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Gild is fine. I mean that as neither a compliment nor an insult. It is a perfectly serviceable fantasy.

A grieving young woman. Her uncle and his two sons. A remote mountain cabin. And a book that asks you to find the romance in all of it. I couldn’t.

One thousand and twenty-four pages. A love story I was told was all-consuming and a world I was told was unforgettable. I wanted to believe both of those things. I …

The house has more rooms than it should. The family at the door won’t leave. And somewhere in the supplemental documents, someone is sending a message in Morse code. We …

If you loved Shield of Sparrows, book two answers your questions, raises new ones, and leaves you wanting the third. It also features a child, a lot of blinking, and …

A book I admired more than I enjoyed. The writing is exceptional. The plot is almost nothing. Both of those things are true, and it’s still worth reading.

I read this for book club. I made it to page 109 before putting it down and accepting that life is too short and my to-read list is too long.

I watched the first episode of the HBO series and wasn’t sure it was for me. Three days and 337 pages later, I was very glad I’d given it another …

Buckeye is immersive, beautifully researched, and written by someone who clearly knows how to construct a sentence. It also kept me at arm’s length for most of its 448 pages. …

You’ve almost certainly read something I wrote without ever knowing my name. Here’s how a digital marketer quietly became a content writer, and the numbers that prove it.