Steel’s The Butler appears to be a shift in narrative voice from her typical works, given that the central character is male and cut from a type of archaically soft mould that somehow wields power. And within chapters, it is clear that the removed panoramic style that she is famous for, […]
In a gorgeous dance of Magical Realism meets Historical Romance, The Keeper of Happy Endings by Barbara Davis is packed to the brim with love and loss – A perfect tragedy that simply couldn’t shy away from a little happily ever after whose central characters were deserving of more than […]
The third book in the Potluck Club series Manic Monday Inc by Melissa Storm, explores the life and daily struggles of Nichole who is diagnosed with OCD fairly early on after trusting her good friend Hazel’s doctor recommendation.
Life Unscheduled by Kirsten Rockaway: For Nicole, working for her company Virtuality and her role as Junior AI designer, are literally her entire world. Accordingly, anyone in the tech industry would kill to work there, and with state of the art exercise desks, sleep pods and a dining hall to ensure […]
Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr: True literature lovers will need to hold their hats, and likely a good glass of wine to journey through the lives of our 5 seemingly unconnected heroes and anti-heroes, to come to an end that delivered catharsis in spades in Cloud Cuckoo Land.
See Jane Snap by Bethany Crandell: As Jane struggles to come to terms with her current reality, and the fact that she has largely been living a lie for the good part of the last 20 years, life seems to unravel a little further when she follows her husband Dan one […]
The Woman at the Front by Lecia Cornwall: As war rages across Europe in the winter of 1917, Eleanor Atherton begins her own battle to pursue her dream to practice medicine. Finishing her medical degree near the top of her class, El is prohibited from practicing her craft, shackled by the […]
Delia Suits Up by Amanda Aksel: When Delia feels rejected after another high profile job interview in the investment banking industry, knowing she’s about to don her professional cleaning get-up and scrub a rich man’s penthouse floor to ceiling to survive financially, she rewards herself with the only blessing in her […]
The People We Keep by Allison Larkin: Barely existing as an invisible 16 year old with dreams of becoming a musician, April’s journey was simultaneously heartbreaking and uplifting as she flees small town Little River to find the freedom and belonging she never believed she was entitled to.
The Magic of Found Objects by Maddie Dawson: Born into a contrasting world of freedom and stoicism, Woodstock versus Farm living, Phronsie agrees to marry her best friend Judd, who proposes randomly one night at their local diner figuring this is the sanest thing either of them have considered their entire dating […]