Rachel Reads & Reviews
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Category: Book/Author Highlight
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Ketterdam: a bustling hub of international trade where anything can be had for the right price—and no one knows that better than criminal prodigy Kaz Brekker. Kaz is offered a chance at a deadly heist that could make him rich beyond his wildest dreams. But he can’t pull it off alone… A convict with a…
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The invite delivered to 6151 Richmond Street was short on details, only promising to celebrate “the greatest artist of the century” and accompanied by a jewel-encrusted brooch—the whole package a brand of mysterious opulence that another Saturday night of gin rummy just can’t match. Blanche Devereaux’s passionate dalliances are as plentiful as hot Southern nights,…
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Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission—and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he’s been…
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Part Irish, part Anishinaabe Indian, Cork is having difficulty dealing with the marital meltdown that has separated him from his children, getting by on heavy doses of caffeine, nicotine, and guilt. Once a cop on Chicago’s South Side, there’s not much that can shock him. But when the town’s judge is brutally murdered, and a…
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You are cordially invited to the Secret Book Society… London, 1895: Trapped by oppressive marriages and societal expectations, three women receive a mysterious invitation to an afternoon tea at the home of the reclusive Lady Duxbury. Beneath the genteel facade of the gathering lies a secret book club—a sanctuary where they can discover freedom, sisterhood,…
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I’m sure a book this well known needs no summary. I mean it has like two netflix adaptations and is taught in various high schools, so I’ll get to it. I read it during high school, and didn’t have many new insights on it other than how scarily accurate and timely it is. My friend…
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After receiving a call from her friend Helen Corning, Nancy agrees to help solve a baffling mystery. Helen’s Aunt Rosemary has been living with her mother at the old family mansion, and they have noticed many strange things. They have heard music, thumps, and creaking noises at night, and seen eerie shadows on the walls.…
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I first became acquainted with her when I was in lower school thanks to the ever popular (At least I hope it still is popular in a cult sort of way) Animorphs series. It even had a tv show as it dealt with PTSD, genocide, and despairing, everyone is miserable in the end alien invasion.…
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All reluctant hitwoman Maggie Lee really wants is to have a calm, normal life. She doesn’t want to go around killing people for money.She doesn’t want her sister to be terrified of her ex-pimp.She doesn’t want her Dad to disappear from the Witness Protection program. But Maggie rarely gets what she wants. Instead, she finds…
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Obviously most know Bridgerton. It’s the tv show that brought historical romance to the conversation (even though it sadly hasn’t translated to book sales, booo!) and as with any adaptation there are endless critiques of what has stayed the same and what the show changed from the books. I won’t go into a thorough deep…
