Andrea Dunlop’s debut Losing the Light follows two California college students studying abroad in France. They fall in love with the French culture and all their new freedom, but they also fall for the same guy. It’s a story of obsession, mystery and destructive friendships. This atmospheric book had me completely transfixed. If you’re […]
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The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender is a unique story that reads like a dark fairy tale. Ava Lavender recounts the story of the Roux family, from the origins of her grandmother Emilienne’s bakery to her mother’s hopeless love for Ava’s father. The unusual story sparkles with magical realism and fairy tale language, and the descriptions of […]
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When I was looking at a roundup of the 2014 “best of” lists, one book that kept popping up is Celeste Ng’s debut Everything I Never Told You. I ended up gifting a copy to my sister for Christmas, and my teen got a copy for Christmas as well. The universe was telling me to […]
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