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May Flowers at the Three Coins Inn, by Kimberly Sullivan | Book Review
If you are longing for a holiday but are either too poor or too busy, Kimberly Sullivan’s May Flowers at The Three Coins Inn is an easy recommendation. This is comfort reading in its finest form, the kind of book you want…
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Live Like Abbey, by Luciana Hill | Book Review
There are books you read and books that stay with you. Live Like Abbey by Luciana Hill is unmistakably the latter. Part memoir, part love letter to dogs, part self-help book, this book will alternate between making you go aww and giving…
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Sins of the Father, by Peter Andrews | Book Review
Thrillers are one of the most popular genres in modern times, but finding a unique angle in such a crowded marketplace is no easy task. Sins of the Father by Peter Andrews is a confident, compulsively readable debut thriller that announces a…
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The Firefly’s Strain, by Eric Felizardo | Book Review
The Firefly’s Strain by Eric Felizardo is a mature, character-driven literary drama set in Brooklyn that sits comfortably in the tradition of serious American fiction. In my opinion, the cover art does not really fit the book, which gives more fantasy or…
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Violet Eyes, by Jade Daimao | Book Review
Before the story even begins, author Jade Daimao offers readers a content warning covering graphic violence, strong language, drug use, panic attacks, sexual themes, death, and familial abuse. It’s a considerate gesture, and one that sets the tone for what follows: a…
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A House to Die For, by Wes Davis | Book Review
Wes Davis opens his Las Vegas thriller with a scene designed to pull you in and refuse to let go. Real estate agent Alex Styles arrives at Casa Sunset, a 12,000-square-foot contemporary megamansion perched on a mesa overlooking the valley, with a…
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Bottles and Waves, by Kian Kassam | Book Review
Bottles & Waves is an intimate, stream-of-consciousness memoir that chronicles author Kian Kassam’s struggle with regret, procrastination, and self-doubt during a transformative trip to Hawaii. At just 42 pages, the book delivers moments of insight and vulnerable self-reflection, but ultimately feels more…
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Caenogenesis, by Tasha He | Book Review
Caenogenesis is the debut novel by Tasha He, a dystopian sci-fi epic set in Ignis, a city-state after a nuclear war. Book 1 of The Gemini Files, the title may seem a slightly confusing choice at first, but it apparently refers to…
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The Trial of Vivex, by Xyne | Book Review
It’s not every day you read a book with weapon-wielding dinosaurs on the cover, but it perfectly captures the bizarre, compelling blend of primal survival and lizards that defines this story. The Trial of Vivex appears to be a Royal Road web…
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Living with Annie, by Simon Christmas | Book Review
Living With Annie is brilliant, unsettling science fiction that blends medical thriller, sci-fi and love story into something genuinely original. If Black Mirror did a book club with Kazuo Ishiguro and Jeff VanderMeer, this would be the assigned reading. Don’t be misled…
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