This is a new Jill Mansell, so it almost speaks for itself. Even though she exclusively writes lighter British romances, Jill Mansell is one of those authors whose books I actively seek out time and time again, and this book definitely checks the boxes for me. Didi Laing and Shay Mason fell for each other as teenagers during a school trip on a magical snowy evening in Venice. For six months, they were blissfully in … Read More “And Now You’re Back by Jill Mansell” »
Author: Erin Shanahan
Former in-house book editor turned stay-at-home mom who will hopefully return to the industry some day -- let me know if you hear of any openings -- but for now who reads as much as I can and reviews online, both here and on Instagram (@bookwormerin.) I love books. Reading them. Buying them. Recommending them. I was the kid whose mother had to limit the number of books I could check out from the library each week to the number of books I could physically carry home. Now, I have a husband who enables me, children who love books almost as much as I do, and a bit too much time on my hands, which I fill with reading.T.J. Klune did it again! While the plot of this book was different from The House In the Cerulean Sea, the beauty of the writing and the expert development of the characters stayed wonderfully consistent. I think The House In the Cerulean Sea is still be my favorite book for the year, but this one is definitely going to make my top ten (if not top five.) Wallace Price has done very little with his … Read More “Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune” »
Rachel is a social influencer, who finds herself becoming less and less influential after she becomes pregnant. She reaches out to her followers to find someone to help her with the baby, and hires Abbie, a super-fan who puts Rachel on a pedestal and believes that her online personality is identical to her actual one. But neither Abbie, not Rachel, are what the other one expects. I have mixed feelings about this book. I felt … Read More “The New Mother by Julia Crouch” »
I’ve been reading books by Sandra Dallas since The Persian Pickle Club, and I always enjoy her style of writing. This one was a bit harder of a read for me – I don’t know if it was just that I am burnt out living through our own modern-day pandemic or if my expectations were just too high. However, while this one wasn’t necessarily one of my favorites ever by this author, I still really … Read More “Little Souls by Sandra Dallas” »
This book starts out strong, but then gets a bit slow as it continues. It is still a good story, which I enjoyed reading, but keep in mind this isn’t going to be a quick thriller that keeps you turning the pages as fast as you can to find out the twist, but rather a slower burn suspense novel that takes time to get where it ultimately goes. A famous scientist, Vidor Kiraly, is receiving … Read More “The Double by Ann Gosslin” »