Coming of Age Archives

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...

5-STAR REVIEW: A GIRL WITHIN A GIRL WITHIN A GIRL by Nanda Reddy

Coming of Age Amy Wilson - 4 March 2025

Publication Date: March 4, 2025 A girl takes on a series of identities to survive, shrouding herself in layers of secrets, until years later when she is forced to reckon with her past. On...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE RAINFALL MARKET by You Yeong-Gwang

Coming of Age Amy Wilson - 22 January 2025

Publication Date: January 21, 2025 If you could swap your life for a better one, which would you choose? On the outskirts of Rainbow Town, there is an old, abandoned house. They say that...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: THE CAPITAL OF DREAMS by Heather O’Neill

Fairy Tale Amy Wilson - 7 January 2025

Publication Date: January 7, 2025 “The Capital of Dreams is not so much a novel to read but one to live (and dream) in. A dark, wistfully comic fable that's as imaginative as it...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE HAUNTING BETWEEN US by Paul Michael Winters

Young Adult/Teen Sandy Saucier - 7 January 2025

Publication Date: January 7, 2025 "A supernatural story of love, friendship, and discovery that’s heartwarming and frightening... engaging, sweet, and realistic all at once." - Kirkus (Recommends Get It!) Heartstopper meets Haunting of Hill House...

4.5-STAR REVIEW: SOUR APPLES by Paul Jantzen

Young Adult/Teen JoAnne - 13 December 2024

Publication Date: September 19, 2024 The year was 1975, and that summer would prove epic for Jimmy Hamilton. Imagine, an eleven-year-old boy with an imagination so powerful that he uses it like others...

5-STAR REVIEW: PICTURES OF YOU by Emma Grey

Coming of Age Amy Wilson - 12 November 2024

Publication Date: November 12, 2024 What would you do if you could start over? Imagine having a second chance with the one you never forgot. From the author of the global breakout bestseller The Last...

5-STAR REVIEW: THE SUMMER BEFORE by Dianne C. Braley

Coming of Age Amy Wilson - 14 October 2024

Publication Date: October 15, 2024 If someone you love was assaulted, abused, or was a victim of a crime-you are a secondary victim. If the perpetrator is also someone you love, there are no...