Reviews by Caroline Russomanno
A Nice Girl Like You is a rich, densely-written story about two likeable characters. It's what I always hope for when I pick up a series book but all too rarely find. Samantha (Sam) Jagger, a freelance journalist in Toronto, meets acclaimed war photographer Ben Harris after responding to a newspape ...
Divorced Rand Waddell persuades his ex-wife Kat to let him move into the basement apartment of their British Columbia house to be their children’s new nanny. He wants to prove he’s changed and win back his family; she’s skeptical and wants to avoid raising false hopes in their two kids. If it ...
Isla Martin has been in love with Joshua Wasserstein since she first saw him in ninth grade, but between Isla’s shyness and Josh’s misunderstanding of her relationship with her best friend Kurt, the two never managed to get on the same page. Suddenly it’s senior year, and these bicultural New ...
Dragons went extinct two hundred years ago on the islands of May, so when Tansy and her father find dragon’s bane blooming - which only occurs when a dragon is about - no one imagines that a dragon is on the loose. This is no sentimental modern dragon, but rather a medieval-style baby-devouring be ...
Natalie Cooper’s charmed high school life and marriage to a glamorous banker blew up when her husband was convicted of fraud and caught trying to flee the country with another woman. Natalie was left alone with their newborn baby. Fast-forward five years. Natalie’s rebuilt her life running the t ...
Soppy: A Love Story is a cute, snapshot-style look into the lives of a young British couple. With no overarching narrative, its goal is to capture the little everyday moments of being in love. It can be a little cheesy, but with “soppy” (UK slang for sentimental) right in the title, you can’t ...
Grace Burrowes has gotten some great buzz here, which led me to request her book for review. I’m happy to say that I agree with previous reviewers - she’s a great author, and her characters and their relationships are interesting and well developed. A few things hold this book back, but this cro ...
I know what you’re thinking - Superman and Wonder Woman? Where’s Lois Lane? Well, this graphic novel is set in the new alternate DC Comics universe, and Lois doesn’t seem to be around. Instead, the Man of Steel is dating the Amazing Amazon, and in my opinion, it’s a great match. In this coll ...
I picked up Slave Girl, set in the Roman Empire, as part of my ongoing quest to try new settings. The setting was adequately developed, mixing authentic Roman elements with some supernatural Celtic fantasy. The characters were acceptable but not great, and the writing is technically sound. The pro ...
It’s 1941, but in India, the oppressors are the English, not the Axis. Fifteen-year-old Vidya’s progressive father shields her from most unpleasantness, promising her an education rather than an early marriage. But when tragedy sends Vidya to live in the traditional and very conservative family ...