I found myself cheering the characters on and sharing in their anguish throughout the book.
The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth, 3.5 Stars
My Darling Husband by Kimberly Belle, 4 Stars
I was up until midnight on a weeknight finishing this one! It's just that good.
The Night She Went Missing by Kristen Bird, 4 Stars
The Night She Went Missing is a fantastic read with amazing characters and an intriguing mystery at it's core.
Woman Last Seen by Adele Parks, 4 Stars
If you love all things The Woman In the Window, Gone Girl, Girl On a Train and the thousands of books that followed, Woman Last Seen rises to the top in the category.
Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins, 5 Stars
Reckless Girls is a delicious read from cover to cover and I highly recommend you check it out.
A Thousand Steps by T. Jefferson Parker, 4 Stars
A Thousand Steps is everything you want a book set in the late 60's/early 70's to be.
The Violence by Delilah S. Dawson, 4 Stars
The the sickness in The Violence makes our current pandemic look like a cake-walk. But it's a fun (albeit gruesome at times) look into the what-ifs.
The Golden Couple by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, 4.5 Stars
Greer and Hendricks do not disappoint. You'll want this one to be on the very top of your TBR stack.
The Maid by Nina Prose, 4 Stars
The Maid is a great debut novel that brings a fresh and unique voice to fiction.
Such a Pretty Smile by Kristi DeMeester
Such a Pretty Smile is out January 18 and it's the perfect read to kick off a new year of great books.
The Replacement Wife by Darby Kane, 4 Stars
ks lately and this one hit the spot. It was definitely a page-turner and the surprises and twists were revealed at a good pace.
Chloe Cates is Missing by Mandy McHugh, 4 Stars
Chloe Cates Is Missing brings up some important issues surrounding how much of our children's social media identify should be determined by us instead of them.
**Official Blog Tour**The Sorority Murder by Allison Brennan, 3.5 Stars
The Sorority Murder is a great fast-paced read for anyone who loves a good whodunnit.
I Know You by Claire McGowan, 4 Stars
The parallel plots were equally intriguing, making the book a very hard one to put down.
Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult, 5 Stars
I wholeheartedly recommend Wish You Were Here to just about anyone who likes a good novel. It's a masterful story that examine what happens when our lives go off track.
The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale, 3.5 Stars
The Ballerinas is a satisfying tale of female friendship, competition and sometimes revenge.
The Book of Magic by Alice Hoffman, 5 Stars
I'm a little jealous of someone who hasn't come across the series because it's just that good. I wish I could go back and read them all again for the first time.
The Last Guest by Tess Little, 3 Stars
I recommend The Last Guest to anyone who loves a good mystery. It's a fun story to pick apart and try to figure out who the murderer really is.
In Another Light by AJ Banner, 3.5 Stars
I would recommend In Another Light to fans of Lisa Jewell and Shari Lapena.
Nice Girls by Catherine Dang, 4 Stars
Dang paints compelling characters who perfectly capture that awkward stage between high school and adulthood when we are all just trying to figure out who we are. Set against the backdrop of a possible serial killer of course.
Never Saw Me Coming My Vera Kurian, 4 Stars
It actually reminded me slightly of American Psycho, the college years, as told by Patrick Bateman's female double.
The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward, 4 Stars
The Last House on Needless Street is a crazy, spooky, twisted page turner that you don't want to miss.
Beautiful Country by Qian Julie Wang, 4 Stars
ntry is really a breathtaking and heart-wrenching first account of the trials that undocumented immigrants face when they come to America.
The Family Plot by Megan Collins, 4 Stars
If you are looking for an atmospheric, spooky horror tale that will keep you up long past your bedtime, this is it.
My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones, 4 Stars
My Heart is a Chainsaw is a masterpiece and likely to be a valuable edition to any horror movie aficionado's bookshelf.
The Perfect Family by Robyn Harding, 3.5 Stars
The Perfect Family is definitely a thriller for our times. It's a fast-paced page-turner, where the reader is guessing the whole time as to who is behind the attacks on the family home. Special thanks to Netgalley and Gallery Books for an advanced e-galley in exchange for my honest review. This one is out August 10. Get your copy!
Just One Look by Lindsay Cameron, 3.5 Stars
Just One Look is a great tale of how longing for a better life and success can lead to jealously, obsession, and worse.
The Guilt Trip by Sandie Jones, 4 Stars
This one has got it all- mystery, intrigue, an amazing setting betrayal. And the list goes on.
Safe in My Arms by Sara Shepard, 3.5 Stars
in My Arms was a refreshing spin on the same old story of the women who don't quite fit in with the perfect PTA moms at school.
