★★★☆☆ The Last Carolina Girl is Megan Church’s debut novel. Set in 1935, Leah Payne is living a happy, simple life in Holden Beach when tragedy strikes, making her an orphan. She is forced to leave the people and town that she loves to live with a foster family in Matthews, N.C.
Tag: women's fiction
Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
★★★★☆ photo by Flash Mama Photography My book feeds have been filled with gushing comments and reviews about Taylor Jenkins Reid, so I was pretty jazzed when my book club picked Malibu Rising as our pick this month. Malibu Rising is my first TJR book. Set in Malibu in 1983, I thought the story was … Continue reading Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
3 out of 5 stars Photo by Flash Mama Photography “Sometimes your life changes so slowly and imperceptibly that you don't notice it at all until one day you wake up and think, 'How did I get here?' But other times, life changes in an instant with a lightning stroke of good or bad luck … Continue reading Nine Perfect Strangers by Liane Moriarty
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell
My Dark Vanessa 5 out of 5 stars This book is a deeply disturbing portrait of the long-term effects of sexual abuse on a young woman. Vanessa, a lonely, fifteen-year-old student at a boarding school, is approached by her English professor and groomed for a sexual relationship. Alternating between past and present, the book is … Continue reading My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell