Violet and Finch are both in a lot of pain, and their meeting sets the tone for a book that I found to be profoundly sad at times. Violet is still trying to navigate life after the death of her sister. While she has distanced herself from her pre-loss life, much of her school […]
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The Caller By Juliet Marillier
The Caller is the last in a trilogy that I was happy to find while browsing NetGalley one day. Juliet Marillier has may devoted fans and after reading this series, I can see why. Neryn and Flint are star-crossed lovers, still focused on their ultimate goal to free a kingdom from tyranny, but still longing […]
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake Author: Aimee Bender Category: Fiction Publisher: Knopf Release Date: 6-1-10 On the eve of her ninth birthday, unassuming Rose Edelstein, a girl at the periphery of schoolyard games and her distracted parents’ attention, bites into her mother’s homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gift: she can […]