by Whitney Smyth | Nov 25, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Fantasy, General Fiction, Sponsored, Urban Fiction
[alert variation=”alert-info”]Publisher: AEC Stellar Publishing Formats: Paperback Purchase: Powell’s | Amazon | IndieBound | Barnes & Noble | iBooks[/alert] The Former Hero is an ambitious and philosophical novel that looks at the concept of a...
by Site Owner | Jan 16, 2014 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Urban Fiction
Coming of Age in Iraq Translated by Sinan Antoon Yale Margellos, $22.00, 200 pages Coming-of-age stories across many cultures have similar themes. A young man who wants to strike out on his own, but circumstances force him to follow the path that his family has...
by michaeld | Jun 28, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Urban Fiction
By Karl Taro Greenfeld Harper, $25.99, 253 pages Mark is about to join his friends for breakfast fully unaware that the trajectory of his life is about to change. He sits in a local steakhouse with the other fathers of children at the school, as...
by Site Owner | May 25, 2013 | Archived Reviews (pre-April 2020), Urban Fiction
Finding Connection and Meaning By George Minot Alfred A. Knopf, $25.95, 368 pages The title almost gives it away: George Minot’s Om Love is about a couple who meet and fall in love while practicing yoga. But with the next exhale, it must be exclaimed...