Book & Author Details: A Shadow in the Light by Keary Taylor (Parallel Verse Guardians, #1) Publication date: April 20th 2021
Genres: Adult, Paranormal, Romance
Synopsis:
“You went and fell in love with an ultralight? That’s like a spider falling in love with a butterfly. They’re both arachnids, but the entire universe knows they don’t belong together.”
I needed an out. I needed to be someone who wasn’t trapped in Las Vegas. I went to that club looking for nothing and everything, and there he was. Jaxon’s hands on my hips were just what I was looking for, and for just one night, it was easy to be someone I wasn’t.
Then our signals went haywire. We’ve been looking for the gatekeeper for a long, long time so we can go home, and a new possibility just came up. It was my job to bring them in.
Only it was him. Jaxon Gray. Turns out, he comes from one of the most dangerous crime families in Sin City. But I’m not the only one after him. There are others who want him just as bad, and they’ll kill me to get to him.
Now we’re on the run together. He should be scared. He’s seen me shift, and it’s not sparkly or pretty. But he doesn’t cower when he sees the other side of me—my shadows, my claws, my fangs. With a curious gleam in his eyes, he asks to know more.
This is dangerous. He’s about to manifest. And as soon as he does, his biggest impulse will be to kill me. But it’s too late for my heart, I can’t walk away. So, the million-dollar question is: will what’s happened between us be enough for him to overcome his instincts?
Keary Taylor is the USA TODAY bestselling author of over twenty novels. She grew up along the foothills of the Rocky Mountains where she started creating imaginary worlds and daring characters who always fell in love. She now splits her time between a tiny island in the Pacific Northwest and Utah, with her husband and their two children. She continues to have an overactive imagination that frequently keeps her up at night.
Have you wished you could just step into your favourite book and spend a day or two living your favourite character’s life? If yes, today I have a perfect book for you- Unwritten, a fabulous debut novel from Alicia J.Novo.
Synopsis:
Books whisper to Beatrix Alba. But they aren’t the reason she has never fit in. Bullied at home and school, she keeps a secret—a power of violence and darkness.
When the spell that keeps her hidden fails, she’s catapulted into the Zweeshen, a realm where all tales live, and her dream of meeting her favorite characters comes true. But wishes are tricky, and behind its wonder and whimsy, the Zweeshen is under attack. A character is burning bookworlds in pursuit of a weapon to rule both stories and storytellers. To succeed, he needs a riddle in Beatrix’s possession.
Now he’s hunting her down.
Joining forces with William, a cursed conjurer, Beatrix must face an enemy who knows her every weakness in a realm where witches play with time, Egyptian gods roam, and Regency heroines lead covert operations. And with her darkness as the only weapon, she may have to sacrifice everything to save a world that rejects her.
Before we start let me state the obvious- this has got to be one of the most beautiful book covers I have seen this year! and we are talking about Fantasy where gorgeous covers have almost become a necessary requirement.
This is one of those books I never wanted to end. The story was riveting, the world was fully-developed without stifling your ability to see it in your own unique way, and the characters…well. they just jumped off the page and took on a life of their own.
16-year-old Beatrix Alba lost her mother when she was seven. She is devoted to her wonderful grandfather who is teaching her how to control the magic that lives inside her. When he passes away, Beatrix is devastated. All that is left of him is a mysterious box with a few objects and an enigmatic letter from her Mum. Beatrix doesn’t get on with her father and is also severely bullied at school. Her only solace is her books that whisper to her, give her advice and comfort her. Her grandfather’s spell that kept Beatrix’s magic hidden from everybody starts going wrong and she finds herself discovered by three very unusual characters who encourage her step into a different world. Zweeshen is the universe of stories and characters that live their immortal lives there, governed by their genre guilds and their rather strict laws and regulations. While Beatrix is hunting for clues that would help her solve the riddle of her mother’s letter and enable her to find her far-away land, Zweeshen is under a mortal threat and (you guessed it) has to be saved by our young and selfless heroine who is still figuring out who she is and what her real powers are.
The beginning of the book reminded me a bit of the black-and-white part of The Wizard of Oz. It was so clear that Beatrix didn’t belong there. Everything was somehow subdued. Then the magic broke in and from that moment on I just couldn’t put the book down. Zweeshen was such a fascinating place to discover, and I was really grateful to the author who let me gradually build up my knowledge of this biblio-multiverse. I felt as if I was discovering it together with Beatrix.
