Second Set of Springy Books

And… here’s the next round of latest reads!

–Marissa

Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke HAS.BEEN.EVERYWHERE this spring, but it’s totally my catnip – tradwives, a thriller, page-turning, you name it! Natalie is the perfect tradwife, with her passel of kids (and passel of helpers!), but the cracks start to show as we are taken behind the scenes of her life, and then…. the plot takes a turn and Natalie wakes up in 1805, and we’re left trying to figure out…. out the hell is going on?! I couldn’t stop reading this one, a unique and original novel for the spring!

Royal Spin by Omid Scobie and Robin Benway was ANOTHER catnip book – we have the British monarchy, a fish out of water, politics and romance colliding in this romance novel – and it was a winner! Lauren is an American who moves to London as one of Buckingham Palace’s communication managers, and immediately gets thrown in the deep end – and in between two men she is attracted to. This felt very West Wing with a romance twist at times (but not overwhelmingly!), and was a great audiobook listen. I enjoyed every minute I was listening!

Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth is an auto read for me, since I love Sally Hepworth! As with her previous works, this is a domestic thriller filled with quirky characters and the occasional chuckle-worthy line. 🙂Mabel is an 81-year-old-woman who has hidden her past for years and year, until a precocious neighborhood child, Persephone, pulled her from her reluctant shell. We have dual timelines, death, a tightknit neighborhood, and Elsie, a fantastic narrator and complex character. I really enjoyed this, and flew through it!

Family Drama by Rebecca Fallon was an audiobook listen that mostly kept my attention. Twins Viola and Sebastian are at the center of the novel as they uncover the truth about their mother – both the mother they remember from weekends at home, and the famous soap opera star she also was at the same time. I would call this women’s fiction or family drama, there is no mystery or suspense, just a telling of a family’s life. It was… fine.