Eve is a house flipper in financial straits, currently living in the house she and her partner, Charlie, are flipping. Late one night, while Charlie is away, a family knocks on the door and asks Eve if they can tour the house since the dad, Thomas, used to live there. Although weary, Eve lets them in and things quickly get out of hand, causing Eve to spiral, not knowing what’s reality and what’s delusion. Eve must now figure out what’s going on in the house and who Thomas really is,...

I don't think I've had quite as mixed a bag of books as I've had this past month. Here are four of the standouts and what I thought of each one.

When reading All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven, I found myself both amazed and appalled at how certain demographics were being depicted. Let's dissect how certain prominent characters discuss and embody marginalized groups and ways we, as writers, can avoid the pitfalls Niven falls into when writing them