One of Beatrix’s comments that made me smile was how main characters as a rules seemed too pretty, too perfect, impossible to measure up. Well, they aren’t in this book. They have their unique personalitites and their own flaws and weaknesses that make them well-rounded and even more fascinating. It is difficult not to empathise or even fall in love with some of them, and be suspicious of others. They also grow and change as the story progresses and some of the developments will take you aback.
Imaginative, enchanting, beautifully written, Unwritten will take you on a unique adventure, and, once you’ve turned the last page, you’ll join me in waiting impatiently for the second book in the Zweeshen Chronicles.
Thank you to Giselle from Xpresso Book Tours, the publisher and the author for the review copy, provided in exchange for an honest opinion.
AUTHOR BIO:
Alicia has a weak spot for happy endings and transformative journeys. She spent her teenage years in Argentina and Europe, speaks several languages and loves to travel.
An eclectic reader, she grew up on a diet ranging from Lucy M. Montgomery and Jane Austen to Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Raymond Chandler, Hermann Hesse, Jorge Luis Borges, and many classics. She’s never been cured of reading a bit of everything and is as likely to geek out about Mr. Darcy as Dr. Who. She is a history and astronomy aficionado, who walked the Camino de Santiago in Spain, completed her Masters in the Netherlands and worked for Google in Ireland. She decided to become a writer at six but took a full, winding road here. Along the way, she learned if there’s one thing that cuts across cultures, one unifying thread that pulls everyone together, it’s a good story.
A big-city girl, she now lives in the Midwest, where she occasionally picks apples and pretends witches exist.
The Restarting Point by Marci Bolden (Chammont Point #1) Publication date: April 27th 2021 Genres: Women’s Fiction
Synopsis:
Marketing executive and mother of two, Jade Kelly can now add cancer survivor to her list of successes. But while her life looks good on paper, four months out of treatment, Jade realizes she hardly knows her college-age children and she and her husband Nick are little more than housemates.
Determined to start over, Jade schedules a family vacation to a lakefront cabin. When her kids bail and Nick stays home to handle a last minute work crisis, Jade heads to Chammont Point alone, determined to dust herself off and figure out what to do with the rest of her life.
While she’s away, the life she thought she had unravels. Secrets, lies, and old wounds drive Jade into new adventures and new relationships. With the help of family and new found friends, Jade learns starting over sometimes means finding a brand new restarting point.
As a teen, Marci Bolden skipped over young adult books and jumped right into reading women’s fiction and romance novels.
Marci lives in the Midwest with her husband, two kiddos, and numerous rescue pets. If she had an ounce of will power, Marci would embrace healthy living but until cupcakes and wine are no longer available at the local grocery store, she’ll put that ambition on hold and appease her guilt by reading self-help books and promising to join a gym “soon.
A dashing cowboy gets his second chance at romance in the next book in the Heart of Texas series
Who wants to rodeo again?
Jace Wilder has been rebuilding his life since the love of his life, Taryn, up and left town unexpectedly. But when she mysteriously returns, Jace’s dependable world comes crashing down. Taryn is hiding a dangerous secret, and no matter how hard he tries, Jace can’t stay away―especially when Taryn is at risk. And especially when the attraction he thought he’d buried long ago is back and hotter than ever. Will he be able to trust Taryn again?
Taryn Hillman’s world fell apart one horrifying night, and it’s never been the same since. When she sees a small chance at untangling herself, she takes it, though it means returning to Clearview – and seeing Jace again. But when he vows to protect her, will Taryn take a chance, and this time, never let him go?
(From the blurb)
“MY FAVORITE COWBOY is a suspenseful tale of two wounded souls overcoming their internal issues to love.” – Romance Junkies
“A captivating romance novel with a sexy cowboy making this perfect for anyone who loves a steamy romantic read.” – Fresh Fction on My Favorite Cowboy
Publisher: St.Martin’s Press Publication Date: April 27, 2021
My thoughts: I can’t believe we are now on Book 6 in Donna Grant’s Heart of Texas seies! The fans of the series are going to be very happy to revisit Clearview and see the familiar characters. There’s also a new love story- this time it’s Jace’s turn…
Jace’s friends are worried about him. It’s been five years since his girlfriend Taryn left him. He never got a closure. All she left was a hurried note…His family all disappeared leaving their possessions behind. But Jace just keeps thinking about Taryn. Sometimes there is really just One woman for you and that’s it. Now it seeems that his imagination and his broken heart have been playing tricks with him- he thinks he might have seen her in a car in Clearview.
