by Maria Whelan | Mar 30, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction
Shanthi Sekaram’s second novel, Lucky Boy , is a moving portrait of two families as they struggle to integrate themselves into the structure of modern day society in America. Kavya and Rishi Reddy have been trying to have a child for some time. Frustrated and...
by Maria Whelan | Mar 22, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), General Fiction
In Aidan Donnelley Rowley’s lush and poignant novel, The Ramblers, two friends find their footing as they settle into the realities and challenges of adulthood. Clio Marsh and Smith Anderson have been friends since college. Now, almost fifteen years later, they...
by Maria Whelan | Jan 26, 2017 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Mystery, Crime & Thriller
Karin Slaughter’s heart-racing psychological thriller The Kept Woman follows Will Trent, an officer at the Georgia Bureau of Investigation who stumbles upon a crime scene that hits incredibly close to home. When Will learns that the gun found on the scene belongs to...
by Maria Whelan | Dec 8, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Historical Fiction
This is an incredibly hard review to write. Perhaps because the content, reviewing Homegoing ,by Yaa Gyasi, is unbelievably traumatic – drawn from the very evils of human nature, the heartlessness of slavery, and the devastation of racism in the United States....
by Maria Whelan | Nov 15, 2016 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020)
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: William Morrow Formats: Hardcover, Paperback, eBook, Kindle, Audiobook, Audible Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | iBooks[/alert] Soulmates, by Jessica Grose, the editor of Lenny – an email...
