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A review by joanna1905
Nevermore Bookstore by Cynthia St. Aubin, Kerrigan Byrne
3.0
Nevermore Bookstore tells the story of a sweet but struggling bookstore owner and her slightly odd relationship with a certain mysterious customer...and a mysterious drifter that happens to have quite a bit in common.
Reeling from the death of her aunt Cady is somewhat treading water, she's working hard to keep the family bookshop running but is struggling to come to terms with the loss of her beloved guardian and only family member. Fox is her mysterious customer who calls at 8 pm once a week allowing their bond to grow deeper and deeper. When a break-in occurs at the shop swift changes occur in Cady's life that leaves her torn between her beloved Fox, a helpful drifter she names bob and the local copper.
All in all, this was a nice little read, it was enjoyable and I was interested to see how it would end but I don't think it'll be particularly memorable in the long run and it's not something I think I would ever reread. It's 365 pages but it somehow felt a lot longer, not necessarily slow but just felt long for a romance book. I liked the disability and PTSD rep and think it was executed fairly well however I think a little could've been done in terms of actively showing the process of coping with these realities.
It was interesting how ambivalent Cady seemed to be about books, she was obviously passionate about keeping the family store alive and had some classic lit references but "I don't know how anyone reads genre fiction" comment was super weird... like you run a book store in a small town I'm sure that's most of what she would've sold also she literally had a romance club? So we're left with this odd reality of Cady loving the shop, while also not being a regular reader herself but yet she still looks down on genre readers...
I did love the Ice Planet Barbarians and Twilight references made by the side characters though.
Thank you to Oliver Heber Books and NetGalley for an arc in exchange for an honest review.
Reeling from the death of her aunt Cady is somewhat treading water, she's working hard to keep the family bookshop running but is struggling to come to terms with the loss of her beloved guardian and only family member. Fox is her mysterious customer who calls at 8 pm once a week allowing their bond to grow deeper and deeper. When a break-in occurs at the shop swift changes occur in Cady's life that leaves her torn between her beloved Fox, a helpful drifter she names bob and the local copper.
All in all, this was a nice little read, it was enjoyable and I was interested to see how it would end but I don't think it'll be particularly memorable in the long run and it's not something I think I would ever reread. It's 365 pages but it somehow felt a lot longer, not necessarily slow but just felt long for a romance book. I liked the disability and PTSD rep and think it was executed fairly well however I think a little could've been done in terms of actively showing the process of coping with these realities.
It was interesting how ambivalent Cady seemed to be about books, she was obviously passionate about keeping the family store alive and had some classic lit references but "I don't know how anyone reads genre fiction" comment was super weird... like you run a book store in a small town I'm sure that's most of what she would've sold also she literally had a romance club? So we're left with this odd reality of Cady loving the shop, while also not being a regular reader herself but yet she still looks down on genre readers...
I did love the Ice Planet Barbarians and Twilight references made by the side characters though.
Thank you to Oliver Heber Books and NetGalley for an arc in exchange for an honest review.