Category: Spoiler-Free Reviews
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The Burnout ⎼ Sophie Kinsella
Sasha is in her thirties and working at a travel start-up, and she’s starting to lose it. She’s working from the time she wakes up to the time she goes to bed, and it seems like there’s ten more emails every time she turns around. After a small breakdown at work, Sasha decides to take…
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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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