Taryn’s life turned into a nightmare when her father and her brother got addicted to drugs. They got so indebted that a drug king pin kidnapped the whole family to keep them in virtual slavery and force them sell drugs on the streets. Taryn’s father and her brother got killed in front of her. Taryn’s younger sister Payton is the only member of her family left and Taryn will do anything to save her, including getting a hefty sum of money, a price for their freedom. Even shady criminals won’t lend her the money, once they catch a whiff of who she is indentured to. Taryn is tired and scared and can only thiink ofone man who has never let her down- Jace.
Can the book be read as a standalone? Yes. Donna Grant provides a brief recap of the challenges the previous five couples faced on their way to happiness. Having said that, I think at this stage it is almost too much of the backstory for a new reader to enjoy the book fully- it is better to start from the earlier books.
The series is all about friendships, loyalty, families you are born into and families you make. It is about strong, protective men and strong, independent women. Taryn has sacrificed everything for her father and her siblings, so you can see how she fits in this close-knit group of friends. Loyalty is her main characteristic and, to be honest, we don’t get to know her that much beyond this. Jace is clearly the One for her as she is for him. After all, they spent five years pining for each other…There are some very steamy scenes once they get back together, so if this is not your kind of thing, you can skip them. I would have prefered a bit more dialogue, more emotional catch-up, but I guess there are different ways of showing you care.
The book is fast paced and there’s a lot of action, especially towards the end, which is understandable since Jace and his friends are all either ex-military or are in the law enforcement. There are a few twists that I didn’t expect at all. If you have been following the series, you are probably going to read the book in one sitting, and then will start waiting for the next story. Ryan’s? or perhaps Ryan’s mysterious cousin is going to get his own book?
Thank you to NetGalley and St.Martin’s for the ARC provided in exchange for an honest opinion.
About the author:
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Donna Grant has penned ninety novels, novelettes, novellas, and short stories spanning multiple genres of romance including the exhilarating Dark King and Reaper paranormal series, the romantic suspense Sons of Texas series, the historical paranormal Kindred series, and the contemporary Heart of Texas series. She lives with her two children, a dog, and three cats in Texas.
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Today is my stop on the blog tour for Willow Weeps and I am absolutely delighted to host a Q and A session with Louise Worthington, the author of this moving psychological thriller/suspense.
Willow Weeps
A secret is a lie in the making. A charming divorcee and his young daughter. The promise of a new life – together as a family, in an apartment in a historic building. A fresh start – or the key to a nightmare? Who will Willow believe – a young offender, or the love of her life?
Page-turning and emotional, Willow Weeps is the gripping new thriller from the author of Rachel’s Garden and The Entrepreneur.
Q and A with Louise Worthington,
author of psychological women’s fiction.
Her latest moving psychological suspense is Willow Weeps.
1 What inspired you to write Willow Weeps?
I listened to an audiobook called Doing Time: 25 Years of Prison Writing. I found many of the poems and the prose emotive and powerful, hard-hitting and without self-pity. It gave me the idea of creating a character called Lily Lessing who is a young offender and a gifted writer. Part of my research for the story involved visiting two local prisons- Shrewsbury prison, now a visitor attraction and Berwyn prison in North Wales.
2 Can you explain the significance of the title?
Towards the end of the novel, Willow’s journey is complete. She develops emotionally from the experiences which take place stemming from her relationship with Paul and his daughter, Evie-May. There is sadness along the way leading to a bitter-sweet ending! ‘Willow weeps, not for Paul, not for herself, or the woman who has been killed instantly. She weeps for her sister, Mandy, who has saved her life.’ ‘I’m happy,’ Willow says with a sob. ‘There’s nothing wrong with me! I’m weeping with joy.
3 What influences your writing?
I studied literature at university and taught English to pupils aged 11-18 for a long time. Then I became interested in psychology and studied that. I enjoy walking and running, and it’s often outside, in woods or by water – canals and rivers, were I get the best ideas. I volunteer at a local dog sanctuary and it is often while I’m cycling there, or walking a dog through the woods, that I get an idea. I went to the Crime Writers Festival in Bristol a few years ago where I met inspirational and aspiring writers and pitched to three agents. I read a lot – fiction and poetry, the odd non-fiction book- and of course the reviews I receive from readers of my novels are a great way to learn what I’m doing well and what I need to work on!
