Good Book Fairy | Best Book Reviews by Lauren Margolin

The Matchmaker’s Gift by Lynda Loigman Cohen

Aug 21, 2022 | Chick Lit / Women's Fiction, Family, Favorites, Fiction, Judaic Themes or Characters, Marriage, New York, Romance, Year 2022

The Matchmaker’s Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman – 320 pages ARC from author, St. Martin’s Press and Netgalley for an honest reviewBook Blurb: The Matchmaker's Gift by Lynda Loigman Cohen: Even as a child in 1910, Sara Glikman knows her gift: she is a maker of matches...

Horse by Geraldine Brooks

Aug 21, 2022 | African American or Black, Animals, Art, Favorites, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Race, Slavery, Sports, Year 2022

Horse by Geraldine Brooks – Audio ARC from Viking and PRH Audio for an honest review Book Blurb: Horse by Geraldine Brooks: Kentucky, 1850. An enslaved groom named Jarret and a bay foal forge a bond of understanding that will carry the horse to record-setting...

The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle by Jennifer Ryan

Aug 17, 2022 | Audio, England, Friendship, Historical Fiction, London, Romance, Year 2022

The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle by Jennifer Ryan – Audio ARC from PRH Audio for an honest reviewBook Blurb: After renowned fashion designer Cressida Westcott loses both her home and her design house in the London Blitz, she has nowhere to go but the family manor...

The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

Aug 17, 2022 | Audio, Mystery, Paranormal, Suspense, Year 2022

The House Across the Street by Riley Sager – Audio ARC from PRH Audio for an honest reviewBook Blurb: Casey Fletcher, a recently widowed actress trying to escape a streak of bad press, has retreated to the peace and quiet of her family’s lake house in Vermont. Armed...

Mr. Perfect on Paper by Jean Meltzer

Aug 15, 2022 | #ownvoices, Favorites, Fiction, Funny, Judaic Themes or Characters, Mental Health, New York, Romance, Year 2022

Mr. Perfect on Paper by Jean Meltzer ARC from Mira Books and Netgalley for an honest reviewBook Blurb: Mr. Perfect on Paper by Jean Meltzer: As the creator and CEO of the popular Jewish dating app J-Mate, matchmaker Dara Rabinowitz knows the formula for lasting...

Every Summer After by Carley Fortune

Aug 15, 2022 | Chick Lit / Women's Fiction, Favorites, Fiction, Guest Fairy Review, Year 2022

Every Summer After by Carley Fortune Book Blurb: Every Summer After by Carley Fortune: They say you can never go home again, and for Persephone Fraser, ever since she made the biggest mistake of her life a decade ago, that has felt too true. Instead of glittering...

Last Summer on State Street by Toya Wolfe

Aug 6, 2022 | #ownvoices, African American or Black, Book Club, Chicago, Favorites, Literary Fiction, Race, Sisters/Brothers, Year 2022

Last Summer on State Street by Toya Wolfe – 224 pages Book Blurb: Last Summer on State Street by Toya Wolfe: Felicia "Fe Fe" Stevens is living with her vigilantly loving mother and older teenaged brother, whom she adores, in building 4950 of Chicago's Robert Taylor...

Flying Solo by Linda Holmes

Aug 6, 2022 | Audio, Chick Lit / Women's Fiction, Fiction, Friendship, Seattle/ NW Areas, Year 2022

Flying Solo by Linda Holmes – Audio ARC from PRH Audio for an honest reviewBook Blurb: Flying Solo by Linda Holmes: Smarting from her recently cancelled wedding and about to turn forty, Laurie Sassalyn returns to her Maine hometown of Calcasset to handle the estate...

The Latecomer by Jean Hanff Korelitz

Aug 4, 2022 | Adoption - Surrogacy - Pregnancy, Art, Book Club, East Coast States, Education, Family, Favorites, Fiction, Judaic Themes or Characters, LGBTQA+, Literary Fiction, Mental Health, Sisters/Brothers, Year 2022

The Latecomer by Jean Hanff Korelitz – 448 pages ARC from Celadon and Netgalley for an honest reviewBook Blurb: The Latecomer by Jean Hanff Korelitz follows the story of the wealthy, New York City-based Oppenheimer family, from the first meeting of parents Salo and...

The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston

Aug 3, 2022 | Beach Read, Books About Books, Chick Lit / Women's Fiction, Death/Grief, Ghosts, Paranormal, Sisters/Brothers, Year 2022

The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston - Audio ARC from PRH Audio and Netgalley for an honest review Book Blurb: The Dead Romantics by Ashley Poston: Florence Day is the ghostwriter for one of the most prolific romance authors in the industry, and she has a problem—after...