Coming of Age Archives

5-STAR REVIEW: DEAR DOTTY by Jaclyn Westlake

Women's Fiction Amy Wilson - 4 June 2024

Publication Date: June 4, 2024 Rosie Benson does not have it all together. Like most twenty-somethings, she struggles to figure out life and soon finds herself following the advice of her late great-aunt...

5-STAR REVIEW: STUDIES AT THE SCHOOL BY THE SEA by the Sea by Jenny Colgan

Women's Fiction Amy Wilson - 26 March 2024

School by the Sea Series: Book 4 Publication Date: March 7, 2023 The long-awaited and never-before published finale in New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan's delightful School by the Sea series. After all those lessons,...

5-STAR REVIEW: LESSONS AT THE SCHOOL BY THE SEA by the Sea by Jenny Colgan

Women's Fiction Amy Wilson - 22 March 2024

School by the Sea Series: Book 3 Publication Date: March 7, 2023 The summer holiday brings new passion and new challenges in the enchanting third book of Jenny Colgan's utterly delightful School by the...

5-STAR REVIEW: RULES AT THE SCHOOL BY THE SEA by the Sea by Jenny Colgan

Women's Fiction Amy Wilson - 21 March 2024

School by the Sea Series: Book 2 Publication Date: August 23, 2022 It’s summer, but school is in session in the delightful second book of New York Times bestselling author Jenny Colgan's utterly charming...

5-STAR REVIEW: WELCOME TO THE SCHOOL BY THE SEA by Jenny Colgan

Women's Fiction Amy Wilson - 20 March 2024

School by the Sea Series: Book 1 Publication Date: March 29, 2022 The first book of Jenny Colgan's delightful new four-part series, set at a charming English boarding school on the sea. Maggie went to...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE SEARCH by Dewayne Rahe

Coming of Age Amy Wilson - 1 March 2024

Publication Date: February 6, 2024 Journey into 1910 Iowa: Where Mystery, Adventure & Destiny Collide in Fred Schmidt's Pursuit of Life's True Purpose in The Search. In rural Iowa, 1910, Fred Schmidt faces life's...

5-STAR REVIEW: BELONGING by Jill Fordyce

Women's Fiction Sandy Saucier - 30 January 2024

Publication Date: January 30, 2024 Appealing to readers of Delia Owens’ Where the Crawdads Sing, Kristin Hannah’s Firefly Lane, and Ann Packer’s The Dive from Clausen’s Pier, Belonging is a heartbreaking and hopeful coming of age story that traverses...

4-STAR REVIEW: GETTING TO YES by Tim Hunniecutt

Book Reviews Amy Wilson - 5 January 2024

Publication Date: January 5, 2024 Florida, 1978. Nineteen-year-old Chris is inexperienced in the world of love, but that’s soon to change. In the summer between his high school graduation and his admittance into,...

5-STAR REVIEW: TOUCH by Eileen P. Duggan

Book Reviews Sandy Saucier - 3 January 2024

Publication Date: September 1, 2022 When 15-year-old Ginny Scanlon touches the photo of a mysterious woman, she suddenly finds herself able to play piano and she sets out to find out how and...

5-STAR REVIEW: WATER MUSIC by Marcia Peck

Coming of Age Amy Wilson - 9 June 2023

Publication Date: April 8, 2023 The bridge at Sagamore was closed when we got there that summer of 1956. We had to cross the canal at Buzzards Bay over the only other roadway...

4-STAR REVIEW: TREE OF LIVES by Elizabeth Garden

Historical Fiction Amy Wilson - 8 May 2023

Publication Date: October 10, 2017 An epic story about the power of words and actions, and the legacy of violence and abuse passed down through generations -- and the redeeming strength of one...

5-STAR REVIEW: HONEYBEES AND DISTANT THUNDER by Riku Onda

Coming of Age Amy Wilson - 2 May 2023

Publication Date: May 2, 2023 Tender and intense, Honeybees and Distant Thunder is the unflinching story of love, courage and rivalry as three young people come to understand what it means to truly be a...