No one does high society in the 1920s quite like Helen and Benjamin Rask. He’s an introverted and eccentric businessman whose wizardry at the stock market has people praising his acumen and decrying him as a villain preying on people’s misfortune in equal measure. She’s the belle of the ball, a philanthropist whose goal in…
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The Most Fun We Ever Had
In a recent conversation over book types someone said “I don’t really enjoy the ones that are just about relationships” which is about the exact moment I realized that’s most of what I read. The Most Fun We Ever Had is no exception. Marilyn Connolly and David Sorenson share a love that nauseates their children…
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
All aboard the bandwagon! As always, I have come very late to this trend so there’s every chance you’ve beaten me to this read. Taylor Jenkins Reid blew me away with Daisy Jones and the Six, so I’m honestly surprised it took me this long to see what all the fuss about Evelyn Hugo was…
A Court of Thorns and Roses series
Apologies for the delay, I know it’s been a bit quiet on reviews recently but I’ll go ahead and blame that on the series you see above. Disclaimer: there is one more book in the ACOTAR series (The Court of Silver Flames) which I haven’t read, so this will only be covering the first four….
Scabby Queen
Clio Campbell is a force to be reckoned with. Her curly red hair makes a visual impact on her audience and her lilting voice, while beautiful in a song, carries indignant vitriol when campaigning for the causes she cares about. And then, days before her 51st birthday, it all stops. Scabby Queen unpacks the story of Clio’s…
A 2% Christmas
In the holiday spirit of giving, you get not one, but two reviews. So get your coco ready and let’s dive into our festive reads! A Highland Christmas Deep in the Scottish highlands, the people of Lochdubh do not believe in the fanfare and commercialism of Christmas. Police Constable Macbeth is stuck on duty while his…
Circe
For all you who also went through (are still in) a Greek mythology phase, it has been exciting to see Madeline Miller gain so much visibility and traction with her novels The Song of Achilles and Circe. While they’re not connected in plot, I apologize in advance that I’m giving you the review of her second title first….