Tag: NetGalley

The Second Chance Trailer Park | Katie Powner

This novel begins on a promising note, where we meet Meredith McGillicutty as a fifty-two-year-old self-made career woman. So far, she has done well, progressing steadily at work. Financially, too, she seems secure, flipping multiple homes and making a decent profit. Till one day, it all comes crashing down when she is denied a long-overdue […]

Bad Intentions | Iliana Xander

Josie Boots is embarrassed, tired, and doesn’t want to rejoin the social media fandom because of whatever happened. She fears people might recognize her from that shameful episode. So, she does the only logical thing possible- she decides to move back to her childhood home in Burnville. Besides saving her face, she has taken additional […]

Library of Forbidden Books | Mario Escobar

A woman tries to save books and manuscripts to preserve Germany’s literary history during its most devastating time is the byline of this novel. So, the story begins in the 1930s, when a young librarian named Helene Nathan notices changing and charged sentiments in her country. Soon she realizes these changes won’t be limited to […]

The Housewife | Natalie Barelli

This is my second book by Natalie Barelli that I read in the span of a year, as I am certainly amazed by her writing style. Like the previous one, this novel also follows a complicated mystery from its female protagonist’s perspective Jodie dreams of being the perfect housewife, as it’s been her only dream […]

Finders Keepers | Natalie Barelli

Rose is living a humdrum life as there is hardly anything consequential happening in her life. Till the day she comes across a newly published book ‘written’ by an author who despite being a mega influencer on social media, has not done any credible writing till this day. That book catapults Rose’s entire existence into […]

Southern Stock | Jenna Elliott

This book asks you to step into a world that feels familiar yet quietly unsettled. The characters are vivid with strong links to their historical roots. You can feel the presence of this weight of history throughout the story line, where traditions linger in the background and everyday conversations seem to hold more meaning than […]

Totally Fine | Nick Spalding

Charlie King is always Totally Fine. Anything life throws at him or anyone asks him about any topic- his standard answer is going to include those magical words. That’s his mantra to get through any difficult situation- no matter how big or small, no matter no trivial or serious. He tries to keep up by […]

Down Time | Andrew Martin

Five millennial friends navigating the modern life challenges especially in their thirties is the central premise of this book by Andrew Martin. This story revolves around two couples. First couple is struggling to be together despite the challenges involving addiction, emotional dependency and financial survival. They are Cassandra and Aaron where the later depends on […]

Love, Mom | Iliana Xander

This was such a sick, twisted, and wild chase story. Although it started on a slow note and took a minute to build momentum, it picked up speed pretty soon. This compact novel begins with its protagonist, Mackenzie Casper, while she attends her mother’s funeral and notices the strange behavior of her father, Ben Casper. […]

Everything Is Probably Fine | Julia London

Lorna has lot on her plate as she is looking forward to closing an important sales deal on behalf of her employer. This sales deal is not only critical from her employment perspective but also essential from her personal point of view. Since so much is riding on back of this deal, Lorna is ignoring […]