Abby Jimenez’s Just for the Summer was released earlier this month. Jimenez is known for her contemporary romance novels, and this book was Good Morning America’s Book Club pick for April. Just for the Summer is a feel-good summer romance. No tortured reasons for people to be kept apart, just two people who like each …
What happens at the end of Iron Flame? After the revolutionaries bring in a bunch of cadets and other supporters to Aretia and Xaden gets the luminary in order to get the forge to be operational, Violet manages to the wards up in Aretia based on instructions in Warrick’s journal just before a major wyvern …
Chapter 1 Doña Valentina, a woman of mediocre beauty, and Don Marius Ordoño, a man with a dwindling fortune, are a married couple living in Casa Ordoño on Calle de Dos Santos. It’s a loveless and passionless marriage, which makes Valentina ill-tempered. She spends her days ordering the servants of the house around. She comes …
Leigh Bardugo’s The Familiar is a historical fiction fantasy set in Madrid during the Spanish Golden Age, released a few days ago much to the excitement of her devoted cadre of fans. Inventive and dark, Bardugo’s standalone historical fantasy novel centers around a scullery maid with Jewish ancestry, Luzia, who is discovered to have a …
The Notebook of Daniel Decatur Emmett Part I Part II Part III The Notebook of Daniel Decatur Emmett The book opens with lyrics to various folksy minstrel songs. Part I Pt 1, Chapter 1 Jim is a slave who “belongs” to Miss Watson. He’s waiting outside Miss Watson’s door to pick up some corn bread …
