Tuesday Book Review

 

Four-star review for Novas by Lou Vane

The second book in this series picks up with Fortune Falls ended. The surviving members of the family that built the bunker join Jess, Matt and the others, but the place isn’t big enough for them all. After a time, Jess, Matt, Ethan and a handful of others set out to find ingredients for a possible vaccine for the virus that caused the epidemic and we get to see what life is like away from the mountain plateau where they’ve been sequestered. Lots of action and a quick read. I have minor quibbles with plot and character development but otherwise, I’ve been enjoying the series.

Tuesday Book Review

 

Five-star review for Lost Bookshop  by Evie Woods

Told from the viewpoint of three different characters in two time periods, this was one part mystery, one part romance and one part historical with a touch of paranormal. Each of the characters became real people to me as I read their stories. Opaline’s story, her life was mostly difficult and sad, but it provided the basis for Henry and Martha’s quest and love story. It hardly matters whether or not the lost manuscript really ever existed, but Henry’s search for it to make his mark as the one who found it drives a good portion of the plot. The shop Opaline created is the kind of used bookstore I’ve always loved. The prose in this story is lovely too.