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  The Gift By Freida McFadden Genre: Thriller / Mystery / Holiday Suspense / Short Story Publication Year: 2026 Edition My Rating: ★★★★★ (5/5) ARC Disclosure: I received an advanced review copy of The Gift from the publisher. Thank you for the opportunity to read and review this title before publication. All thoughts and opinions expressed are my own. Review originally posted here: 🔗 https://prairiefoxreads.blogspot.com/2026/11/the-gift.html  A Small Story with a Big Freida McFadden Punch As a huge Freida McFadden fan who has read just about everything she has ever written, I can honestly say that one of her greatest talents is taking an ordinary situation and turning it into something deeply unsettling. A house. A spouse. A gift. A simple favor. With most authors, those are just plot points. With Freida McFadden, they're warning signs. The Gift may be short, but it contains everything longtime fans have come to expect from her work: emotional stakes, ...

Birth of the Witch By Nora Roberts Genre: Fantasy / Paranormal Romance / Witches / Epic Fantasy Publication Year: 2026 My Rating: ★★★★★ (5/5) ARC Disclosure: I received an advanced review copy of Birth of the Witch . Thank you to the publisher and author for the opportunity to read and review this book. All opinions are my own. Review originally posted here: 🔗 https://prairiefoxreads.blogspot.com/2026/11/birth-of-witch.html Some Stories Feel Like Destiny There are authors whose books I eagerly anticipate. Then there is Nora Roberts. For decades, Roberts has mastered the art of creating worlds where family, magic, romance, and courage intertwine in ways that feel both deeply comforting and endlessly exciting. With Birth of the Witch , she launches what promises to be another unforgettable trilogy, introducing readers to a story that spans centuries, generations, and lifetimes. From its opening chapters, this novel feels quintessentially Nora Roberts: richly atmospheri...

  The Last King of Faerie By Cassandra Clare Genre: Young Adult Fantasy / Romantasy / Urban Fantasy Publication Year: 2026 My Rating: ★★★★★ (5/5) ARC Disclosure: I received an advanced review copy of The Last King of Faerie . Thank you to the publisher and author for the opportunity to read and review this book. All opinions are my own. Review originally posted here: 🔗 https://prairiefoxreads.blogspot.com/2026/11/a-text-decoration-none-color-464feb-tr.html  The Beginning of the End of an Era Some books tell a story. Others feel like a homecoming. For longtime Shadowhunter readers, The Last King of Faerie is both. After more than two decades of adventures, heartbreaks, betrayals, romances, and battles spanning multiple generations, Cassandra Clare launches The Wicked Powers , the final trilogy in the Shadowhunter Chronicles. The result is everything longtime fans have been hoping for: high-stakes adventure, deeply emotional character work, dangerous Faerie p...

  The Kamogawa Food Detectives By Hisashi Kashiwai Translated by Jesse Kirkwood Genre: Cozy Fiction / Mystery / Japanese Literature Publication Year: 2013 (English Translation 2024) My Rating: ★★★★☆ (4/5) Review posted:  https://prairiefoxreads.blogspot.com/2026/11/the-kamogawa-food-detectives.html  Sometimes the Meal We Miss Most Isn't About the Food There are books you race through. And there are books you savor. The Kamogawa Food Detectives falls firmly into the second category. Set in a quiet corner of Kyoto, this gentle and deeply comforting novel follows a father-daughter duo who run a unique restaurant. The meals they serve are certainly delicious, but that isn't their real specialty. Their true gift lies in helping people rediscover dishes from their past, meals tied to lost relationships, childhood memories, unfinished regrets, and moments that shaped their lives. What makes the book so special is that it understands something many of us have exper...

  Caring for Patients and Navigating Systems: A  Review of The Modern Hospitalist: Merging the Art, Business, and Science of Medicine by Andrew Parks   Posted on Prairie Fox Reads  https://prairiefoxreads.blogspot.com/2026/10/caring-for-patients-and-navigating.html Advanced Review Copy provided by the publisher Book Details: Title: The Modern Hospitalist: Merging the Art, Business, and Science of Medicine Author: Andrew Parks Publisher: Advantage Books (Expected Publication October 27, 2026) Format: Kindle Edition, 233 pages Genres: Medicine, Healthcare Leadership, Professional Development, Business, Nonfiction Medicine is often portrayed as a science, occasionally as an art, and increasingly as a business. The reality is that modern physicians must navigate all three simultaneously. Dr. Andrew Parks' The Modern Hospitalist explores this intersection through the perspective of a practicing physician who understands that patient care does not occur in a v...

  Turning It Up to 100: A Review of 100: The Audio Startup That Turned the Volume All the Way Up by Mattias Scheek Posted on Prairie Fox Reads  https://prairiefoxreads.blogspot.com/2026/10/turning-it-up-to-100-review-of-100.html Advanced Review Copy provided by the publisher Book Details: Title: 100: The Audio Startup That Turned the Volume All the Way Up Author: Mattias Scheek Publisher: SXSW Books (Expected Publication October 27, 2026) Format: Kindle Edition, 169 pages Genres: Business, Entrepreneurship, Startups, Technology, Memoir Startup success stories are often told backward. We hear about the acquisition. The valuation. The breakthrough product. The headline-making exit. What tends to disappear from the narrative are the years of uncertainty that came before. The failed prototypes. The financial stress. The investor meetings that went nowhere. The moments when quitting would have been the rational choice. Mattias Scheek's 100 succeeds because it spen...

