by Emiko Jean MILD SPOILERS BELOW Think Princess Diaries, but instead of fictional Genovia, we are transported to Tokyo. Izumi is an American teenager who finds out her father is the Crown Prince of Japan. She goes to Tokyo to spend a few weeks with him and learns how to be a princess. It is…

By Cho Nam-Joo (translated by Jamie Chang) It feels so painfully relatable and universal. I know for sure women around the world would relate to this, regardless of where this book is set geographically. The author, Cho Nam-Joo sheds light on how deeply entrenched a patriarchal system is in a South Korean society, through the…

by Jeanine Cummins Plot Spoilers below The story begins on a high octane note, taking us on a nonstop journey of mother and son as they leave Acapulco for United States. They have witnessed a murder of their family members at the hands of a cartel. They are on the run from them and have…

By Silvia Moreno-Garcia MILD SPOILERS!! Set during the fifties, we are introduced to a rather likeable young socialite called Noemi, who lives in Mexico City. When alarming letters start to arrive from her newly married cousin, it worries both the young socialite and her father. The letters seem to imply the cousin is having some…