I've enjoyed many novels written by Rachel Joyce and I have liked them all. Some I loved. However, though I continue to admire her writing, and her complex characters, this novel fell somewhat short for me. The four siblings were extraordinarily close due to the fact that their mother died when they were just small…

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10.09.2025

Libby at your Library – What’s popular? – August’s most borrowed titles @LibbyApp | Fictionophile

Most popular Ebooks borrowed via Libby in August 2025 "The Women" by Kristin Hannah "Great Big Beautiful Life" by Emily Henry "The Let Them Theory" by Mel Robbins "The Wedding People" by Alison Espach "Onyx Storm" by Rebecca Yarros "Sunrise On The Reaping" by Suzanne Collins "Atmosphere" by Taylor Jenkins Reid "A Court Of Thorns…

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11.09.2025

“The Night The Lights Went Out” by Karen White – Book Review @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social #TheNightTheLightsWentOut #KarenWhite #BacklistReview #BookReview | Fictionophile

Newly divorced Merilee is a mother of two young children. She wishes to attain a certain measure of independence by driving a car she can actually afford, and by renting a cabin from an elderly lady named Sugar Prescott. Her new home is in Sweet Apple, Georgia, an elite suburb of Atlanta. A place where…

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13.09.2025

“The Dead Come To Stay” by Brandy Schillace – Book Review @Hanover_Square @HarperCollins #TheDeadComeToStay #BookReview | Fictionophile

I truly enjoyed the first novel in this series, so was eagerly anticipating the second instalment. With a neurodivergent protagonist, some subtle humour, and some peculiar and nefarious characters, there is a lot here to hold a reader’s interest. This time out, Jo Jones encounters the dark crimes of people smuggling, antiquity theft, and yes,…

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19.09.2023

“The Orchid Hour” by Nancy Bilyeau – Book Review | Fictionophile

The year is 1923 and the reader is immersed in the not so 'good 'ol days' of Little Italy, New York. A time when prohibition was the law and the 'Black Hand' enforced a protection racket. A time of first generation immigrants, overcrowded tenements, speakeasy's, rum runners, racketeers, bootleggers, and police corruption. It was also…

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15.11.2023

“Murder by Degrees” by Ritu Mukerji – Book Review | Fictionophile

Besides being a historical mystery "Murder by Degrees" was also a treatise on the history of social reform, women's rights, and the history of medical education. Set in 1875 Philadelphia, it acknowledged that city's manufacturing and industrial foundations, its multicultural heritage, and its pioneering in the field of medical study. The protagonist, Dr. Lydia Weston,…

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29.06.2024

“Secrets of Rose Briar Hall” by Kelsey James – Book Review @KensingtonBooks #SecretsOfRoseBriarHall @kelseyjamesbook #BookReview | Fictionophile

It was the reference to "Gaslight" starring Ingrid Bergman that originally attracted me to this novel. The early 1900s were a scary time if you were a woman... Wives were considered to be the 'chattel' of their husbands with few rights of any description. Even wealth could not spare a woman if her husband seeks…

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13.12.2024

“The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern” by Lynda Cohen Loigman – Book Review @StMartinsPress #TheLoveElixirOfAugustaStern @lyndacloigman #BookReview | Fictionophile

This is my fourth time reading Loigman's novels. As "The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern" is her fourth published novel, I'm right on pace. Augusta Stern was a great character. A strong, highly intelligent women who was born to a Jewish New York family. Her father owned Stern's Pharmacy and Augusta plans to eventually go…

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“The Orchid Hour” by Nancy Bilyeau – Book Review | Fictionophile

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