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4.5 stars
In dual timelines from 2010 back to 1965, The Last House on the Street is part historical fiction and part mystery, with some romance thrown in. When Kayla’s husband dies in a freak accident during the construction of their dream home, she’s rightfully apprehensive about moving into it. When she receives threats from a random woman telling her not to move in, she’s even more nervous. But what could be so bad about the last house on the street?
Wow. This is one heck of a book! Ellie’s time working with SCOPE to educate and register Black voters during the Civil Rights Era was absolutely fascinating. I loved her strong, principled, resilient character. She’s an idol. I wasn’t sure how Ellie and Kayla’s timelines were going to connect, but it was heartbreaking and perfectly overlapped. This is a really unique read - it was compulsive and distressing but also lovely, touching on an important period of history and showing how pervasive racism was and still is today. Absolutely worth the read.
Thanks to St. Martin’s Press for the copy of this ARC.
In dual timelines from 2010 back to 1965, The Last House on the Street is part historical fiction and part mystery, with some romance thrown in. When Kayla’s husband dies in a freak accident during the construction of their dream home, she’s rightfully apprehensive about moving into it. When she receives threats from a random woman telling her not to move in, she’s even more nervous. But what could be so bad about the last house on the street?
Wow. This is one heck of a book! Ellie’s time working with SCOPE to educate and register Black voters during the Civil Rights Era was absolutely fascinating. I loved her strong, principled, resilient character. She’s an idol. I wasn’t sure how Ellie and Kayla’s timelines were going to connect, but it was heartbreaking and perfectly overlapped. This is a really unique read - it was compulsive and distressing but also lovely, touching on an important period of history and showing how pervasive racism was and still is today. Absolutely worth the read.
Thanks to St. Martin’s Press for the copy of this ARC.
I stayed up late to finish this one! Melancholy due to the loss of a love, but hopeful due to life after loss.
3.5 ⭐️
“Violet sniffed. ‘The language is hardly necessary.’
‘That’s unnecessary? Says the duchess in her old-lady pearls. How old are you, twenty-two going on ninety? Everything about you is unnecessary.’”
Made in Manhattan is a reverse-Pretty Woman / My Fair Lady situation, where Cain, gruff and snarky, and comes from New Orleans into the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Violet is there to meet him, determined to make him fit into her socialite, pearl-and-designer-wearing world so he can take over as CEO of his grandmother’s company. The two have fantastic banter and sparking chemistry to make this a really fun read in really fun settings (NYC and NOLA). Absolutely loved the inclusion of Mardi Gras! This book flew by - an excellent and fun read!
Thanks to Gallery Books and Valentine PR for the copy of this book!
“Violet sniffed. ‘The language is hardly necessary.’
‘That’s unnecessary? Says the duchess in her old-lady pearls. How old are you, twenty-two going on ninety? Everything about you is unnecessary.’”
Made in Manhattan is a reverse-Pretty Woman / My Fair Lady situation, where Cain, gruff and snarky, and comes from New Orleans into the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Violet is there to meet him, determined to make him fit into her socialite, pearl-and-designer-wearing world so he can take over as CEO of his grandmother’s company. The two have fantastic banter and sparking chemistry to make this a really fun read in really fun settings (NYC and NOLA). Absolutely loved the inclusion of Mardi Gras! This book flew by - an excellent and fun read!
Thanks to Gallery Books and Valentine PR for the copy of this book!
