Summer in the Bluffs is about a childless African American power couple, Ama and Omar, and their three goddaughters. Omar is gone and Ama wants the goddaughters to spend the summer with her one last time on her estate on Martha’s Vineyard, before she gifts one of them the house. First of all, I really liked the characters in this book. Yes, all of them were flawed, but they were interesting and passionate and each … Read More “Summer on the Bluffs by Sunny Hostin” »
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I really enjoyed this book, and I especially liked the author’s next-level writing style, which almost seemed itself musical with parts of the book that were smooth and easy, rising into crescendos that pushed David and Ameena’s relationship almost to its limits. Ameena, a Pakistani-Muslim writer by day and artist by night, left her home in Manchester for New York to avoid being forced into an arranged marriage by her very conservative and religious parents. … Read More “David and Ameena by Ami Rao” »
This one took a bit of time to get into, but with about 100 pages to go, I was hooked and needed to know how it ended. Penny was adopted when she was 4-years-old after Grace finds her abandoned in a playground. Now, twelve years later, she is found, clutching a knife and kneeling over her birth mother’s body, covered in her blood. She says she doesn’t remember anything, and is locked in a psychiatric … Read More “The Perfect Daughter by D. J. Palmer” »
This was a quick thriller, perfect for those days when you just want to get lost in a mystery that you don’t have to think about too hard. Orla has been home with a new baby for months when her best friend, Kate, decides to whisk her away for a fun weekend in Portugal, just the two of them. But after a wild night out, Kate goes missing, and Orla doesn’t remember much — was … Read More “The Weekend Away by Sarah Alderson” »
This one started out slow, and I didn’t initially connect to the characters, but I kept going with it, and just before the halfway mark, it clicked and I ended up really enjoying it. Eva has the power (curse?) to be able to feel the emotions people leave imprinted on inanimate objects, just like her father did. She’s never met anyone else who has the same ability until Harriet finds her. Harriet also has the … Read More “The Memory Collectors by Kim Neville” »