Anne Bogel

In July, we're reading another book that I inhaled.

My initial two-sentence review was, what a juicy, delicious, lavish, atmospheric, messy-in-the-best-way love triangle of a book.

My first from this author, but won't be my last.

We are reading Sisters of a Halved Heart by Nayantara Roy.

I just had very different expectations from Dolly all the time.

The tone and setting are totally different.

But, oh, I...

sucked this down so fast.

It's messy in the best way.

It's in the messy, messy relationships category.

Really interesting family drama that also has a wonderful supporting cast.

Like, I love the relationship between the female protagonist

and her female best friend.

There's a kid in the book who's perfect, brings out things in the other characters without feeling overdone or annoying.

There's a literary mystery woven throughout because the protagonist works at a literary magazine that has cachet.

And there's a manuscript that is like, knock your socks off, fantastic.

that appears unsolicited on our protagonist's desk because of her role at the magazine.

And the question of who wrote it and why they sent it to her permeates the whole book.

And it does get resolved.

And it's very satisfying.