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Verity (2018)
In Verity, Lowen Ashleigh is hired by Jeremy Crawford, husband to bestselling author Verity, who was injured, for the completion of the remaining books in a series she is unable to write herself when she doesn’t expect to discover in the chaotic office a secret autobiography that has never intended anyone to read.
All the Light We Cannot See (2014)
All the Light We Cannot See is an epic novel about a blind French young girl and a German boy during World War II. Marie Laure lives with his father in Paris, just across from the Museum of Natural History, where he works as the Master of the Locks. When she was six, she lost her sight, and her father built a model of their neighbourhood for her, every house, every road, so she could memorise it with her fingers and navigate the real streets with her stick. The novel alternates between these two characters, follows them as they grow up from the 1930s and 1940s in France and Germany, and shows their parallel stories.
House of Sky and Breath: Crescent City, Book 2 (2022)
House of Sky and Breath comes right up to us with too much, bold, and long vibes. In this book, you will find so many characters, plots, magic systems, and cultural references, there are so many details, so many
Ugly Love (2014)
In Ugly Love, the New York Times bestseller author, Colleen Hover returns with a new heart-wrenching love story. Tate Collins doesn't think it's "love at first sight" when she meets airline pilot Miles Archer. They would never call themselves friends. They have nothing in common except for a strong mutual attraction.
It Ends with Us (2016)
It Ends with Us by Colleen Hoover, delivers a powerful story that shows how sometimes it's the person who loves you the most that hurts you the most. Lily has not always been lucky, but she has never given up. She has worked hard to achieve her current position. She's come a long way since she was born in a small town in Maine; she went to college and then started her own business. After meeting a gorgeous neurosurgeon named Ryle Kincaid, everything in her life suddenly seemed almost too perfect to be real.
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes – A Hunger Games Novel (2020)
The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, the prequel of the Hunger Games trilogy, takes us on a journey with Coriolanus Snow, a young, handsome, smart boy who is trying to make a future for himself. The timeline places us a month before the start of the 10th edition of the Hunger Games, and Coriolanus was among the chosen to mentor a tribute, something is never done before.
The Hunger Games (2008)
Every year, Panem (post-apocalyptic North America) hosts a Hunger Games involving one female and one male representative from each of its twelve districts to fight to the death. All of the Districts of Panem must watch the Games as a form of yearly "entertainment" when in actuality, it's a power play put on by the Capitol (the wealthiest of the districts). The Capitol uses the Games as a way to demonstrate the sheer helplessness of the other Districts and to keep the population cowed and in fear.
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (2017)
This book is also fiercely and unapologetically socio-political and we love that. Evelyn’s story is one of being a woman in a man’s world. It is one of being a Cuban woman in a white woman’s world. It is one of being a bisexual woman in an era where attraction to women was demonized by the whole culture. It is one of hiding yourself for ambition, one of trying to decide which one takes precedent, one of aging, and one of never knowing whether your choices were right.