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January 21, 2025

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published January 21, 2025. You can also view all of the books we've reviewed that were published anytime in January 2025.

Book Review

The Legend of Valentine

by Katy Keffer

A Roman hero experiences love, deception, and celebration in the suspenseful historical novel "The Legend of Valentine". In Sheldon Collins’s gripping historical novel "The Legend of Valentine", a young soldier defends country and... Read More

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Flood Plain

by Luke Sutherland

In grief-soaked language, Lisa Sewell’s poetry collection "Flood Plain" meditates on the parallels of personal, ecological, and social loss, aching for the world with “a gust of triumph beneath / the syntax of regret.” Open... Read More

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Heart of the Glen

by Karen Rigby

An Irish woman finds solace with a Donegal weaver in Jennifer Deibel’s warm historical romance novel "Heart of the Glen". Saoirse, running from her past, is set to become a housemaid. When the job falls through, she’s taken in by... Read More

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By Fire

by Peter Dabbene

Jason Landsel’s graphic biography "By Fire" is about the life and death of a radical religious reformer. In 1525, in the European state of Tyrol, new taxes and a corrupt religious establishment spark dissent. After a failed attempt at... Read More

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Finding Normal

by Vivian Turnbull

Laden with symbolism, Jen Doktorski’s heartrending novel "Finding Normal" follows two teenagers with disordered eating on a cross-country road trip. Gemma is sick of living on the hospital’s eating disorder floor. Forced to do group... Read More

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The New Internationals

by Meg Nola

In David Wright Faladé’s immersive novel "The New Internationals", cross-cultural friendships and romances challenge racial barriers in post–World War II Paris. During the Nazi occupation, Cecile’s parents enrolled her in a... Read More

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