by Michelle | Mar 12, 2021 | Book Review, Books Read in 2021, H Author
Havenfall by Sara Holland is a perfectly decent young adult fantasy with a bit too much hand-wringing for my taste. This was always going to be the case when you have a main character suffering from a severe trauma that tore apart her family when she was younger and...
by Michelle | Jan 26, 2021 | Book Review, Books Read in 2021, H Author, Review Copy
Alice Hoffman and I have a love-hate relationship. I want to love her books, but most of the time I either do not finish them or finish them under duress. However, with The World That We Knew, I found an Alice Hoffman novel I love. Even though it occurs during World...
by Michelle | Jan 4, 2021 | Book Review, Books Read in 2021, H Author, Review Copy
The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins has plenty to offer for those familiar with Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre. What you might not realize is that it also has vibes from Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca. Given that I continually list both classics among my top...
by Michelle | Dec 30, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, H Author, Review Copy
The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs by Katherine Howe may be a sequel to The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane, but it is not necessary to read one before the other. While there are references to Deliverance and her book throughout The Daughters of Temperance Hobbs, Ms....
by Michelle | Dec 24, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, H Author, Review Copy
We Sold Our Souls by Grady Hendrix, although published in 2018, feels fitting for the dumpster fire of 2020. After all, based on the title alone, it is not difficult to imagine an entire cadre of government officials who sold their souls a long time ago. And I’m...
by Michelle | Dec 18, 2020 | Book Review, Books Read in 2020, H Author, Review Copy
I have two thoughts upon finishing Summer Cannibals by Melanie Hobson. The first is that I truly feel sad that Ms. Hobson felt it necessary to depict such a despicable family. The other reaction I have is simply WTF. Summer Cannibals starts out as a relatively quirky...