  From Followers to True Believers: A Review of The Fandom Playbook: How to Create Passionate Fans in a World of Online Chaos by David Meerman Scott Posted on Prairie Fox Reads  https://prairiefoxreads.blogspot.com/2026/10/from-followers-to-true-believers-review.html Advanced Review Copy provided by the publisher Book Details: Title: The Fandom Playbook: How to Create Passionate Fans in a World of Online Chaos Author: David Meerman Scott Publisher: Entrepreneur Press (Expected Publication October 27, 2026) Format: Kindle Edition, 406 pages Genres: Business, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Customer Experience There was a time when businesses could buy attention. Run enough advertisements, optimize enough search terms, flood enough social media channels, and customers would eventually notice. Today, that strategy feels increasingly unreliable. Algorithms change. Platforms rise and fall. Artificial intelligence generates oceans of content. Consumers are ...

  Ledgers, Ransoms, and the Price of a Human Life: A Review of The Tenth Stroke: A Novel of the Sulu Sea, 1825 by N.A. Vane Posted on Prairie Fox Reads  https://prairiefoxreads.blogspot.com/2026/10/ledgers-ransoms-and-price-of-human-life.html Advanced Review Copy provided by the publisher Book Details: Title: The Tenth Stroke: A Novel of the Sulu Sea, 1825 Author: N.A. Vane Expected Publication: October 23, 2026 Format: Kindle Edition, 267 pages Genres: Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Maritime Fiction, Women's Fiction, Colonial History There are historical novels that transport readers to another era, and then there are historical novels that force readers to confront the economic, social, and moral systems that shaped that era. The Tenth Stroke falls firmly into the latter category. Set in the Sulu Sea in 1825, N.A. Vane's novel examines a largely unfamiliar corner of maritime history, where raiding, ransom, slavery, colonial ambition, religious authority, ...

  Love, Destiny, and the Relatives Who Won't Stay Dead: A Review of Saints and Swimmers by Melanie Doctors Posted on Prairie Fox Reads  https://prairiefoxreads.blogspot.com/2026/10/love-destiny-and-relatives-who-wont.html Advanced Review Copy provided by the publisher Book Details: Title: Saints and Swimmers Author: Melanie Doctors Publisher: Sorcière Publishing (Published October 22, 2026) Format: Kindle Edition, 452 pages Genres: Women's Fiction, Literary Fiction, Romance, Magical Realism, Family Drama Some novels ask whether people can find love. Others ask whether they deserve a second chance at it. Melanie Doctors' Saints and Swimmers asks a more complicated question: how much of our lives are shaped by choice, and how much by the stories we've been told about ourselves? Blending family comedy, romance, grief, Jewish humor, and a touch of magical realism, Saints and Swimmers follows Elaine Goldstein as she attempts to rebuild her sense of self after...

  Haints, Historical Horrors, and the Fight for Gracetown: A Review of Tananarive Due’s The Reformatory Posted on Prairiefoxreads.com  https://prairiefoxreads.blogspot.com/2026/10/haints-historical-horrors-and-fight-for.html Book Details: Title: The Reformatory Author: Tananarive Due Publisher: S&S/Saga Press (Published October 31, 2023) Format: Hardcover, 570 pages Genres: Historical Horror, Southern Gothic, Thriller, Literary Fiction, Paranormal As we reach the final, darkest mornings of October, my pre-dawn reading ritual feels heavier, quieter, and more reflective. Before the rest of the house wakes up—while my husband and the kids are still sound asleep—I poured a large mug of black coffee, tucked myself into my corner chair beneath the wide, reaching leaves of my fiddle-leaf fig and monsteras, and let my cat curl tightly against my side. For this week’s read, I tackled a massive, multi-award-winning titan of modern horror: Tananarive Due’s 570-page masterpiece, ...

  The Epidemiology of Ghosts: A Review of Deena Helm’s Our Cut of Salt Posted on Prairiefoxreads.com Book Details: Title: Our Cut of Salt Author: Deena Helm Publisher: Tor Nightfire (Published September 22, 2026) Format: Hardcover, 288 pages Genres: Gothic Horror, Historical Fiction, Psychological Thriller There is a particular kind of quiet that settles over my house in the early morning. Before my husband and kids are awake, it’s just me, a steaming mug of dark roast coffee, a jungle of houseplants soaking in the first gray light of dawn, and my cat curled up at my feet. This was the sanctuary in which I cracked open Deena Helm’s debut novel, Our Cut of Salt . By the time my coffee had gone cold, I was completely unmoored. When I read on the opening pages that the local cats in Haifa refuse to cross the perimeter of Nuhad’s childhood home, my ears perked up. Anyone who shares their life with felines knows they are the ultimate barometers of unseen dread; if the cats won’t go...