Book Review

Phoebe Berman’s Gonna Lose It by Brooke Averick

A spoiler-free, deeply read review of Brooke Averick's debut Phoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It. Honest praise for its sharp anxiety writing, ensemble friend group, and pre-K classroom humor, plus the patches where the pacing falters. Comparable reads included.

The Midnight Train by Matt Haig

Matt Haig's The Midnight Train follows an ageing bookseller on a ghostly steam-engine ride through his own life. A warm, spoiler-free review of the second Midnight World novel, after The Midnight Library.

The Divorce by Freida McFadden

A spoiler-free review of The Divorce by Freida McFadden. Honest take on the unreliable narrator, three-act perspective shift, suburban texture, and where this 2026 thriller stacks up against The Housemaid and Never Lie.

The Foursome by Christina Baker Kline

Christina Baker Kline reimagines her own family history in The Foursome, a thoughtful novel about Sarah and Adelaide Yates, who in 1843 married the world-famous Bunker twins. Narrated by the quiet, observant Sallie, this is less a tale of spectacle than a slow study of marriage, sisterhood, complicity, and the late ripening of a woman's conscience.

Dirty Myrtle by Kennedy Weible

Dirty Myrtle by Kennedy Weible delivers Southern crime fiction with literary teeth. Read our detailed, spoiler-free review of this Myrtle Beach novel.

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