Komomo Confiserie by Maki Manami - Komomo is a spoiled rich girl who loves to boss around Natsu, the son of her father's pastry chef. A few years later and their positions are reversed when her father loses all his money and Komomo has to get a job and finds herself working for Natsu at his father's bakery. He delights in teasing her but along the way Komomo learns how to work hard and starts caring for others. This is a manga I read for a reading challenge and it was amazingly hard to read backwards. It wasn't until the last chapter that I felt I got the hang of it. So that colored my enjoyment. I did enjoy the illustrations.
2 stars
*RHC - comic written and illustrated by the same author, comic by a person of color, comic not published by Marvel, Dc, or Image
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Dead Woman Walking by Sharon J. Bolton - 13 people are on a hot air balloon flight when they look down and see a man murdering a woman. And he sees them. There's a chase across the countryside and the balloon crashes, killing everyone aboard but one woman. Shaken, disoriented, and grieving the death of her sister, the woman flees the killer, not trusting anyone. One twist after another really kept my interest. There is quite a bit of going back in time as details are added. I can see why the author told the story that way but I still find it irritating. So a half point off for that.
4.5 stars
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Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk by Kathleen Rooney - an 85 year old woman walks to dinner on NYE, 1984. Along the way she meets various people and reflects on her life. In her heyday she was the highest-paid advertising woman in America. But marriage, motherhood, and divorce changed all that. I found Lillian very hard to warm up to. I like the way she speaks, very quick-witted. But there was something cold about her to me. A fiction book inspired by a real woman. Another book for my reading challenge.
2 stars
*RHC- female protagonist over 60
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Twist of Faith by Ellen J. Green - when Ava's adoptive mother passes away she ratchets up the search for her birth family. She's never been satisfied with the answers she was given and never felt wanted. She persuades a detective to investigate a murder that she believes is connected to her somehow. Told in the first person until she's murdered (?) and various other viewpoints. Convoluted with lots of filler and reiterating points. Family members with no feeling for each other, revenge seeking and people with little character. Only one faintly sympathetic character. And then just when you think it's over, a twist at the end that's really irritating. My free book for the month and worth exactly that.
1 star
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