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Reviews by Kristina H. (West Orange, NJ)

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Our House
by Louise Candlish
Lacking (7/6/2018)
Our House, while an intriguing concept, fell flat for me. Not for a lack of interesting twists and turns and a surprise at the end; all of that kept me going. But I struggled all the way. Perhaps because of the way it was written, jumping from present to past, from his headmore
The Chalk Man
by C. J. Tudor
Decent Chalky Fun (1/2/2018)
If you're looking for a non-detective-centric, decently-written mystery with a healthy dose of twists and turns, The Chalk Man is for you. It is creepy and interesting, and it will keep you guessing until the end. That being said, The Chalk Man is not without it's faults.more
Happiness: The Crooked Little Road to Semi-Ever After
by Heather Harpham
A Moving Tale of Motherhood (7/23/2017)
Heather Harpham knows words well. She knows how to craft a lyrical story; funny, poignant, heartwarming. While I'm not normally the type of person to pick up a unknown author's memoir, I'm so glad I did, because this one read like a fiction. Better than most fiction, to bemore
The Gypsy Moth Summer
by Julia Fierro
A Thick and Thorny Garden (4/17/2017)
With six different points of view, The Gypsy Moth Summer reminds me of an overgrown garden, where characters' lives are like tangled roots that weave in and out of one another, desperate to feed and bloom.

Fierro's prose is thick with detail; I often had to reread sentencesmore
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