LYNN M. ANDREWS

Somewhere Past the End is the debut novel byAlexandria Faulkenbury. Set in a fictional upstate town in New York, the story is told through the dual POV of Theresa and Alice, mother and daughter respectively. The chapters alternate between the two characters, allowing readers to see the story from both perspectives. Theresa's chapters take the reader through the how and why she and her husband became involved with The Collective, a religious cult. As a young couple who were re

Isola is a novel based on a real woman, Marguerite de la Rocque, who was marooned on an island as punishment for falling in love with a man her guardian didn't approve of. This book wasn’t what I expected—its heavy emphasis on religion shapes nearly every part of the story. Characters are urged to submit to God and fear retribution for defiance. This reinforces the societal norms of the 1500s, where a woman’s place was strictly controlled: she was not to acknowledge her own