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I always read fictional books about contemporary issues with a bit of trepidation and often find them stressful. This book though, about a sexualized photo scandal at a ritzy private school, realistic and well nuanced. Nina came from a middle class family from a small Tennessee town. She married Kirk, a confident, self absorbed man from an old money family who made it big in the tech business and now has more money than common sense. When their eighteen year old son gets in trouble for sending a very disturbing photo with caption of a younger teenager, Nina has to reevaluate the direction that her family and life has taken. I think this was very well done and easy to tear through. I did have issues with the characters at times but I liked how everything in the end was resolved. I received a digital ARC of this book through NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
Jane Seymour: the Haunted Queen by Alison Weir
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These books are so long but such a fun guilty pleasure, at least for those of us obsessed with the Tudors. Jane Seymour has always fascinated me, as she was queen for so little a time yet brought the much wanted heir to the tyrannical Henry VIII. I thought this was a good portrayal of Jane but she is not quite as interesting a subject as Anne Boleyn so this probably didn't need to be so long. Overall, this is an entertaining series for those of us who love history but are open to fictionalized accounts. I received a digital ARC of this book from NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.
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