Reader's Circle Queen of the Underworld, (Paperback)

from mbergman

A disappointment from one of my favorite authors. Right through to the last page, it felt like she was setting up a story that never took off. A young woman who, in the first pages, has just graduated from the journalism school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, takes a job at th...

from TheReadersCove

Young Emma Gant, a new graduate from J school, has recently received her first assignment, working as the Miami Star's newest reporter. This is her chance to break free from a small town existence, a controlling step father and to live her dream. Following an interesting train ride she arrives at...

from astrologerjenny

In this novel, set in Miami in the early 60s, just after Castro took power in Cuba, the characters are interesting, the writing good, and the plot minimalist. The protagonist, Emma Gant, is a young journalist, just moved to Miami, flirting with being a femme fatale, and at the same time, trying t...

from pdebolt

What happened? I love Gail Godwin's books and I tried to get into this one with no success. I had to work to summon the interest to keep going once I'd finished the first few chapters. I kept turning the book over to be certain that Gail Godwin had written it. I am sadly disappointed in this nove...

from picardyrose

It reminded me of myself at that age, probably because it's so autobiographical.