Latest Librarian & Patron Reviews

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My Friends Fredrik Backman

Reviewer: Anonymous

It's a story looking back at four teenage friends -- characters who only really fit with each other and the different paths their lives took. It's also about the transformative power of art. The audio version is great -- very well read! 

Spice level: Unknown

Rating: 5/5

Genres: Coming of Age, Friendship, Summer, Adult Fiction

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The Framed Woman of Ardemore House Brandy Schillace

Ardmore House Mysteries Book #1

Ordered in from another library

Reviewer: Chelsea 

This little mystery wasn't bad, it just wasn't great. 

Maybe because the only thing that was really unique about this book is that the main character has autism (which, yay, representation!) but despite being the main character of the book she was very rarely actually the main character. 

Likes: the main character, Jo Jones, was great. Loved her. Wish there was more from her POV. 

Dislikes: Most of the story was told from the police detective's POV and it felt very much so like your run of the mill police detective story from that part. 

Spice: 0/5 

Rating: 3.5/5 

Genres: Mystery, Cozy Mystery, Thriller, British Literature 

Caraval Stephanie Garber

Caraval Book #1 

Read on Libby and available in our library.

Reviewer: Chelsea

Okay listen, Stephanie Garber can write on a napkin and I would read it. I read this book twice. Once for myself and once out loud to my spouse while they were driving into work. It has a bit of mystery, a bit of intrigue, a bit of family drama. 

It's fun, it's clean, and it's an easy read. What more could you ask for? 

Likes: the characters, the setting, the mystery.

Dislikes: I read the sequel series first by accident so I knew how the series ended, whoops, my bad. Otherwise, it was great. No notes. 

Spice level: 1/5 

Rating: 4.5/5 (only because I like the sequel series even better!) 

Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Romance, Mystery 

Powerless Lauren Roberts

The Powerless Trilogy Book #1 

Ordered in from another library 

Reviewer: Chelsea

Okay, this book was recommended to me by a patron and 10/10 stars would read this again (actually, I am reading it a second time). 

This book was intense. It had great tension between the main characters, fantastic banter, interesting action and premise. Seriously it was so good (we will be getting a copy soon!).

Likes: Everything. It's so good. 

Dislikes: how I felt at the end of the book, because I never want it to end. But thankfully there are two more books. 

Spice level: 1/5 

Rating: 5/5

Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Enemies to Lovers, Young Adult, Trials

Heartless Hunter Kristen Ciccarelli

The Crimson Moth Book #1 

Read on Libby

Reviewer: Chelsea

Another book recommended to me by a patron and they were so right! This book gave me scarlet pimpernel vibes (if you're more into the classics, the author also says that was part of her inspiration).

This book is part of a duology, so if you want a good short series and you like a fast paced series this might be a good option for you.

Likes: characters, banter, the plotting and classic adventure vibes. 

Dislikes: parts of the book were a bit predictable, but still fun and enjoyable.

Spice: 2/5 there's definitely some explicit scenes here.

Content warning: Blood is mentioned, a lot. 

Rating: 4.75/5

Genres: Fantasy, Romance, Young Adult, Enemies to Lovers, Witches, Magic