PositiveLibrary JournalKhoury based her debut novel on a true story recorded in historical newspaper accounts. Readers will enjoy her slow-paced emotional historical fiction about the pain inflicted by the Civil War on soldiers and their families.
Genevieve Gornichec
RaveLibrary JournalAngrboda’s love for her children shines passionately through this tale. A retelling of the Norse legend from the viewpoint of a woman often left in the margins, this book deserves to be a classic.
Rita Woods
RaveLibrary JournalThis book deserves to be a breakout hit. Woods’s magical realist take on the black female experience will have huge appeal to readers of Marlon James and Tara Conklin.
Jennifer Giesbrecht
RaveLibrary Journal... [a] vicious bruise of a novel ... Elendhaven is as fully formed as Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast series with truly repellent characters who don’t possess a shred of moral fiber. Yet the right readers will still love them, as newcomer Giesbrecht is a fantasy writer to watch with a sure command of her world.
Cara Wall
RaveLibrary JournalThis story will be beloved by book clubs and fans of literary fiction. The characters are finely drawn and written with compassion and care, and every word is precisely chosen.
