Insurgent is the second in the “Divergent” series by Veronica Roth. For a basic premise of the book, please see the review for Divergent. This review will contain spoilers for the first book in the series, so you’ve been warned! This novel follows Tris Prior (formerly Beatrice), a 16-year-old divergent, on the run from several […]
Divergent by Veronica Roth
Divergent is the first in a series by Veronica Roth. This is not a new novel… in fact, the first of the movie series came out in 2014, I believe… so the books were out well before that. It’s a Young Adult series that’s full of action. Similar in style to the Hunger Games. I […]
Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell
Invisible Girl is another great standalone novel by Lisa Jewell. I’m fairly certain I burned through this one in three days. For the record, I am not a fast reader, nor do I dedicate all hours of the day to reading. This time, I may have spent more time than usual in my reading chair, […]
The Centaur’s Wife by Amanda Leduc
The Centaur’s Wife is a strange but magical tale about life after a meteor shower. This novel is interesting and hard to explain, so please bear with me as I work through it. First, we meet Heather, a woman with a limp who has just given birth to twin girls. She’s looking out the window […]
The Midnight Library by Matt Haig
The Midnight Library was my first experience with Matt Haig and it certainly won’t be my last. This was a smooth, easy read… well, I hesitate to say ‘easy’. It felt easy for me because I finished the book in four days. If I had no other motherly responsibilities, I could have finished this in […]
One By One by Ruth Ware
One by One is another great standalone thriller by Ruth Ware. I’ve read two of her novels before, and I’m confident I’ll read anything she writes. There’s always at least one twist that you don’t see coming, and One by One is no different. I’m fairly good at predicting stories and movies, and things of […]