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Rea Frey writes such glorious, gut-wrenching, emotionally charged books… They strike every panicked mommy chord in my heart, yet I can’t not read them because her storytelling is so amazing. She has an absolutely lovely and lyrical way with language, even – if not especially – when describing situations that are unbearable to think about. Continue reading Book Review: Until I Find You by Rea Frey
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I really do enjoy these tales by Fiona Davis. So far I’ve read several – The Masterpiece, The Address, and The Dollhouse – and on the whole they are a delight. The history-mystery genre she embodies is a fun way to combine historical study with a contemporary mystery. Each book introduces a famous New York City landmark and a woman whose life revolves around it in some mysterious way, coupled with a contemporary woman who stumbles upon said mystery and takes it upon herself to solve it. She melds historical figures with her own character creations, and does so in a way that feels seamless (usually). The mysteries are always handily resolved, but that’s part of the fun – we all know that in *real* life, such historical mysteries take decades to solve, if they ever actually are solved of course, but the wrap-up is an entertaining and satisfying way to tie all of the pieces together, so I never mind. Continue reading Book Review: The Lions of Fifth Avenue by Fiona Davis
It’s funny – even while I was reading this one I kept thinking that the author was short-handing an awful lot of things and skipping over the how and the why of the revelations as they poured out, in favor of moving the narrative along. Normally, that’s a thing that drives me crazy and either sends me into skimming-pages mode or setting the book down all together. But I just could not stop reading this one! Continue reading Book Review: Convince Me by Nina Sadowsky |
  
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