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The Girl in Question by Tess Sharpe

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The Girl in Question by Tess Sharpe
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Tess Sharpe has absolutely knocked it out of the park with this follow-up to her 2021 hit The Girls I’ve Been. Readers follow Nora as she is hunting and being hunted by her stepfather with Wes and Iris in tow. Sharpe’s writing is impossible to put down, and the tension at the end left me in tears from the sheer overwhelming nature of it.

The Girl in Question by Tess Sharpe, (List Price: $18.99, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, 9780316574914, May 2024)

Reviewed by Emma Presnell, Carmichael’s Bookstore in Louisville, Kentucky

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A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston

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A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston
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This was genuinely one of the best books I have read so far this year. It felt all at once familiar and brand-new, and I found myself lost in the subtle magic of the story. I laughed out loud, I cried, I grieved, and celebrated. I enjoyed falling through every page the way Elsy fell a little bit more in love with the world around her each day. I would absolutely recommend this to anyone who has enjoyed Poston’s other books, anyone who ever wished they could live in a literal Hallmark small town, anyone learning how to do life after loss, and generally anyone who likes a well-earned and well-deserved happily ever after. 10/10!

A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston, (List Price: $19, Berkley, 9780593640975, June 2024)

Reviewed by Jonlyn Scrogham, A Novel Romance LLC in Louisville, Kentucky

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The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson

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The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson
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Another triumph by Erik Larson who, again, has produced an imposing history that is amazing, informative, and always entertaining. The Demon of Unrest is an engrossing preamble to the Civil War and fully meets Larson’s stated objective to choose a topic that is “inherently suspenseful.” Unfortunately, the book’s title may be too obscure to properly convey any sense of how riveting this book actually is. Of course, this will matter little to confirmed Larson fans, but, hopefully, the casual browser will not “judge this book by its cover!”

The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson, (List Price: $35, Crown, 9780385348744, April 2024)

Reviewed by Michael Yetter, Joseph-Beth Booksellers Lexington in Lexington, Kentucky

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Arca by Jesse Lonergan Van Jensen

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Arca by Jesse Lonergan Van Jensen
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The Arca is spaceship filled with the last remaining survivors of the human race as they head off in search of a habitable planet in this fun, new post apocalyptic graphic novel. The elite run the show and reap the rewards, while the young people toil as servants, hoping to one day become elite themselves. Naturally, all is not as it seems, as the mystery behind this oppressive social structure starts to unravel. I blazed through this fun, ground level sci-fi story and loved it. The perspective and the art lend a much more enjoyable indie tone to what would normally come off as a big, dumb Hollywood style space epic. Recommended!

Arca by Jesse Lonergan Van Jensen, (List Price: 16.99, IDW Publishing, 9781684059980, July 2023)

Reviewed by Seth Tucker, Carmichael’s Bookstore in Louisville, Kentucky

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