Year 2021 | Good Book Fairy Reviews

Something Unbelievable by Maria Kuznetsova

by Good Book Fairy | Apr 18, 2021 | Favorites, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Marriage, Motherhood, New York, Russia, Year 2021

Something Unbelievable by Maria Kuznetsova– 288 pages ARC from Random House and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: Larissa is a stubborn, brutally honest woman in her eighties, tired of her home in Kiev, Ukraine–tired of everything really, except for her...

Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour

by Good Book Fairy | Apr 16, 2021 | Addiction, African American or Black, Audio, Beach Read, Fiction, New York, Race, Suspense, Year 2021

Black Buck by Mateo Askaripour – Audio Book Blurb: An unambitious twenty-two-year-old, Darren lives in a Bed-Stuy brownstone with his mother, who wants nothing more than to see him live up to his potential as the valedictorian of Bronx Science. But Darren is content...

My Name is Anton by Catherine Ryan Hyde

by Good Book Fairy | Apr 14, 2021 | Abuse, Fiction, Guest Fairy Review, Historical Fiction, Romance, Year 2021

My Name is Anton by Catherine Ryan Hyde ARC provided from Lake Union for an honest review. Book Blurb: It’s 1965, and life has taken a turn for eighteen-year-old Anton Addison-Rice. Nearly a year after his brother died in a tragic accident, Anton is still...

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

by Good Book Fairy | Apr 13, 2021 | Favorites, Friendship, LGBTQA+, Literary Fiction, Romance, Year 2021

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller – 352 pages Book Blurb: Greece in the age of heroes. Patroclus, an awkward young prince, has been exiled to the court of King Peleus and his perfect son Achilles. By all rights their paths should never cross, but Achilles takes...

Half Life by Jillian Cantor

by Good Book Fairy | Apr 12, 2021 | Beach Read, Book Club, Favorites, Feminism, Marriage, Motherhood, Non-Fiction, Poland, Romance, Science, Sisters, Year 2021

Half Life by Jillian Cantor – 416 pages ARC from Harper Perennial and the author for an honest review Book Blurb: In Poland in 1891, Marie Curie (then Marya Sklodowska) was engaged to a budding mathematician, Kazimierz Zorawski. But when his mother insisted she...

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton

by Good Book Fairy | Apr 12, 2021 | Addiction, African American or Black, Beach Read, Fiction, Friendship, Historical Fiction, Music, New York, Sisters, Year 2021

The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton – 368 pages ARC from 37ink and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: Opal is a fiercely independent young woman pushing against the grain in her style and attitude, Afro-punk before that term existed. Coming of...