Take the glamour of old Hollywood, the heady rush of first love, and the tension of chasing secrets. Oh, topped off with an unsolved murder. That's what you get when you open the pages of Chasing Starlight. Kate Hildebrand hasn't had an easy life. And we get a glimpse of that in the first sentence. [...]
"I was looking at a Coney Island that was not a corny fair but part of a dazzling metropolis, a boldly imagined world." It's the summer of 1911 when Peggy Batternberg is taken abruptly out of the life she's attempting to build by her family. Heiress to a significant fortune, Peggy is still beholden to [...]
"The four thrones, and their respective queens, sat in a circle around the dial. While the quadrants remained divided, the queens ruled from the same court. Together, yet apart." Keralie Corrington is a thief. And she's definitely a liar. Varin, on the other hand, is honest. He is an upstanding citizen from the most enlightened quadrant. [...]
"The problem with your best friend dying is that there's no one to sit with you at funerals." Being a teenage witch in a small town isn't easy. But at least life was easier with best friend and fellow amateur witch, Riley, by her side. When two girls from their High School die in an [...]
"I was determined to redesign myself completely into a Bates girl, and as soon as I took that dive, I knew exactly what kind of girl I would be. The kind who jumps first and stays under ten seconds too long." Kay Donovan has more than a few things she doesn't want people to know [...]
You Will Know Me by Megan Abbott My rating: 4 of 5 stars When I was younger, I took dance classes. I started ballet when I was three, adding tap and jazz along the way. I participated in recitals and private lessons and even competed. The world of competitive dance was too much for me, [...]
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