by Seniye Groff | Jun 27, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction
Marriages take work and faces lots challenges, so when Celestial and Roy face unexpected trauma as newlyweds, the stakes are even greater. Celestial is a rising artist and Roy is a business executive and by outward appearances they are a successful Black couple...
by Sarah Hutchins | Jun 12, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction
As one might imagine about a 2017 Man Booker Prize finalist, Fiona Mozley’s debut novel Elmet is well crafted. The title, as explained in an epigraph by Ted Hughes, Elmet was the last independent Celtic kingdom in England and into the seventeenth century was a hideout...
by L Ruby Hannigan | May 8, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction, Mystery, Crime & Thriller
Annie and Will Gordon are Americans living in the mysterious and beautiful city of Budapest trying to seek their fortune. Annie has sought to live here to escape the thoughts that haunt her. Will simply believes he can change the lives of the citizens in Budapest by...
by Seniye Groff | Apr 19, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction
Aviva Grossman is young, naïve and ambitious. While interning, she stupidly has an affair with a married congressman. Even more stupid, Aviva writes a blog documenting the affair. When Aviva confides to her mom about the affair, she promises her mom she will end it,...
by L Ruby Hannigan | Apr 13, 2018 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction
This intricate historical fiction, despair, and a bit of guilty romance takes place in the mudlands of the Mississippi Delta in the early years post WWII. Two families lived on farmland in the delta; hard working people struggling to survive each day. The owner of the...