Book Reviews

By Julia McGrath ’23 Staff Writer  mcgrathjj@mx.lakeforest.edu Rating: 3.5 out of 5 Italian Getaways  Warning: Spoilers Yearning for a post-spring break escape? Let Rebecca Serle steal you away to Positano, Italy in her adult novel. Protagonist Katy Silver, grieving the recent death of her mother, decides on a  whim to go to Positano, a small town on the Italian coast her mother visited before Katy was even born. Leaving behind her rocky marriage to a…

Julia McGrath ’23 Staff Writer mcgrathjj@lfc.edu Rating: 5 out of 5 Brownstones  Warning: mild spoilers. Mostly set in present-day New York City, Falon Ballard’s debut novel “Lease on Love” takes the reader on a rollercoaster of enjoyable, relatable, and unforgettable peaks and valleys. The story begins with protagonist Sadie Green, a millennial workaholic, getting passed over for a promotion and then fired from her lifeless finance job.  One drunk night later, she finds herself a…

The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 8 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on April 30, 2021. Lauren Gantt ’21  A&E Editor  ganttl@lfc.edu  We are so close to the end of the school year and what a school year it has been. Summer break is right around the corner and with it comes the opportunity to focus on reading for pleasure rather than reading for class, am I right?  Recently, I watched…

The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 7 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on April 2, 2021. By Lauren Gantt ’21 A&E Editor ganttl@lfc.edu Ace of Shades is Amanda Foody’s second young adult novel and the first in the completed Shadow Game trilogy. Set in the city of New Reynes, appropriately nicknamed the City of Sin, this novel follows two main protagonists: Enne and Levi.  Enne, raised as a proper young lady…

The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 6 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on March 12, 2021. Lauren Gantt ’21 A&E Editor ganttl@lfc.edu  A Court of Silver Flames, the fourth novel in the A Court of Thorns and Roses series by Sarah J. Maas, was released February 16, 2021, after a three-year gap between releases of the series. It hit the #1 spot on “The New York Times” Best Seller list shortly…

The Article below was published in Vol. 136, Issue 5 of the Lake Forest College Stentor on February 19, 2021. By Lauren Gantt ’21 A&E Editor ganttl@mx.lakeforest.edu Synopsis A Cinderella story with deadly stakes and thrilling twists, perfect for fans of One of Us is Lying and Knives Out. Avery Grambs has a plan for a better future: survive high school, win a scholarship, and get out. But her fortunes change in an instant when billionaire Tobias…