Category: Spoiler-Free Reviews
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Others were Emeralds ⎼ Lang Leav
Leav had me from page 1 with her lyrical writing and tenderness with her characters. The book starts with two of the characters, Ai and Tin, talking about how The Sound of Music is a blend of documentary and fiction. This book clearly has that same blend, which made me feel like I was reading…
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The Heiress ⎼ Rachel Hawkins
I think Rachel Hawkins has mastered the uneasy. Things always turn weird quickly, but her main characters are always ready to plunge ahead with an ambitious (but wary) attitude. The Heiress is no different. The main characters are the recently deceased Ruby McTavish Callahan Woodward Miller Kenmore (4 husbands), her adopted son Camden, and his…
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The Engagement Party ⎼ Darby Kane
The only thing better than a locked room mystery is a locked island mystery. Add in a terrible storm, power outages, and a twenty-year-old murder, and you have a perfect thriller. Three couples are staying together on an island to celebrate an engagement. Will is engaged to Ruthie, and has invited his college friends Alex,…
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