Title: Sorority Author: Genevieve Sly Crane Genre: Women’s Fiction Publisher: Scout Source: eARC via NetGalley Length: 288 pages Available: 1 May 2018 "After all, she reasons, the best things in life are painful to acquire: beauty, her mother's love. And sisterhood." While Sorority is dripping with all of the staples of Greek campus life---from eating disorders to hazing---Genevive Sly Crane has created anything … Continue reading Genevieve Sly Crane gives readers an unflinching look into ‘Sorority’ life

Title: Hurricane Season Author: Lauren K. Denton Genre: Women’s Fiction Publisher: Thomas Nelson Source: eARC via NetGalley Length: 352 pages Available: 3 April 2018 The relationship between sister is a complicated one. For many siblings, their sister is their exact opposite: literal night and day differences. At least this is true for me and my sister: she’s fair … Continue reading A quiet storm brews in Lauren K. Denton’s ‘Hurricane Season’

Title: The Sandman Author: Lars Kepler Genre: Psychological Thriller Publisher: Knopf Length: 464 pages Available: 6 March 2018 "His name is Mikael Kohler-Frost. He went missing thirteen years ago and was officially declared dead six years later." Detective Joona Linna is back in Lars Kepler's The Sandman, the fourth installment of the series. He never thought that, despite serial killer Jurek … Continue reading Lars Kepler creates the perfect serial killer in ‘The Sandman’

Title: Asymmetry Author: Lisa Halliday Genre: Literary Fiction Publisher: Simon & Schuster Source: eARC via NetGalley Length: 288 pages Available: 6 February 2018 "It perhaps might be said--if anyone dared--that the most worthless literature of the world has been that which has been written by the men of one nation concerning the men of another." Alice is an editor for a … Continue reading Lisa Halliday explores privilage and art in ‘Asymmetry’

Title: Girls Burn Brighter  Author: Shobha Rao Genre: Literary Fiction Publisher: Flatiron Books Source: eARC via NetGalley Length: 304 pages Available: 6 March 2018 "Understand this, Poornima: that it's better to be swallowed whole than in pieces. Only then can you win. No elephant can be too big. Only then no elephant can do you harm." -- loc. 608 … Continue reading Shobha Rao shows the strength and importance of female friendships in ‘Girls Burn Brighter’

Title: Dark Waters Author: Mary-Jane Riley Genre: Mystery Publisher: Harper Collins/Killer Reads Source: eARC via NetGalley Length: 332 pages Available: 16 March 2018 "Afterwards, Alex Devil would associate the music of Wagner with the time her relatively settled life began to slip from her control." -- loc. 113 Two seemingly unconnected men are found dead on a boat in a … Continue reading Dark family secrets are unearthed in Mary-Jane Riley’s ‘Dark Waters’