The Lightest Object In The Universe by Kimi Eisele

𝔸𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕣𝕪 𝕗𝕝𝕦 𝕘𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕚𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣, 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕥.

ℂ𝕒𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟’𝕤 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝔼𝕒𝕤𝕥 ℂ𝕠𝕒𝕤𝕥, 𝕚𝕟 𝕝𝕠𝕧𝕖 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝔹𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕩 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕤𝕥𝕠𝕡 𝕒𝕥 𝕟𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕥𝕠 𝕓𝕖 𝕓𝕪 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕚𝕕𝕖.

𝔹𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕩 𝕚𝕤 𝕠𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕎𝕖𝕤𝕥 ℂ𝕠𝕒𝕤𝕥 ,𝕓𝕦𝕚𝕝𝕕𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕒 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣, 𝕞𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝕤𝕦𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕓𝕝𝕖 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕦𝕟𝕚𝕥𝕪 𝕒𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕚𝕥𝕙 𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕟𝕖𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕓𝕠𝕦𝕣𝕤.

𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕗𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕪 𝕝𝕒𝕪 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝟙𝟝 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕘𝕚𝕣𝕝.

𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝 ℂ𝕒𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝔹𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕩 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟?

𝘐𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥, 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯, 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵, 𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘹, 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘊𝘰𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴-𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘥 𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦, 𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘴, 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘳𝘺. 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘴𝘵, 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘹 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘶𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘣𝘦, 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵, 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨.

𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘉𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘹 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘰? 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘦𝘯-𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳-𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴.

*** Synopsis copied from amazon.ca

4 out of 5 stars

At first I wobbled between a 3.5 stars and a 4.

In the end this read struck me in a way and I knew it deserved the 4… and I will tell you why.

Kimi Eisele had a fantastic concept and she executed it perfectly.

This was unlike any post apocalyptic novel I have read before. Please keep in mind I am use to the fast pace, disease wiping out the world, zombies, evil humans struggling to survive and willing to do anything needed to do so….

thumbnail_IMG_2812 The Lightest Objects In The Universe was different. It was a bit of a Showing the power of love even in the darkest of times.

A perfect balance of both plot and character growth throughout this read. The relationships that existed prior to this angry flu and the relationships that grew during the story were memorable. You meet so many different characters, each one unique in their own way.

That being said, while reading this you need to be on the ball. Kimi introduces so many different side characters, while bouncing back and forth between Carson, Beatrix and also some moment glimpses into their lives prior to this epidemic. If you miss an important moment or a character introduction it may confuse you. So pay attention!

If you are a lover of any post apocalyptic, dystopian, science fiction reads than give The Lightest Object In The Universe a go. It may be different then what you are use to but I don’t think it will disappoint.

“𝕂𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕜-𝕂𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕜 𝔽𝕝𝕦”

Published by Algonquin Books, July 9, 2019

Thanks to Thomas Allen & Son for sending this powerful read my way for review.

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And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Fellow Bookworm

-Nichole

Hurricane Season by Nicole Melleby

𝒰𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓁 𝐿𝑜𝓋𝑒!

𝘍𝘪𝘨, 𝘢 𝘴𝘪𝘹𝘵𝘩 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳, 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘯. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯. 𝘏𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘢 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦-𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘰 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘦𝘳, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘨𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘮. 𝘏𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘴 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴. 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘍𝘪𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴, 𝘴𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘍𝘪𝘨’𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭, 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘕𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘍𝘪𝘨 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮, 𝘪𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘰𝘰𝘳.

𝘈𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳, 𝘍𝘪𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘵’𝘴 𝘶𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺’𝘴 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘺. 𝘉𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘥, 𝘢 𝘤𝘶𝘵𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘳𝘭 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘯𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘣𝘰𝘳, 𝘍𝘪𝘨 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴𝘯’𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 . . . 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘺.

Synopsis copied from Amazon.ca

“For Fig’s dad, hurricane season brings the music”.

“For Fig, hurricane season brings the possibility of disaster”.

My own description would not do this breathtaking middle grade justice! The written synopsis gives you a peak at everything you need, without giving spoilers.

