1. The Awakening: Confession, I read the Awakening EVERY year. It never stops shaking me. Edna Pontellier falls in love with a man on the island she visits with her husband and children. They don't kiss, they don't cross the line, they just orbit around one another until he leaves suddenly, presumably to save her from herself. Edna enters a deep depression, realizing wife and mother are not terms that define her. The further she awakens the more clear it becomes that she cannot return to her former life, not for her husband, not for the children, not for herself. There is no saving her.
2. The Likeness: This deeply sad book was nearly a DNF (did not finish) for me. A detective discovers she bears a striking resemblance to the murder victim in her most recent case. In order to delve deep into the psyche of those around the victim the police do not announce the murder. Instead they plant the detective in the murdered girl's household where she is tasked with investigating the four roommates, consequently the last four people to have seen the victim alive. Detective Maddox finds herself intrigued by the housemates, make it difficult for her to see them as suspects. This one was hard for me to finish because the deeper it got the more attached to the characters I became. I knew one of the roommates had to have been the culprit but I didn't want to see them go to jail and I didn't want to see Cassie give up the close relationships she developed while living in the house. Though Tana French always writes things that leave me thinking long after the last page, this is one in particular has been difficult to let go of. 3. Frostfire: Amanda Hocking is officially my indie publishing idol. This is the girl that lent credibility to self-publishing. Her books pretty much rule and on top of that...they sell, which can't be said for most indie books. In fact they sold so well that she now has a publishing contract. When I bought Frostfire for our library I didn't know the history behind the author. I had read a good review and I had a co-worker desperate to read it (perks of knowing a purchasing librarian). I am so glad to have taken a chance on it. Frostfire has it all, fantastic settings, a convincing world of the fae, young love, and quick paced storytelling. I'm pretty psyched about completing the series.
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