4 What else is in the pipeline?
Lots! The audiobook of Willow Weeps will come out in June 2021. The Entrepreneur, a psychological thriller, comes out this month which is a rather like Big Brother meets The Apprentice. Later this year the first in a series of psychological thrillers will be released – Dr. Glass. The female protagonist is a clinical psychologist.
5 What are you reading at the moment?
I’ve just finished reading My Dark Vanessa which is a really good book. It’s one of those reads which can’t be followed by anything else quite so dark in theme so I’ve put Sisters by Daisy Johnson, which I was reading, to one side for now. I’m reading Someone We Know by Shari Lapena which came from the disused telephone box in the village where books are exchanged. It’s a great lucky dip. Also, I’m reading The Family Upstairs by Lisa Jewell. I subscribe to Audible and am currently listening to Dearly: Poems by Margaret Atwood narrated by the author. I tend to only read non-fiction if it’s about the craft of writing, but I do enjoy the odd memoir. Author Links Willow Weeps is available from Amazon as an eBook and paperback: HERE. Details of Louise Worthington’s other psychological fiction can be found on her website.
Thank you to Louise for her fascinating Q and A session! Hope you pick up and enjoy reading Willow Weeps, whether in its ebook, paperback (already available) or audiobook format (coming in June 2021)!
Book & Author Details: My Forever by Kira Adams (Infinite Love, #3) Publication date: April 16th 2021 Genres: Contemporary, New Adult, Romance
Synopsis:
Madalynne Life can be cruel and unexpected, ripping your heart out when you least expect it. You never think it can be you, and then it happens and you’re left to pick up the pieces of your broken life. I was grieving, understandably so, each stage pushing me further and further from him. There was never a doubt in my mind that Parker and I were soul mates. No one had ever made me feel the way he did, and I didn’t want them to. Through all the hard times, he was there. Parker was the only person I could lean on, the only person I could talk to about my feelings. He pulled me out of my depression. He helped me see the light again.
Parker She was hurting, and I wanted to be there for her. When my brother Bo passed, I slipped into a deep depression, and even though I pushed Madalynne away at every turn, she never gave up on me. I owed her my life, and I wanted to spend the rest of mine making her happy. Even with our connections to others, my love for her never wavered. It was something embedded in my bones, so deeply she would always be a part of me. That’s why I never gave up hope that somehow, someday, we would be together again.
My Forever is the third book in the Infinite Love series.
Book & Author Details: ISAN by Mary Ting (International Sensory Assassin Network, #1) Publication date: May 1st 2018 Genres: Dystopian, Science Fiction, Young Adult
Synopsis:
THE WORLD HAS CHANGED.
SCIENTISTS WARNED IT WOULD HAPPEN.
Meteors devastated the Earth. World Governments developed plans to help surviving citizens. The United States disbanded and salvageable land was divided into four quadrants—North, South, East, and West—governed by The Remnant Council.
Struggling to survive, seventeen-year-old Ava ends up in juvenile detention, until she is selected for a new life—with a catch. She must be injected with an experimental serum. The results will be life changing. The serum will make her better. To receive the serum, Ava agrees to join a program controlled by ISAN, the International Sensory Assassin Network.
While on a mission, she is abducted by a rebel group led by Rhett and told that not only does she have a history with him, but her entire past is a lie perpetuated by ISAN to ensure her compliance. Unsure of who to trust, Ava must decide if her strangely familiar and handsome captor is her enemy or her savior—and time is running out.
International Bestselling, Award-Winning Author Mary Ting writes soulful, spellbinding stories that excite the imagination and captivate readers all over the world. Her books run a wide range of genres: science fiction, fantasy, and swoon worthy stories. Her storytelling talents have won her a devoted legion of fans and garnered critical praise.
Mary was born in Seoul Korea and resides in Southern California with her husband, two children, and two dogs—Mochi and Mocha. She enjoys oil painting and making jewelry. Becoming an author was a way to grieve the death of her beloved grandmother. After realizing she wanted to become a full-time author, she retired from teaching after twenty years.
Happy Publication Day to Summer Secrets at the Streamside Cottage by Samantha Tonge!
