by lauralizbuckley | 6 Jul, 2019 | Book Reviews
Four Paths isn’t like other places. When Violet Saunders moves to the small, rural town with her mother, she quickly discovers that there’s more to the place than meets the eye; founder families with their otherworldly gifts, the mingled fear and awe of...
by lauralizbuckley | 29 Jun, 2019 | Book Reviews
Hannah Gold, the only child of high-flying professional parents, has always been intelligent and mature beyond her years. She knows how to take care of herself, and she knows how to get what she wants. Most of the time. Unfortunately, due to a misunderstanding and a...
by lauralizbuckley | 22 Jun, 2019 | Book Reviews
Hope is sweet, optimistic and more than a little naive. She has firm ideas about how the world should work, including (if not especially) how her own future is supposed to pan out. If only her family, and reality, would stop getting in her way… Happy Girl Lucky...
by lauralizbuckley | 15 Jun, 2019 | Book Reviews
I received an ARC of this book for free. All thoughts and opinions expressed are my own. When Caroline Giammanco got a job teaching in a maximum-security prison, she wasn’t sure what to expect. She thought it might be unsafe, unpleasant, intimidating – but she...
by lauralizbuckley | 8 Jun, 2019 | Book Reviews
“War doesn’t determine who’s right. War determines who remains.” ― R.F. Kuang, The Poppy War War orphan Rin has grown up working for the Fangs, overworked and underappreciated. But when they decide to marry her off to an old man to make their opium...