Book Review: Raising Hare
September 13, 2025
I must admit to being skeptical in the beginning but Dalton’s prose is crisp, taut and had me absolutely in her thrall.
I must admit to being skeptical in the beginning but Dalton’s prose is crisp, taut and had me absolutely in her thrall.
The author weaves together ancestral Samoan knowledge and his own lived experience, strengthening the tether between the two.
Brown has created not only a very entertaining story, but a solar system of people and technology that was captivating to learn about.
A love of the natural world (Watership Down is a real place) enables Adams the storyteller to deeply inhabit the lives of his characters.
This was my first cowboy romance and it won’t be the last! It’s a delightful childhood friends-to-lovers story.
Dedicated to showcasing the warm curiosity of love and the often clumsy devotion of desire, this collection is hilarious, erudite and HOT.
I love authors who write like this, a collection of small moments that lead to an ending that leaves you off-kilter and slightly dazed.
This novel is one of the reasons I read. The characters come to life and we, the readers, travel alongside them.
A delightfully goofy, tropey romantic comedy, this manga wormed its way into my heart before I even realised.
Warm, witchy and wonderful! I immediately fell in love with the small town of Skerry Island and its fun, close-knit cast.
Chewing on anything juicy and sour and rich, these poems will roll on your tongue and get stuck in your teeth. DO IT!
His writing is playful and virtuosic but the impulse to tell a great story is always in the driver’s seat – and pressing the accelerator!
In conservative Arkansas, Coker Burns created a safe space for many queer men during the AIDS crisis in the 1980s and 1990s.
While there is grief and despair, her vital and fiercely determined characters push against this darkness by continuing to reach for hope.
With an ever-changing landscape outside & hidden spaces to explore, the train is simultaneously larger than life and insignificant.
I devoured this brilliant historical fiction! The language is gorgeous and the characters leap off the page reeking of history!
Kersel invites the reader to inhale this collection in a way that allows the words to move through you and tether to an internal rhythm.
Eliza Clark portrays deeply flawed females but fills her characters with depth and soul. Gritty, thrilling and an absolute page turner.
Bertino’s writing is wry, tightly observed, darkly funny & devastatingly honest, particularly her descriptions of human idiosyncrasies.
Hura’s words are rhythmically crafted, using language so precise and sensory that we are pulled into effect in surprising ways.