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Best of 2019 Reviews, Part One!

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NB: This week, we’re taking a look back at 2019. We’ve got a week of best-of posts to share, with reviews, cover snark, sales, and more. We hope you enjoy revisiting our archives, and most of all, we wish you and yours a wonderful holiday and a happy new year – with all the very best of reading. … We’re counting down the best of our 2019 reviews and boy, there were a lot. Counting … Continue reading Best of 2019 Reviews, Part One!

Book Review

The Au Pair by Emma Rous

The Au Pair

The Au Pair by Emma Rous is a slightly Gothic psychological thriller that focuses on one woman’s suspicion that she might not be physically related to her own family. The premise is excellent and while I kept turning pages well into the night, I found that when I finished the book, I was only slightly satisfied with the resolution. Part of that is because the final reveals are executed a little clumsily. The other part … Continue reading The Au Pair by Emma Rous

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January’s New Releases

Happy 2019, everyone! Are you ready for a new year of some great reading? I know we are. Especially, Elyse, who you should all hold personally responsible for the weight of your TBR pile this January. Here are a couple other titles releasing this month: Leigh Bardugo begins a new duology with King of Scars .  The Wicked King by Holly Black comes out this month! Seanan McGuire continues her Wayward Children series with In An Absent Dream . Marie Force … Continue reading January’s New Releases