Category: Coming of Age

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4-STAR REVIEW: MY PERFECT FAMILY by Khadijah VanBrakle

Young Adult/Teen Sandy Saucier - 17 November 2025

Publication Date: August 26, 2025 Sixteen-year-old Leena has always wished for a big family… but when she discovers she has a Muslim grandfather and aunt she never knew, she learns that family comes...

3.5-STAR REVIEW: THE BETRAYAL by Heather Ogden

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Amy Wilson - 10 October 2025

The Lies We Fear: Book 1 Publication Date: October 7, 2025 Poised with regal grace and pristine wealth, Angelette Arabella is the dutiful daughter of Valerius Arabella, a dictator who rules with an iron...

4-STAR REVIEW: THE PHOEBE VARIATIONS by Jane Hamilton

Coming of Age Amy Wilson - 22 September 2025

Publication Date: September 23, 2025 The acclaimed, New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Ruth and A Map of the World returns with a stunning coming-of-age novel about girls, mothers, and finding one's way in the world. Seventeen-year-old...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: ONE OF THEM by Kitty Zeldis

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 8 September 2025

Publication Date: September 9, 2025 The beloved author of Not Our Kind and The Dressmakers of Prospect Heights returns with a story of secrets, friendship, and betrayal about two young women at Vassar in the years after World...

5-STAR REVIEW: TURNING TOWARD EDEN by Cate Touryan

Young Adult/Teen Lori Van Buren - 30 July 2025

Publication Date: May 6, 2025 “Chasing the truth, huh? Sure you’re not running from it?” Hollis might be her only friend, a lanky boy Mama calls her “beau,” but Eden Lewis has no...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: LUCKY BREAK by Jaclyn Westlake

Coming of Age JoAnne - 11 July 2025

Publication Date: July 15, 2025 When a spate of bad luck upends her meticulously planned life, Eliza moves to a charming—and mysterious—Midwestern lake town, where she just might find herself while trying to...

4-STAR REVIEW: WHAT WE LEAVE BEHIND by Sue Halpern

Coming of Age Sandy Saucier - 24 June 2025

Publication Date: June 24, 2025 From the author of Summer Hours at the Robbers Library, a tenderhearted story of two very different women grappling with the messy emotional legacies passed down by their parents—for...

5-STAR REVIEW: KING CAL by Peter McDade

Book Reviews Sandy Saucier - 29 May 2025

Publication Date: April 16, 2025 Many novels set in the world of rock music depict stardom, debauchery and deceit. King Cal instead focuses on the creative process, the devotion required to choose an uncertain...

5-STAR REVIEW: A CURSE FOR THE HOMESICK by Laura Brooke Robson

Contemporary Romance Amy Wilson - 29 May 2025

Publication Date: February 18, 2025 On Stenland, there comes a time known as skeld season: one day, any woman on the island can wake with three black lines on her forehead, the mark...

4-STAR REVIEW: THE BAYROSE FILES by Diane Wald

Friendships Amy Wilson - 22 May 2025

Publication Date: May 27, 2025 Ambitious young journalist Violet Maris secures a coveted residency at a prestigious artists' and writers' colony in 1980s Provincetown, armed with a file of stories written by a...

5-STAR REVIEW: WHERE THE RIVERS MERGE by Mary Alice Monroe REVIEWER’S CHOICE!

Coming of Age Amy Wilson - 12 May 2025

Publication Date: May 13, 2025 From New York Times bestselling author Mary Alice Monroe comes her highly anticipated Where the Rivers Merge, the first of two epic and triumphant novels celebrating one intrepid woman's life across...

3.5-STAR REVIEW: GROOMED by Jody Paschal

Fiction Amy Wilson - 7 April 2025

Publication Date: November 29, 2024 Groomed is a dark comedy coming-of-age story about Myles "Mylo" Gunn, a middle-aged man turning 50 during the 2020 global pandemic and #MeToo Movement. With nothing but downtime with...

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