The Oswegonian

The Independent Student Newspaper of Oswego State

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Apr. 27, 2024 

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New Trish Doller romance ‘Off the Map’ more adventurous than emotional

Rating: 3/5 stars “Off the Map” by Trish Doller (“The Float Plan”) is the third book in her “Beck Sisters” series. This book follows the story of Carla Black who is an honorary Beck sister. Carla lands in Ireland for…

Abby Jimenez’s ‘Yours Truly:’ Breathtakingly profound story that will leave a mark

Rating: 5/5 stars “Yours Truly” by Abby Jimenez (“Life’s Too Short”) is the second book in her “Part of Your World” series. This book follows Briana, whose life seems to be spiraling out of control. Her divorce is days away…

‘Not Here To Stay Friends’ channels suspense of game shows in romantic novel

Rating: 4/5 stars “Not Here to Stay Friends” by Kaitlyn Hill (“Love From Scratch”) is the perfect book if you want to know the inner workings of a reality TV show. Liam’s dad is the executive producer on a new…

Upcoming book releases: 2023 anticipates thrilling new reading material

2023 is set to be an exciting year for readers with many authors continuing or wrapping up their current series. Here is a guide for what to expect through November of 2023. April Kaitlyn Hill released her debut novel “Love…

Lynn Painter releases perfect book for rom-com fans with ‘The Love Wager’

Rating: 5/5 stars “The Love Wager” by Lynn Painter (“Mr. Wrong Number”) follows the characters Hallie and Jack who are both determined to find “the one.” They first meet at Jack’s sister’s wedding, where Hallie is bartending. Jack thinks he…

Chloe Gong offers exciting, satisfying endings in ‘Last Violent Call’ set

“Last Violent Call” by Chloe Gong (“These Violent Delights”) is a two novella book set that takes place between her novels “Foul Lady Fortune” and “Foul Heart Huntsman,” which comes out on Sept. 26. The two novellas included in this…

Tahereh Mafi releases highly anticipated sequel, ‘These Infinite Threads’

Rating: 5/5 stars “These Infinite Threads” by Tahereh Mafi (“Shatter Me”) is a thrilling sequel to “This Woven Kingdom,” which came out early last year. The first book ends on an intense cliffhanger that left readers eager for book two….

Tessa Bailey takes advantage of tropes with her own twist

Rating: 5/5 stars “Secretly Yours” by Tessa Bailey (“It Happened One Summer”) is the first book in her new duology titled “A Vine Mess.” This book follows the story between Hallie and Julian, two people who could not be more…

Debut young adult novel proves to be riveting for readers

“Highly Suspicious and Unfairly Cute” is Talia Hibbert’s (“Get a Life, Chloe Brown”) debut young adult novel. She has written many adult romances before this, but she did such an amazing job with this book, you would never know it…

Ali Hazelwood compiles three novellas, readers are thrilled

Ali Hazelwood (“The Love Hypothesis”) released a book titled “Loathe to Love You,” which includes three novellas she released only as audiobooks in 2022. For many, this is the first time being able to read these novellas because many people…