Jae Headshot Jae Sutton is an author and copyeditor at Susquehanna University. She holds an AA in Journalism and will complete her BA in Creative Writing and Publishing & Editing in December 2022. She works in Susquehanna’s Career Development Center as a front desk student assistant and at the Blough-Weis Library as a student manager. Outside of classes and work, she spends her free time stocking up on aromatherapy, drinking herbal tea, writing multiple stories at once, and binge-watching Run BTS and black 90s TV shows.


HERRICK’S END, a novel by T.M. Blanchet, reviewed by Jae Sutton

HERRICK’S END, a novel by T.M. Blanchet, reviewed by Jae Sutton
HERRICK’S END by T.M. Blanchet Tiny Fox Press, 299 pages reviewed by Jae Sutton Born and raised in Boston, mostly by his mother—who is loved by everyone she meets—Ollie Delgato has had to endure multiple hardships. But he has a plan. At nineteen, he is admitted to Bunker Hill Community College on a full scholarship and gets a job at Bonfligio’s Caffe, which comes with an apartment located just above the shop. His main goals are to lose weight and fall in love. More than anything, he wants to “become the kind of person that guys wanted to hang out with and girls wanted to date. Seven months to achieve normalcy.” Which is why the weight loss program, Lighter Tomorrows, becomes a constant on his summer schedule. Antonella (Nell) Cascone is the only girl who has ever given Ollie the time of day. They go on walks and platonic dates every week. When Nell shows up to both Lighter Tomorrows and the pair’s hangouts with bruises—which she covers with heavy sweaters and thick scarves—Ollie knows what kind of trouble she is in. It’s not until she goes missing that he realizes he should have done something sooner. Ollie sees this ...