★★★★★ A short read that explores the all-encompassing experience of young love and how it is put in perspective upon reflection later in life.

★★★★★ A strong start to a new fantasy series that can also be enjoyed as a stand-alone novel, a roguish young man travels to a distant city to solve the mystery of his father's death.

★★★★★ A worthy continuation of what started with The Silverblood Promise, Book 2 is filled with heists, mini quests, and more of everything you loved in Book 1.

★★★★★ The most anticipated book of 2025 mostly delivers, as author Yarros continues the Empyrean series and Violet Sorrengail's evolution.

★★★☆☆ Focused mostly on the abrupt dissolution of a twenty-six-year marriage, too many random detours leave it feeling scattered and incohesive.

★★★★☆ A portrait of Gen Y from the perspective of a couple who "came of age with the internet" and spend their days seeking happiness, mostly without success.

★★★★★ The intersecting journeys of the author's father, who survived years in WWII concentration camps, and the American soldiers who found him.

★★★★★ Nearly twenty-five years after a home invader destroyed their lives, a couple reunites to provide victim personal statements at his trial.