Rating: ★★★★ On a warm summer morning in Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made,…… Read more “Review: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn”
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Review: P.S. I Like You by Kasie West
Rating: ★★★ While spacing out in chemistry class, Lily scribbles some of her favourite song lyrics onto her desk. The next day, she finds that someone has…… Read more “Review: P.S. I Like You by Kasie West”
Review: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Rating: ★★★★ The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there. When yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is…… Read more “Review: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern”
Review: Red Queen By Victoria Aveyard
Rating: ★★★★ This is a world divided by blood – red or silver. The reds are commoners, ruled over by an oppressive Silver elite, a race of…… Read more “Review: Red Queen By Victoria Aveyard”
Review: Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds
Rating: ★★★ When Jack and Kate meet at a party, bonding until sunrise over their mutual love for cereal, Jack knows he’s falling in love – hard…… Read more “Review: Opposite of Always by Justin A. Reynolds”
Review: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
RATING: ★★★★ The story opens with a young boy, Theo, surviving a terrorist bombing in a museum only to lose his mother and everything he knew about…… Read more “Review: The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt”
Review: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
RATING: ★★★★★ History, huh? What happens when America’s First Son falls in love with the Prince of Wales? Red, White and Royal Blue follows two characters: Alex…… Read more “Review: Red, White & Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston”
Review: Wayward Son (Simon Snow #2) by Rainbow Rowell
RATING: ★★★ The story is supposed to be over. Simon Snow did everything he was supposed to do. He beat the villain. He won the war. He…… Read more “Review: Wayward Son (Simon Snow #2) by Rainbow Rowell”
Review: The Awakening of Ren Crown (Ren Crown #1) by Anne Zoelle
RATING: ★★★★ I tried to read this about a year ago, got through chapter one and then put it down. I thought I would try again as…… Read more “Review: The Awakening of Ren Crown (Ren Crown #1) by Anne Zoelle”
Review: Villette by Charlotte Brontë
RATING: ★★★ To put it plain and simple: this book makes for a hard read. Villette lacks the fire and passion of Jane Eyre. It’s different. But…… Read more “Review: Villette by Charlotte Brontë”