Summer Secrets at Streamside Cottage
A new start can come from the most unexpected places…
It’s been years since Lizzie Lockhart spoke to her parents. But she was safe in the knowledge she knew everything about them. Once upon a time, they were as close as could be. Until they weren’t. After receiving the earth-shattering news of their passing, Lizzie decides it’s time to unearth some family secrets and find out just who her parents really were… starting with Streamside Cottage. A cottage Lizzie never knew existed, in a place she’s never heard of: the beautiful English village of Leafton. Leaving behind London, and the tattoo parlour she called home, Lizzie finds herself moving to the countryside. Faced with a tight-lipped community, who have secrets of their own, Lizzie is at a loss for what to do, until her rather handsome neighbour, Ben, steps in to help. As Lizzie finally begins to piece together the puzzle of her family history she realises she has to confront the truth of the past in order to face her future.
My thoughts: Samantha Tonge is my favourite authors, so when I heard her new book is about to be published I was absolutely delighted.
The sunshine and blue skies on this gorgeous cover look so sweet and invting that if I asked you what the book is about, you’d never guess it is about dark secrets and digging in the family past. Lizzie is a tattoo artist. She is passionate about her work which more often than not requires empathy and a deeper understanding of her clients’ state of mind. She also needs to be focused and concentrated. Something that is difficult to do when your aunt arrives to give you the worst kind of news- Lizzie’s parents, from whom she has been estranged for five years, have passed away. They left one of their properties Streamside Cottage in a tiny picturesque village of Leafton to her aunt, who cannot even bear the very mention of it. It appears that Lizzie’s parents let an agency deal with renting it out and kept it secret for years and years. But why? Lizzie decides to investigate and what she finds out completely changes her world.
I really enjoyed learning fun facts about tattoos. Every chapter begins with one of them, which of course propmted me to do more research, which in turn helped me understand better Lizzie’s fascination with her chosen medium of art. We get glimpses from the past – Lizzie’s relationship with her strict parents. Subconsciously Lizzie has always known that there was something off, some secrets (and what secrets they were!). Had her parents made different choices, Lizzie would have grown up having a closer relationship with them.
Small towns and villages make such a great setting for a novel of this kind. People remember things from long time ago, but are often reluctant to talk. Keep reading and you will understand that they are sweet and kind neighbours and Leafton is indeed a lovely community, although the pace of life is very different from London.
Samantha’s trademark writing style that makes it very easy to follow this intriguing story and I’m sure fans of this versatile author are going to be delighted with this new book.
Thank you to Rachel from Rachel’s Random Resources, NetGalley and Aria for the review copy provided in exchange for an honest opinion.
Author Bio – Samantha Tonge lives in Manchester UK and studied German and French at university. She has worked abroad, including a stint at Disneyland Paris, and has travelled widely. She has sold many dozens of short stories to women’s magazines. In 2014 her bestselling debut, Doubting Abbey, was shortlisted for the Festival of Romantic Fiction Best Ebook Award. In 2015 her summer novel, Game of Scones, hit #5 in the UK Kindle chart and won the Love Stories Awards Best Romantic Ebook category. In 2019 she was shortlisted for the RNA’s Romantic Comedy Award. In 2020 she won the RNA’s Jackie Collins Romantic Thriller Award with her novel Knowing You, from publisher Canelo.
Can’t-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Tressa at Wishful Endings to spotlight and discuss the books we’re excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they’re books that have yet to be released. It’s based on Waiting on Wednesday, hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.
The book I can’t wait for this Wednesday is …
Tokyo Ever After by Emiko Jean
Crazy Rich Asians meets The Princess Diaries in this irresistible story about an ordinary Japanese-American girl who discovers her senior year of high school that her father is the Crown Prince of Japan.
Izumi Tanaka has never really felt like she fit in—it isn’t easy being Japanese American in her small, mostly white, northern California town. Raised by a single mother, it’s always been Izumi—or Izzy, because “It’s easier this way”—and her mom (and her trusty terrier sidekick, Tamagotchi) against the world. But then Izzy discovers a clue to her previously unknown father’s identity…and he’s none other than the Crown Prince of Japan. Which means outspoken, irreverent Izzy is literally a princess.
In a whirlwind, Izzy travels to Japan to meet the father she never knew and discover the country she always dreamed of. But being a princess isn’t all ball gowns and tiaras. There are conniving cousins, a hungry press, a scowling but handsome bodyguard who just might be her soulmate, and thousands of years of tradition and customs to learn practically overnight.
Izzy soon finds herself caught between worlds, and between versions of herself—back home, she was never “American” enough, and in Japan, she must prove she’s “Japanese” enough. Will Izumi crumble under the weight of the crown, or will she live out her fairytale, happily ever after?
