First Impressions of christine_queenofbooks

Practice Girl
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Mar 18 2022 – 02:56 PM

Poor Jo

My heart goes out to Jo Beckett, protagonist of Practice Girl by Estelle Laure. She really wants...

Forever Boy
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Mar 11 2022 – 03:46 PM

Memoir of motherhood

"You will call him Cooper, yet the world will call him disabled." Forever Boy by Kate Swenson...

Carolina Moonset
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Mar 07 2022 – 05:58 PM

Genre mashup?

Carolina Moonset by Matt Goldman opens with protagonist Joey Green visiting his parents in...

Found
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Jan 10 2022 – 10:13 AM

Adult urban fantasy

I can tell by the cover that Found by Ashley Hohenstein won't be a good fit for me, but it does...

Do You Follow?
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Dec 06 2021 – 05:05 PM

Who killed Curt?

Do You Follow? opens at a NYC police station, which seems as good a setting as any for the...

Never After
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Oct 25 2021 – 12:27 PM

Modern fairytale

Based on the synopsis and first look, Never After seems like a modern fairytale. I think it'd be...

Gilded
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Oct 08 2021 – 03:48 PM

Rumpelstiltskin redux

Gilded is a Rumpelstiltskin retelling. I'm sure that will appeal to some readers, but it doesn't...

Affliction
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Jun 09 2021 – 03:06 PM

Childhood memoir

Affliction: Growing Up With a Closeted Gay Dad begins with a prologue in which the author's...