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Polly Crosby’s ‘The Book of Hidden Wonders’
This review was commissioned by Harper Collins. Romily’s world is a strange and beautiful place; a little girl so fascinating her father has made her the subject of his wildly successful children’s book series, she is whimsical and interesting and weird. The kind of girl who feels her strangeness keenly and vastly underestimates how interesting…
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Gretchen Anthony’s ‘The Kids Are Gonna Ask’
This review was commissioned by Harper Collins. The premise of this book, teenage siblings who do a podcast with their grandmother, Maggie, didn’t seem like the kind of book that would take me on a twisty ride with lots of questions, a healthy dose of suspense, and a few surprising reveals but damned if that…
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Kelly Rimmer’s ‘Truths I Never Told You’
This review was commissioned by Harper Collins. ‘Truths I Never Told You’ artfully explores the way that tight-knit families can mask the truth from each other, sometimes forever, or until the pin holding everything together tumbles out, allowing the truth to come to the light. In this case it is a sibling group, adults with…