Publisher: Flatiron Books
Publication Date: May 18, 2021
Emiko Jean is the author of Tokyo Ever After, Empress of all Seasons, and We’ll Never be Apart. When Emiko is not writing, she is reading. Most of her friends are imaginary. Before she became a writer she was an entomologist (fancy name for bug catcher), a candle maker, a florist, and most recently a teacher. She lives in Washington with her husband and children (unruly twins). She loves the rain.
Thank youvery much to GisellefromExpresso BookTours and the publisher forinviting me to participate in the blog tour for The Mary Shelley Clubby Goldy Moldavsky.
Book details: The Mary Shelley Club by Goldy Moldavsky Published by: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) Publication date: April 13th 2021 Genres: Thriller, Young Adult
Synopsis:
New York Times-bestselling author Goldy Moldavsky delivers a deliciously twisty YA thriller that’s Scream meets Karen McManus about a mysterious club with an obsession for horror.
When it comes to horror movies, the rules are clear:
x Avoid abandoned buildings, warehouses, and cabins at all times. x Stay together: don’t split up, not even just to “check something out.” x If there’s a murderer on the loose, do not make out with anyone.
If only surviving in real life were this easy…
New girl Rachel Chavez turns to horror movies for comfort, preferring stabby serial killers and homicidal dolls to the bored rich kids of Manhattan Prep…and to certain memories she’d preferred to keep buried.
Then Rachel is recruited by the Mary Shelley Club, a mysterious society of students who orchestrate Fear Tests, elaborate pranks inspired by urban legends and movie tropes. At first, Rachel embraces the power that comes with reckless pranking. But as the Fear Tests escalate, the competition turns deadly, and it’s clear Rachel is playing a game she can’t afford to lose.
First things first, I’m not a kind of person who would be overly enthusiastic about a blurb mentioning One of Us is Lying. Scream? now we are talking. Mary Shelley? oh, yes, please. I love Frankenstein with its monumental influence on our popculture and I love the story behind its creation. In this case, the publicist’s description was spot on and I enjoyed every minute of this wild ride.
Rachel Chavez is the proverbial new girl in a new school. Something bad happened to her last year which made her mum and Rachel move and change their job and school respectively. The only thing Rachel’s mum insists on is Rachel keeping up her grades (you begin to wonder what exactly happened to have sent her into a spin last year, right?) and make friends. Which she kind of does. She even gets dragged (not literally, we haven’t started on the horror part, but we’ll get there, don’t get too comfortable) to a teenage party in an abandoned house. A prank is played and the scene is set. Rachel makes an enemy of a popular girl who won’t stop spreading her unsolicited opinion of Rachel (‘Freak!).
When Rachel finally confronts the prankster, she discovers the existence of the most mysterious and be default exclusive The Mary Shelley Club. Perhaps,she has finally found ‘her own tribe’, people who appreciate horror movie tropes in all their marvelous variety and see the genre the way Rachel does- as a cleansing mechanism to flush out all the wrong things in one’s life, an injection of adrenaline and courage. Perhaps, this is her way to face what happened to her, the changes in herself and her biggest fear. Perhaps, she can belong. But first, she needs to pass the Fear Test, and this is where what seems an innocent game is going to get deadly serious. As it would in any decent horror movie….
The writing style is effortless and easy to follow. You get so immersed in what Rachel experiences that it is as if you’ve stepped into her life. Or at the very least, a brilliant horror movie. you are a bit edgy and suspicious,but you can’t turn your eyes off the screen. Ups! I meant to say off the page…
Rachel is a likeable and relatable protagonist. Don’t we all want to fit in and belong, without sacrificing what makes us unique? How far would we go in this desire? How far would we push other people to get what we want and what would it do to us? Goldy Moldavsky masterfully renders this universal teenage angst in this exciting YA thriller.
Well-written, gripping, perceptive, The Mary Shelley is wickedly entertaining. I’m glad to have found a new author to watch out for- Goldy Moldavsky.
Thank you to Giselle from Xpresso Book tours, NetGalley and Henry Holt and Co. (BYR) for the review copy provided in exchange for an honest opinion.
AUTHOR BIO:Goldy Moldavsky was born in Lima, Peru, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where she lives with her family. She is the New York Times–bestselling author of Kill the Boy Band and No Good Deed. Some of her influences include Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the esteemed works of John Irving, and the Mexican telenovelas she grew up watching with her mother.
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