The selections for this month were (all information comes from the BOTM website):
- Age of Vice by Deepti Kapoor
- Literary Fiction / Debut
- Quick Take: In this grand Indian tale—part crime story, part family saga—everyone is at risk from the corrupting gravity of greed.
- Good to Know: 400+ pages / Nonlinear Timeline / International / Glamorous
- Content Warning: This book contains scenes that depict suicide and sexual assault.
- Lunar Love by Lauren Kung Jessen
- Romance / Debut
- Quick Take: While helping clients achieve #RelationshipGoals, two matchmakers learn the most amazing love story may be their own.
- Good to Know: LOL / Tech World / Foodie / Enemies to Lovers
- What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall
- Thriller
- Quick Take: Haunted by a killer lie from their youth, a group of friends begins to unravel when one member starts asking questions.
- Good to Know: Female Friendships / Creepy / Rural / Whodunit
- Content Warning: This book contains mentions of sexual assault.
- Queen of Thieves by Beezy Marsh
- Historical Fiction
- Quick Take: Post-WWII-London might look like a boys club but in reality, a shadowy gang of female thieves runs these mean streets.
- Good to Know: Multiple Viewpoints / Feminist / Action Packed / Real Life Characters
- Content Warning: This book contains scenes that depict sexual assault.
- Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
- Fantasy / Repeat Author
- Quick Take: In this epic follow-up to Ninth House, Alex Stern thinks one can just casually go to hell and bring friends back . . .
- Good to Know: 400+ pages / Second in Series / Academic / Unsettling
- The Reunion by Kayla Olson
- Romance
- Quick Take: They might not have got a Hollywood ending first time around but a revived show might just give love a fighting chance.
- Good to Know: Light Read / Movie-ish / Millennial / Second Chance Romance
- Independence by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
- Historical Fiction
- Quick Take: This riveting Partition story captures the tumultuous moment when a nation and family are torn irreparably apart.
- Good to Know: Emotional / Forbidden Love / War / Siblings
The book I decided to grab is Queen of Thieves. I was stuck between choosing This book and What Lies in the Woods. They both seemed like they could be really good books, but I decided to add a Historical Fiction to my physical book collection. I also received a free birthday credit and decided to grab The Kiss Curse by Erin Sterling, which is the second book to The Ex Hex. I enjoyed The Ex Hex and since I have the BOTM version of it, I decided to grab the second book in the BOTM version as well.
Are any of these books on your TBR? Which one’s are you interested in?
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