Showing posts with label contemporary fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label contemporary fiction. Show all posts

Saturday, May 28, 2016

Confess

Confess
Cover retrieved from Goodreads

Confess
Colleen Hoover
Atria Books: 2015, 306 pages
Reviewed by Tori Lyons

Auburn Reed still hasn’t gotten over the death of her high school sweetheart when she was 15.  She’s recently moved to Dallas and is struggling to make ends meet when she accepts a one-night gig helping out at an art gallery.  While the job may be temporary, her intense attraction to the artist Owen is so powerful that neither of them can ignore it.  While their chemistry is undeniable, Auburn wasn’t looking for love and isn’t sure that she has room in her life for Owen.  Owen’s life is also more complicated that it initially appears.  Will Owen and Auburn be able to overcome their pasts and confess their secrets?

Thursday, March 24, 2016

The Forgotten Garden

The Forgotten Garden
Cover retrieved from Goodreads

The Forgotten Garden
Kate Morton
Pan Books: 2008, 648 pages
Reviewed by Sheryl Walters

This story takes place over three generations and each chapter alternates between them.  It revolves around the mystery of the birth of Nell and her mother's life and her granddaughter's quest to find the truth.  The reader is taken on a journey to discover Nell's family's past and how she came to be adopted and who her true parents were.  I enjoyed the story and the many layers of secrets that were slowly uncovered between the different points in time.