an adventurous young woman who becomes a secret advice columnist— a warm, funny, and enormously moving story for fans of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society and Lilac Girls. London, 1940. Emmeline Lake is Doing Her Bit ... more >
A- Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / Asperger's / California / Contemporary romance / econometrician / escort / fashion designer / POC2 Comments
Dear Ms. Hoang, There’s been a lot of pre-publication buzz about your debut, The Kiss Quotient, and it sounded interesting and different, so I requested an ARC from the publisher. Stella Lane, a wealthy econometrician with Asperger’s, has struggled with her past romantic experiences. Sex has never gone well for ... more >
A Review Category / A- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended Readspolice procedural / science fiction mystery4 Comments
Eric Matheson, an idealistic rookie cop trying to break from his powerful family, is plunged into the investigation of a brutal crime in his first weeks on the job in Angra Dastrelas, the corrupt capital city of the corporate-owned planet Gattis. A newcomer to the planet, Matheson is unaware of ... more >
A- Reviews / Recommended Reads#ownvoices / autistic character / Contemporary / male escort7 Comments
Dear Helen Hoang, I have been keen to read The Kiss Quotient ever since I first read the blurb: Stella Lane thinks math is the only thing that unites the universe. She comes up with algorithms to predict customer purchases–a job that has given her more money than she knows ... more >
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