News - Book Reviews

News - Book Reviews

May 27, 2021

Max Barry’s THE 22 MURDERS OF MADISON MAY received a glowing review from Kirkus. They write: “[Barry is] endlessly inventive and entertaining… A very clever, unpredictable little murder mystery with some bittersweet tones about the things we do for love.” G.P. Putnam’s Sons will publish the book on July 6, 2021.

May 27, 2021

Booklist calls BECOMING A WRITER, STAYING A WRITER by J. Michael Straczynski "[a] funny and candid guide to the writing life." BenBella Books will publish the book on June 1, 2021.

May 27, 2021

Alex McElroy’s debut novel THE ATMOSPHERIANS received a great review from the Washington Post. They call the book “a sharp-edged view of how contemporary gender politics have changed culture,” offering “trenchant commentary on our society’s fraught gender dynamics.” Vanity Fair also listed the novel on its recommended reads for May, raving: “The novel balances perfectly on the razor’s edge between reality and absurdism, the place where excellent satire dwells, while spinning a complex investigation of huge topics: guilt, culpability, loyalty, sexism, fatphobia, abuse of power…. It is a book about craving—fame, food, praise, each other, ourselves—and it is a book to be devoured.” Atria Books published the novel on May 18, 2021.

May 21, 2021

EVERYBODY by Oliva Laing continues to gain glowing reviews. The New Yorker raves: "EVERYBODY possesses a looseness, richness, and abundance of originality…One does not expect a political study to perform such sharp close readings of art and literature, or to describe emotions so elegantly…Line by line and thought by thought, Laing writes with surgical discipline." Meanwhile, The Guardian writes: “Laing’s impassioned commitment to the promise of bodily freedom, of every body’s right to move and feel and love without harming or being harmed, shines through every sentence of the book. But she is too canny a writer to miss the rich and bitter irony in which efforts to realise this promise so often get caught: every movement to liberate the body comes to be marked in some way by the constrictive regime it’s trying to escape.” W.W. Norton & Company published the book on May 4, 2021.

April 30, 2021

THE PARIAH, the first installment in Anthony Ryan’s next epic trilogy, earned a starred review from Publishers Weekly. They write: “Ryan impresses with this fantasy trilogy opener…[He] makes buy-in easy thanks to three-dimensional characters and intelligent prose that grips from the opening sentence…Gritty and well-drawn, this makes a rich treat for George R.R. Martin fans.” Orbit will publish the book on August 24, 2021.

April 30, 2021

Alex McElroy’s debut novel THE ATMOSPHERIANS has received its second starred review. Library Journal calls the book “[a] droll tale of self-examination and self-help run amok, culminating in an unexpected conclusion. Highly recommended.” Atria Books will publish the novel on May 18, 2021.

April 30, 2021

Adam Soto’s debut novel, THIS WEIGHTLESS WORLD, has received an incredible endorsement from Kawai Strong Washburn, PEN/Hemingway Award-winning author of SHARKS IN THE TIME OF SAVIORS. Washburn raves: “At once utterly ambitious, moving, and intimate, THIS WEIGHTLESS WORLD stretches from domestic protests to centuries-distant planets, all while exploring the delicate hopes of its characters. I couldn't stop reading. The ending was unforgettable. I can't believe Soto pulled it off!” Astra House will publish the novel on November 9, 2021.

April 30, 2021

James Han Mattson’s REPRIEVE has received another wonderful blurb, this time from SHELTER author Jung Yun. Yun calls the book “[a] timely, devastating story about intersecting lives drawn to a dark and frightening place,” adding that it “is the rare novel that will make your heart pound with terror while it aches with grief.” William Morrow will publish the book on October 5, 2021.

April 23, 2021

Samantha Silva’s forthcoming LOVE AND FURY received a glowing full-page review from Ms. Magazine. Halley Sutton writes: "There's no one way to be a woman in the world. But the blueprint that Mary attempts to leave for her daughter in LOVE AND FURY - independent thinking, education for the purpose of enriching the mind and not for capturing a husband, equality between the sexes as the only way to attain freedom within partnerships - is a blueprint for all…LOVE AND FURY is a beautifully written call to all of us to fill our own brief time with as much love, wisdom, suffering and. most important, beauty as possible." Flatiron Books will publish the novel on May 25, 2021.

April 23, 2021

2034 by Elliot Ackerman and James Stavridis received a glowing review from The Wall Street Journal. They write: “It is hard to write in great detail about what ensues in this novel without giving away the drama of its denouement. Suffice it to say that there is conflict and catastrophe on a large scale, and it unfolds, as major conflicts tend to, with surprising twists and turns…This is not a pessimistic book about America’s potential, but the picture of the world it paints before the central conflict will be a difficult one for many to accept, albeit one well supported by facts: The wealth and power of the U.S. are in relative decline, especially compared with a rising Asia’s.” Penguin Press published the novel on March 9, 2021.