Book Reviews

September 5, 2020

Mercy House by Alena Dillon (Review by Emily Hall)

5 Stars *Warning – this book contains mature content including sexual assault, abuse, and suicide* Mercy House is a heart wrenching yet ultimately hopeful novel about […]
September 3, 2020

The Last Year of the War by Susan Meissner (Review by Lara Ferguson)

Rating: 5/5 Not all war stories have an unhappy ending. Two little American girls from opposite sides of the US, one of German descent, one of Japanese […]
September 1, 2020

The Summer Villa by Melissa Hill (Review by D. M. Lenseth)

Rating: 3.5 “The Summer Villa” by Melissa Hill is the perfect book to take to the pool or the beach… maybe even an Italian beach. The […]
August 31, 2020

From Venice with Love by Rosanna Ley (Review by Suezelle D’Costa)

Rating: 3.5 stars When Joanna’s husband confesses his affair, she’s caught off-guard. Disconcerted, she heads off to a place she feels safe – her home, the […]
August 30, 2020

The Lost Orphan by Stacey Halls (Review by Michaela Keegan)

4.5/ 5 Stars Set in a period of time where social classes were well established and unwed mothers were taboo, Stacey Halls examines the topic of […]
August 28, 2020

From Darkness To Night By Michelle D. Jackson (Review by Lara Ferguson)

Rating: 4/5 Renata Morris always seems to be running away from something. From her family, from her past, from love. Much of the time, not sure […]
August 27, 2020

Well-Behaved Indian Women by Saumya Dave (Review by Julia Bryan)

4.6 of 5 In “Well-Behaved Indian Women,” Saumya Dave deftly captures the ironies and conflicts that are part of being a woman. While the characters face […]
August 26, 2020

The Mother Code by Carole Stivers (Review by Madhura Mukhopadhyay)

Rating: 5/5 It is the year 2054. Humans are close to extinction. In a desperate last-ditch attempt to save the human race, scientists create genetically modified […]
August 24, 2020

Call Your Daughter Home by Deb Spera (Review by Shelley Jomaa)

Rating 4.3 Stars Call Your Daughter Home takes place in South Carolina in the early 1920s. It is a story of family, motherhood, and reconciliation told […]
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