The Shadow That Finds Us by Andy Darcy Theo: When the Greatest Darkness Comes from Within
By the time you hit the third book, a fantasy series has a very specific problem. The world is already there, the main bonds have been made, and the mythology is basically running on rails. So, what’s left, is the heavier part, making readers care even more deeply about people they already think they know, […]
The Engine by Michael Rachkovsky: Is Love the Force That Drives Human Evolution?
What if love is more than an emotion? What if it is not simply one feature of human existence, but the force responsible for pushing humanity toward its next stage of evolution? Michael Rachkovsky builds The Engine around this ambitious proposition, creating a novel in which romance, genetics, spirituality, philosophy, and the mysteries of consciousness […]
Dear Debbie by Freida McFadden: When Good Advice Takes a Deadly Turn
There is something inherently intimate, about asking a stranger for advice. A person writes down the problem they cannot solve, sends it away and waits for someone they have never met to tell them what to do. In Freida McFadden’s Dear Debbie, that familiar exchange becomes the foundation for something considerably darker. McFadden, the bestselling […]