Category: Spoiler-Free Reviews
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Kiss Me at Christmas ⎼ Jenny Bayliss
I love the Bayliss Christmas Universe. It’s always cozy, there’s amazing banter, and the side characters are always hysterical. In Kiss Me at Christmas, we met Harriet, a single mum who’s found herself an early empty-nester. She spends her days chasing after a small group of kids from rough backgrounds, and finds herself unintentionally directing…
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The Lightning Bottles ⎼ Marissa Stapley
I was born in 1996, which means I literally missed out on the Seattle grunge movement and the entire cultural shift it started. Reading this book felt like I’d been there from the very beginning! We follow Jane and Elijah’s journey to fame from their start as awkward teenagers in a chatroom to winning Album…
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The Sequel ⎼ Jean Hanff Korelitz
To retell a book you’ve already written, you need to have the most compelling character as your narrator. Using Anna, Jake’s wife, Hanff Korelitz is able to turn The Plot on its head and give us an even more fascinating chain of events. I will admit, I am severely biased towards women doing highly illegal…
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