This book reminds me of Jane Austen somehow, even though it's set in England and Europe during WWII. It's action-packed, but it's still primarily relational, creating a microcosm world all its own that could not have existed under any other circumstances. It's a bit like college, but with much ...
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This is the second book I've read by Marc Levy (the first was PS From Paris), and it probably won't be the last! I guess I'd call the genre romance, but that's only for lack of a better category. Maybe literary fiction is closer, because romance is certainly not the main focus throughout. The ...
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I didn't love this one for the same reasons why I didn't much love "Renegades"-- which still makes me sad, because I've been so impressed with everything else Marissa Meyer has written. My biggest issue is with Nova's conflict, which is pretty core to the story. Her parents and her baby sister ...
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This book was primarily upsetting, quite frankly. It was very well written and engaging, and I loved (in some ways) the fact that it was as historically accurate as a "novel" could be, drawn from Patsy Jefferson's correspondences and those letters she curated of her father's. But my big takeaway was ...
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Ah! So very satisfying!!! I'd forgotten quite a bit of this one, even though I've seen the films several times. I remembered all the major plot points, but there were a good many nuances and crucial explanations I got to rediscover, which made this read-through feel fresher to me than any of the ...
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