Book Reviews

In Return to the Isle of the Lost by Melissa De La Cruz, we once again return to Auradon, to find that Mal as well as her other friends have received messages telling them to return home.

A new police procedural trilogy set in an isolated group of northern islands proves moody and involving.

In ' This Too Shall Pass' Milena Busquets seeks to weave a touching story about the tragedy of loss. Unfortunately, this never happens.

In 'Kowloon Bay' by Ty Hutchinson we catch up to Abby Kane one more time as she continues her work with the FBI. However, on holiday in China in order to help her children understand their background, she is drawn into a mystery that could well be the destruction of the very family she has come to view as her own.

'The Blue Bath' by Mary Waters-Sayer promises the story of ex-lovers meeting years later after going their separate ways. However, it delivers little in ways of a convincing plot.

The novel is rich with Puerto Rican flavor and historical details, and Leon writes with simplicity yet profound perception about human nature.

New book, 'Remarrying Right,' helps remarrying couples avoid past mistakes.

'Sweetbitter', Stephanie Danler’s debut novel aspires to be an exotic entrée. Sadly, it turns out to be rather unexceptional.

Kati Kleber, a critical care nurse, put herself in her patients’ shoes to write "Admit One: What You Must Know When Going to the Hospital, But No One Actually Tells You!", an invaluable guide to hospital protocols. It's a must-read for anyone facing a hospital stay.

'If I Forget You' by Thomas Christopher Greene is the tale of two lovers finding each other again after years and lives apart.