B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / C Reviews#ownvoices / ableism / beautiful food / biracial hero / brain tumor / California / Chef / Contemporary / diversity / Indian American / multicultural / POC / POC author / Pride-and-Prejudice / Retelling / surgeonNo Comments
Trigger / content warnings: Dear Sonali Dev, As is evident from its title, your recent novel, the start of a series about the Raje family, is a retelling of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. I know what some readers of this review must be thinking: Does the world really need ... more >
B+ Reviews / Book Reviews1990s / Humor / Literary fiction / Northern Ireland / Retelling / soldiers / Violence9 Comments
Trigger warnings: Northern Ireland, 1996. After twenty-five years of conflict, the IRA and the British have agreed an uneasy ceasefire, as a first step towards lasting peace. But if decades of savage violence are leading only to smiles and handshakes, those on the ground in the border country will start ... more >
Book Reviews / C- Reviewsactors / Contemporary / dysfunctional family / England / family drama / Retelling / second chance at love2 Comments
It is a truth universally acknowledged that working with an ex is a terrible idea… Annie Elliot never expected her life to turn out this way: living with her dad, working as an accountant – surely the least glamorous job in Hollywood?! – and dodging her family’s constant bickering. Landing ... more >
C- ReviewsFairy-Tales / Rapunzel / Retelling / Sci-fi / Young-Adult9 Comments
Dear Ms. Meyer: I love science fiction and I love fairy tales. Both loves go back a long way. All the way, really. Put them together and, if it’s done well, I am the happiest of happy campers. The Lunar Chronicles have such a brilliant concept. Four (yay for quartets) books, each ... more >