5 out of 5 stars!… No, scratch that! 10 out of 5 stars.

You think the cover is absolutely stunning, right? Wait until you dive in! The guts of this story! How else can I put it…. you will fall in love!

There is so much emotion packed into this novel. My heart is still so full and warm from the moment I set it down.

Fig loves her father unconditionally, but hates herself when she feels anger towards him. This is completely understandable with the situation she faces. She wants more then anything to understand her father better. To know exactly where his brain goes on the “not so great” days.

Her father knows things are not perfect but is almost blind to just how bad it really is. He loves his daughter, double that!… But it’s not until things start to unwind that he realises just how bad it’s got. He will stop at nothing to make things right, to make things better!. They may not ever be “normal” or “perfect”, but he’s willing to work as hard as he needs to make it their kind of “normal” and their kind of “perfect”.

Fig and her dad are not alone! Between Fig’s best friend and the most wonderful, softhearted neighbour that just moved in. They will succeed!.. They have to succeed!

This will be a forever favourite!

Nicole Melleby has absolutely blown me away with her fantastic writing! I can not wait to see what more hits the shelves by her.

Published by Algonquin Young Readers on May 7, 2019.

Genres: Middle Grade | LGBT | Realistic Fiction |Contemporary

Thank you so much to Thomas Allen & Son Ltd. for sending me this copy for review. Hurricane Season has quickly become one of my top favourite middle grades!

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Fellow Book Worm

-Nichole

Courting Mr. Lincoln by Louis Bayard

𝒲𝒽𝑒𝓃 𝑀𝒶𝓇𝓎 𝒯𝑜𝒹𝒹 𝓂𝑒𝑒𝓉𝓈 𝒜𝒷𝓇𝒶𝒽𝒶𝓂 𝐿𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓁𝓃 𝒾𝓃 𝒮𝓅𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔𝒻𝒾𝑒𝓁𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝑜𝒻 𝟣𝟪𝟦𝟢, 𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝑜𝓃 𝓃𝑜 𝑜𝓃𝑒’𝓈 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓇𝓉 𝓁𝒾𝓈𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝒷𝑒 𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓉. 𝒜 𝒸𝑜𝓊𝓃𝓉𝓇𝓎 𝓁𝒶𝓌𝓎𝑒𝓇 𝓁𝒾𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓋𝑒 𝒶 𝒹𝓇𝓎 𝑔𝑜𝑜𝒹𝓈 𝓈𝒽𝑜𝓅, 𝒽𝑒 𝒾𝓈 𝓁𝒶𝒸𝓀𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒷𝑜𝓉𝒽 𝓂𝑜𝓃𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝒶𝓃𝓃𝑒𝓇𝓈, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝑔𝒾𝒻𝓉 𝒻𝑜𝓇 𝑜𝓇𝒶𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎 𝓈𝓊𝓇𝓅𝓇𝒾𝓈𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓂𝑒𝑒𝓉 𝒽𝒾𝓂. 𝑀𝒶𝓇𝓎, 𝒶 𝓆𝓊𝒾𝒸𝓀, 𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻-𝓅𝑜𝓈𝓈𝑒𝓈𝓈𝑒𝒹 𝒹𝑒𝒷𝓊𝓉𝒶𝓃𝓉𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒶𝓃 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑒𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓉 𝒾𝓃 𝒹𝑒𝒷𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑒𝓁𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈, 𝒶𝓉 𝒻𝒾𝓇𝓈𝓉 𝒻𝒾𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝒽𝒾𝓂 𝒶𝓃 𝑒𝓃𝒾𝑔𝓂𝒶. “𝐼 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝑜𝓃𝓁𝓎 𝒽𝑜𝓅𝑒,” 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓁𝓈 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓇𝑜𝑜𝓂𝓂𝒶𝓉𝑒, 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝒶𝓃𝒹𝓈𝑜𝓂𝑒, 𝒸𝒽𝒶𝓇𝓂𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝒥𝑜𝓈𝒽𝓊𝒶 𝒮𝓅𝑒𝑒𝒹, “𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓌𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒷𝑒𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓈𝑜 𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝓈𝓉𝒾𝓁𝓁, 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝓁𝓈𝑜 𝓇𝓊𝓃 𝒹𝑒𝑒𝓅.”

