Overall a good book. The beginning is a bit dry with focus on the lives and habits of the rich people who come out from the city to summer at Montauk, but as the book continues you see beneath their superficiality. One woman, Beatrice initially driven by her own unhappiness and later by her true love of the people of Montauk and of one person in particular, begins to assert herself and make real changes both in life and in the community. The ending is great and is unexpected.

Leo loves the Stanley books. They're ok---show teamwork, fun illustrations, relatable material.

Nice little book illustrating and explaining different ways to make and maintain friendships. Started some good conversations with my almost 5 year old

A captivating book on accepting who you are and not listening to those intrusive thoughts in your head- the ghost is a metaphor for that. Realizing that nobody's perfect is a key theme in this book as well.

Another fun pirate adventure

For this book, you will not so much read it as feel it. It is all about the emotions behind a young girl in Ireland whose parents give her up to another couple to raise for a summer while the young girl’s mom has yet another baby. You will experience what it feels like to go and live with strangers, then to come to love them, only to discover that they had lost a young boy of their own. Then you will experience the sadness on everyone’s part as the young girl is taken back home to her parents so she can start school. But there may be a happy ending in sight.

Great twist- highly recommend.

Highly recommended

This book was a true Sherlock Holmes mystery and was very good. The characters are few and the plot is simple to follow and so this telling lets you focus on the character of Holmes, which I enjoyed. This offers a nice glimpse into his personality, seeing how he is when bored, frustrated, and exhausted. The only thing I was not thrilled with was the long description of the backstory at the end by one of the criminals

I loved this book! The story touches on or at least mentions many of the gods and other recognizable figures from Greek mythology and really helped me understand how they connected. The story begins with Circe’s birth and life in the city with her family but then spends much time and attention on the island of Aeaea where she comes to terms with some old demons and charts the course for her future. If you like mythology, you will love this story.