The Summer of Us is about three very different young women, all who happen to become housemates one summer when they rent a house on Martha’s Vineyard. Gincy is a slob who doesn’t care about anything. Danielle is a well-to-do girl who’s just waiting for Mr. Right…who’s right around the corner. And Clare is getting ready…
Category: Book Reviews
Review: The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
Who is Mara Dyer? She’s a 17 year old girl who’s been in an accident. Her friends died. She lived. And she doesn’t remember any of it. Thus begins the journey of Mara Dyer to remember exactly what happened that night, when her and friends went to the falling-down asylum and how she survived. She’s…
Review: The Sweet Far Thing
The third in the Gemma Doyle trilogy, The Sweet Far Thing wraps up the story of Gemma Doyle and her challenges with trying to control the power of the realms. After finding the Temple and binding Circe in the Temple in Rebel Angels, Gemma returns to Spence Academy for Girls only weeks away from her season…
Review: This Dark Endeavour
The delicious This Dark Endeavour by Kenneth Oppel is a retelling of the classic Frankenstein story, by Mary Shelley. It tells the story of 16-year old twin brothers, Victor and Konrad, who are adventurers and mischief-makers. They live with their family, the Frankensteins, and their cousin Elizabeth in Frankenstein Chateau, in the city of Geneva. When Konrad…
Review: Love Story
Love Story tells the story of Erin Blackwell, who is a young girl living alone and going to school in New York for a writing degree, after she is kicked off her grandmother’s rich horse farm in Kentucky. The boy that she’s been in love with for years has been working as a ‘stable boy’ on…