𝐼𝓉’𝓈 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔, 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓊𝑔𝒽, 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓈𝑒𝑒𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝐿𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓁𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒮𝓅𝑒𝑒𝒹 𝓀𝓃𝑜𝓌𝓈: 𝒶𝓃 𝒶𝓂𝒾𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒, 𝓅𝓇𝑜𝒻𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓌𝒽𝑜, 𝒹𝑒𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒶𝓌𝓀𝓌𝒶𝓇𝒹𝓃𝑒𝓈𝓈, 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒶 𝑔𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓁𝑒 𝓌𝒾𝓉 𝓉𝑜 𝓂𝒶𝓉𝒸𝒽 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝑔𝑒𝓃𝒾𝓊𝓈, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓅𝑒𝒸𝓉𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓀𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓅𝑜𝓁𝒾𝓉𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁 𝓂𝒾𝓃𝒹. 𝐵𝓊𝓉 𝒶𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓇𝑒𝓁𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝐿𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓁𝓃 𝒹𝑒𝑒𝓅𝑒𝓃𝓈, 𝓈𝒽𝑒 𝓂𝓊𝓈𝓉 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝒻𝓇𝑜𝓃𝓉 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝒾𝓃𝓈𝑒𝓅𝒶𝓇𝒶𝒷𝓁𝑒 𝒻𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓃𝒹𝓈𝒽𝒾𝓅 𝓌𝒾𝓉𝒽 𝒮𝓅𝑒𝑒𝒹, 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒶𝓊𝑔𝒽𝓉 𝒽𝒾𝓈 𝓇𝑜𝑜𝓂𝓂𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝒽𝑜𝓌 𝓉𝑜 𝒹𝒶𝓃𝒸𝑒, 𝒹𝓇𝑒𝓈𝓈, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓃𝒶𝓋𝒾𝑔𝒶𝓉𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓅𝑜𝓁𝒾𝓉𝑒 𝓈𝑜𝒸𝒾𝑒𝓉𝓎 𝑜𝒻 𝒮𝓅𝓇𝒾𝓃𝑔𝒻𝒾𝑒𝓁𝒹.

𝒯𝑜𝓁𝒹 𝒾𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒶𝓁𝓉𝑒𝓇𝓃𝒶𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓋𝑜𝒾𝒸𝑒𝓈 𝑜𝒻 𝑀𝒶𝓇𝓎 𝒯𝑜𝒹𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒥𝑜𝓈𝒽𝓊𝒶 𝒮𝓅𝑒𝑒𝒹, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒾𝓃𝓈𝓅𝒾𝓇𝑒𝒹 𝒷𝓎 𝒽𝒾𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝒾𝒸𝒶𝓁 𝑒𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈, 𝒞𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝑀𝓇. 𝐿𝒾𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓁𝓃 𝒸𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓉𝑒𝓈 𝒶 𝓈𝓎𝓂𝓅𝒶𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓉𝒾𝒸 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓅𝓁𝑒𝓍 𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒾𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝑀𝒶𝓇𝓎 𝓊𝓃𝓁𝒾𝓀𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝓎 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒽𝒶𝓈 𝒸𝑜𝓂𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝒻𝑜𝓇𝑒; 𝒶 𝓂𝑜𝓋𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓅𝑜𝓇𝓉𝓇𝒶𝓎𝒶𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒹𝑒𝑒𝓅 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓎 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁 𝒸𝑜𝓃𝓃𝑒𝒸𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝒷𝑒𝓉𝓌𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓉𝓌𝑜 𝓂𝑒𝓃; 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓂𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝒶𝓁𝓁, 𝒶𝓃 𝑒𝓋𝑜𝒸𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓊𝓃𝒻𝑜𝓇𝓂𝑒𝒹 𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓌𝒽𝑜 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓁𝒹 𝑔𝓇𝑜𝓌 𝒾𝓃𝓉𝑜 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝓃𝒶𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃’𝓈 𝓂𝑜𝓈𝓉 𝒷𝑒𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒𝒹 𝓅𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒾𝒹𝑒𝓃𝓉𝓈. 𝐿𝑜𝓊𝒾𝓈 𝐵𝒶𝓎𝒶𝓇𝒹, 𝒶 𝓂𝒶𝓈𝓉𝑒𝓇 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝓎𝓉𝑒𝓁𝓁𝑒𝓇, 𝒹𝑒𝓁𝒾𝓋𝑒𝓇𝓈 𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝒶 𝓅𝒶𝑔𝑒-𝓉𝓊𝓇𝓃𝒾𝓃𝑔 𝓉𝒶𝓁𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓁𝑜𝓋𝑒, 𝓁𝑜𝓃𝑔𝒾𝓃𝑔, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒻𝑜𝓇𝒷𝒾𝒹𝒹𝑒𝓃 𝓅𝑜𝓈𝓈𝒾𝒷𝒾𝓁𝒾𝓉𝒾𝑒𝓈.

