This is a series of reviews of my favorite books published between 2010 and 2019. These are shorter reviews of good reads published in 2014. Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes (2014) In Detroit, a young boy is murdered and the top half of his body attached to the legs of a fawn, kicking off a hunt … Continue reading Favorite Books of the 2010s: Quick Takes of 2014 Novels
Tag: Lissa Evans
Crooked Heart by Lissa Evans -- Ten-year-old Noel Bostock is an odd boy, smart, a reader, independent. He lives with his godmother until she goes senile and then dies. Left bereft, Noel is evacuated with other London children at the start of the Blitz, when Vee takes him in on impulse. Vee lives hand-to-mouth, always with some … Continue reading Recommended Reading: Crooked Heart
