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Reviews by Nicole G. (Andover, MA)

Songs of Summer
by Jane L. Rosen

Musical Addition to Rosen's Fire Island Books (1/14/2025)

Songs of Summer is a sweet little earworm of a book that follows a young woman's quest to find her birth family over a long weekend on Fire Island. The characters are well drawn and fun to spend time with. I particularly loved the song title for each chapter which had me …more

Serial Killer Games
by Kate Posey

Delightful Surprise (1/8/2025)

Kate Posey's first novel is a wonderfully original mystery/romance/comedy that kept me engaged and delightfully surprised until the end. In a genre that can be trite, and in which authors can get bogged down in old tropes, Posey's take is fresh and compelling. Highly recommend.

One Death at a Time
by Abbi Waxman

Mason and Julia are my new Justice League! (1/8/2025)

One Death at a Time is a bit of a departure for Waxman and it is well done. There is signature Waxman pacing and strong female characters written with smart, funny dialog, but this time in the service of a buddy comedy/mystery. I enjoyed Mason, Julia and the whole cast, and …more

The Bog Wife
by Kay Chronister

Mother Nature as Gothic Family Tale (9/30/2024)

The Bog Wife is a story of family. Of parents and siblings and the burden of generational trauma. It is also a story about the stewardship of nature and the necessity of reviewing and renewing our relationship to and with the very land that sustains us. Kay Chronister's …more

The Day Tripper: A Novel
by James Goodhand

For Fans of Time Traveler Stories (12/4/2023)

For fans of Oona Out of Order and Cassandra in Reverse, The Day Tripper is a worthy addition to the "person out of time" oeuvre. I will say that I struggled a bit at the beginning to care about Alex Dean and his newly bloomed romance or, frankly, to like him at all. Credit …more

Wild and Distant Seas: A Novel
by Tara Karr Roberts

Moby Dick reimagined as a tale of female generational trauma (11/24/2023)

Call me a sucker for a reimagining or retelling of a classic tale, but I enjoyed this homage to Moby Dick. Told in five parts by the matrilineal descendants of the famous narrator, Ishmael, the story almost feels like four individual novellas that are satisfyingly woven …more

The Witches at the End of the World
by Chelsea Iversen

Compelling magical realism with humanity at its heart (8/28/2023)

Chelsea Iversen has created a captivating world in which sisters deal with a traumatic childhood and the ways it continues to impact their adulthoods. Her world was so compelling that at times I forgot I was reading, as the images and moods she was able to create put my …more

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