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“Men don’t always know what they need, that’s why God made Women”.

5 out of 5 stars! – Incredibly charming!

I adore novels written in a past setting, exactly what I was expecting Courting Mr. Lincoln to be… since it’s based in the 1800’s, but this was completely different. Louis has written a book in the modern day, set in the past, yet reads as a genuine classic……Brillant!

Miss Todd is smart, independent and has such a strong knowledge of politics. Truly a well rounded young lady.

Lincoln’s also smart, determined and very hardworking. He has goals and is working towards them. Although he is missing proper manners and does not have the perfect gentlemen style, just yet. Lack of funds doesn’t help with that situation, but a great friend could become very helpful with that.

This is where Joshua Speed comes in. He is truly wonderful! (Spoiler… I think Speed was my favourite character!). Speed is an incredible man, with so much warmth in his heart. Speed keeps a great pride for those he is close to, especially Lincoln.

Louis Bayard has created such a marvellous read! and I couldn’t be happier to have this wonderful addition to my shelves.

Published by Algonquin Books on April 23, 2019

On Shelves!… Go check it out.

Thank you so much to Thomas Allen & Son Ltd. for sending me an arc copy!

And of course thank you all for reading.

Your Fellow Book Worm

-Nichole

𝔸𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕣𝕪 𝕗𝕝𝕦 𝕘𝕣𝕠𝕨𝕤 𝕚𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕖𝕝𝕪 𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕟𝕘𝕖𝕣, 𝕡𝕖𝕠𝕡𝕝𝕖 𝕒𝕣𝕖 𝕝𝕠𝕤𝕥.

𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕚𝕣 𝕗𝕒𝕥𝕖 𝕞𝕒𝕪 𝕝𝕒𝕪 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕙𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕤 𝕠𝕗 𝕒 𝟙𝟝 𝕪𝕖𝕒𝕣 𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕘𝕚𝕣𝕝.

𝕎𝕚𝕝𝕝 ℂ𝕒𝕣𝕤𝕠𝕟 𝕒𝕟𝕕 𝔹𝕖𝕒𝕥𝕣𝕚𝕩 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕕 𝕖𝕒𝕔𝕙 𝕠𝕥𝕙𝕖𝕣 𝕒𝕘𝕒𝕚𝕟?

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“𝕂𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕜-𝕂𝕟𝕠𝕔𝕜 𝔽𝕝𝕦”

𝒰𝓃𝒸𝑜𝓃𝒹𝒾𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃𝒶𝓁 𝐿𝑜𝓋𝑒!

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“For Fig’s dad, hurricane season brings the music”.

“For Fig, hurricane season brings the possibility of disaster”.

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“Men don’t always know what they need, that’s why God made Women”.

5 out of 5 stars! – Incredibly charming!

Synopsis copied from Amazon.ca

Synopsis copied from Amazon.ca