The Sinful Lives of Trophy Wives by Kristin Miller, 3.5 Stars
The Secret Lives of Trophy Wives is a fantastic beach read. It's a light enough read to keep one eye on the kids in the water while you read, but salacious enough that you'll keep turning the pages.
Dark Roads by Chevy Stevens, 3.5 Stars
Dark Roads is a great read. It's got a great setting, and plenty of twists and turns you didn't see coming and a rich cast of characters. #darkroads #netgalley
Where the Truth Lies by Anna Bailey, 3.5 Stars
Where the Truth Lies, it will keep you turning pages far past your bedtime.
Hostage by Claire Macintosh, 4 Stars
Hostage is a wild ride from start to finish.
You Will Remember Me by Hannah Mary McKinnon, 3.5 Stars
You Will Remember Me is a great read, full of richly drawn characters who all kind of operate on the fringes of acceptable life (and that makes them so much more interesting than you or I!)
The Disappearing Act by Catherine Steadman, 5 Stars
I recommend The Disappearing Act to fans of Steadman and suspense, along with people who like a bit of an insiders taste into the going ons of stardom and Hollywood.
Kin by Shawna Kay Rodenburg, 2.5 Stars
I could see this story successful adapted to film. It definitely had a Hillbilly Elegy feel to it.
A Dark and Secret Place by Jen Williams, 4 Stars
A Dark and Secret Place is a book that will be satisfying to every true crime podcast enthusiast, Dateline addict, or Hannibal fan.
The Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian, 4 Stars
I highly recommend Hour of the Witch to fans of Bohjahlian and lovers of historical fiction.
The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon, 5 Stars
Janelle Brown, author of Pretty Things and Watch Me Disappear had the perfect testimonial for the book saying, "The Drowning Kind is satisfying on every level: Marvelously chilling, elegantly written, a true page-turner. I couldn’t wait to get to the end; I also wanted to savor every page. Jennifer McMahon is a master of mood.”
You Love Me by Caroline Kepnes, 4.5 Stars
You Love Me is everything I wanted it to be. Joe isn't the same guy who used to stalk Beck through the windows of her NYC apartment. He's matured. I think he might not be as much of a psycho. Well, scratch that.
The Girls Are All So Nice Here by Laurie Elizabeth Flynn, 3.5 Stars
When Ambrosia arrives at her freshman year of college, she has a chip on her shoulder. Like the size of Antarctica.
The Project by Courtney Summers, 4 Stars
The Project is a great read, you definitely won't regret picking this one up. Yes, it's technically YA, but it's one of the YA books with amazing crossover adult potential.
The Burning Girls, by C.J. Tudor, 5 Stars
C.J. Tudor is a bit macabre and her books just feel different than your average thriller. Her books are a little bit gory, a little bit spooky, the tiniest bit shocking and super readable.
The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah, 5 Stars
The Four Winds is a richly drawn work of historical fiction that transports the reader to that moment in history. Hannah does this in a way not many authors can master and it's breathtaking.
The Perfect Guests by Emma Rous, 4 Stars
Really, if we had to choose just one main character in this book, it might not be Sadie or Beth (or even Leonora), but rather Raven Hall. Because people who have lived there, are somehow legit, obsessed with it.
The Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins, 3.5 Stars
Jane is kind of an enigma. She comes from a troubled past, and she is clearly trying to improve her life.
Take It Back by Kia Abdullah, 4 Stars
Not only was it a page turner, but it makes you think.
Pretty Little Wife by Darby Kane, 3 Stars
In Pretty Little Wife, the reader gets a front row seat to the relentless interrogations and everything that Lila is up to in the days following her husbands, ahem, disappearance.
Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam, 5 Stars
Yes, Leave the World Behind, is the crowning novel that fits in so well in 2020, it's a little scary.
The Last to See Her by Courtney Evan Tate, 3.5 Stars
The Last to See Her is a wild ride that is part mystery, part thriller, part romance, part story of betrayal and part sister story. Which sounds like it could be too much. But it's actually just the perfect amount.
The Christie Affair by Nina de Gramont, 3.5 Stars
This one comes with so much praise! It's a Reese's Book Club Pick, a New York Times Bestseller and has rave reviews from The Wall Street Journal, Kirkus, Publisher's Weekly.
The Arc by Tony Henwood Hoen, 4 stars
It's the perfect read for a spring day when you can feel love in the air.
Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson, 4 Stars
Covey's story is epic and one for the ages. Her journey from the West Indies to her home in California has been a long and winding one.
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