Book Reviews & Recommendations
Ann Aguirre’s cozy contemporary fantasy leans hard into found family, queer community, and second chances. It also pairs those warm vibes with a messy heroine and a beta hero who has adored her since childhood. Depending on your taste, that mix will […]
Haley Cass returns to her Washington set universe with a slow burn roommates to lovers romance that feels like a warm light left on after a long day. The Snowball Effect pairs sunshine chaos with frosty restraint, then lets patience do the […]
Sarah Adler’s rom-com pairs a sunshiney optimist with a grumpy writer on a chaotic drive from Washington, D.C. to Key West, with three spoonfuls of an elderly friend’s ashes tucked in a backpack. It sounds zany, yet the humor is wrapped around […]
Aria Aber’s debut novel follows Nila Haddadi, a nineteen year old born in Germany to Afghan refugees, as she tries on new selves inside Berlin’s club culture and art scene. Warehouses throb with techno, drugs feel like possibility, and a much older […]
Laura Pearson’s The Last List of Mabel Beaumont is a deeply touching and life-affirming novel about grief, friendship, and second chances. Beautifully written and brimming with quiet wisdom, it’s the kind of story that slips gently into your heart and lingers long […]
Adam Cesare’s Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives delivers a bloody, chaotic encore that dives deeper into trauma, fame, and small-town paranoia. Following up one of the most talked-about modern slashers in YA horror is no easy feat, but Cesare leans […]
Ling Ling Huang’s Natural Beauty is a haunting, provocative debut that blends horror, satire, and social commentary into a dark reflection of our beauty-obsessed culture. With an atmosphere that is both luxurious and grotesque, this novel exposes the monstrous side of perfectionism […]
Samantha Crewson’s Every Sweet Thing Is Bitter is not an easy book to read, but it is a powerful one. Her debut novel plunges deep into the wounds of family, abuse, and generational pain, delivering a haunting and visceral story about a […]
Jonas Hassen Khemiri’s The Sisters is a big, generous novel that aims for the whole constellation of a life: family, diaspora, art, love, ambition, and the curse of loss that seems to hover over every generation. Told across three decades and structured […]
Hanya Yanagihara’s To Paradise is a sprawling, audacious literary project that attempts to capture the evolution of love, loss, and the search for utopia across three centuries of alternate Americas. Following the international acclaim of A Little Life, Yanagihara returns with a […]