Book Reviews

April 8, 2025

Happy Land, Dolen Perkins-Valdez (Review by Tricia Nelson)

Rating: 4.5/5 Stars Did you know that there was once in the hills of Western North Carolina land owned by a group of formerly enslaved men […]
April 8, 2025

The Queen of Fives, Alex Hay (Review by Stephanie Mozhdehi)

Rating: 3.0/5 Stars “Queen of Fives” is an intriguing book with a unique premise, and there were moments where I was genuinely invested in the story. […]
April 6, 2025

What We Leave Behind, Sue Halpern (Review by Lara Ferguson)

Rating: 4.0/5 Stars Melody Marcus is adopted.  A senior in high school, she has never wanted to know who her biological parents are and when her […]
April 4, 2025

The Geographer’s Map to Romance, India Holton (Review by Stephanie Rowitz)

Rating: 3.5/5 Stars Professor Elodie Tarrant is cool-headed in the face of disasters. Still, this most recent magical crisis threatening 1890 Britain is testing her limits, […]
April 2, 2025

Hail Mary, Funmi Fetto (Review by Stacey Lorenson)

Rating: 4.0/5 Stars Funmi Fetto has crafted nine soul provoking short stories featuring Nigerian women in pursuit of reincarnating their lives.Problems develop when each woman has […]
April 1, 2025

The Monster of Mine, Shalini Abeysekara (Review by Stephanie Mozhdehi)

Rating: 4.5/5 Stars The Monster of Mine by Shalini Abeysekara is a thrilling debut that blends romance, suspense, and fantasy in a gripping Ancient Rome-inspired world. The […]
March 31, 2025

Making Friends Can Be Murder, Kathleen West (Review by Aura Johnson)

Rating: 4.0/5 Stars 17 year old Sarah Jones notices that there are quite a few of her namesakes living near her, so she starts “The Sarah […]
March 29, 2025

Total Dreamboat, Katelyn Doyle (Review by Sara D’Onofrio)

Rating: 4.0/5 Stars So, I felt like this book was an easy read with a great storyline, but honestly, I can’t say that I was overwhelmingly […]
March 27, 2025

No Ordinary Love, Myah Ariel (Review by Shay Tibbs)

Rating: 4.5/5 Stars  This was THE perfect book to start reading the night of the Grammys (I had to read on the commercial breaks of course!) […]
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