Saturday is Bookstore Romance Day, and it's a perfect occasion to seek some great romance reading; in this issue we review Alicia Thompson's Love in the Time of Serial Killers; Minnie Darke's With Love from Wish & Co.; Lucy Checks In, a romance set in France; and British author Mhairi McFarlane's Mad About You.
But wait, there's more: starred reviews this week include Stories from the Tenants Downstairs by Sidik Fofana, featuring residents of a low-income apartment building in Harlem; Magnolia, the lush debut poetry collection from essayist Nina Mingya Powles; and Diane Zahler's Goblin Market, a delightfully imaginative story about the bond between two sisters.
In The Writer's Life, Naseem Jamnia, a Persian-Chicagoan former scientist, discusses The Bruising of Qilwa, which explores questions of identity and belonging in a nuanced medical mystery.