By: Jen Devon “You’re still holding a big piece of me hostage inside you, and I don’t know how to get it back.” I struggled with this book – there were some really great parts, and some parts that were not so great. Temperance and Duncan had a great summer together when they were 18,Continue reading “Right Where We Left Us”
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Dark Matter
By: Blake Crouch “We all live day to day completely oblivious to the fact that we’re a part of a much larger and stranger reality than we can possibly imagine.” WOW! This book has left my speechless. Jason Dessen was walking home, got kidnapped, and woke up in a lab. But this life isn’t hisContinue reading “Dark Matter”
A Most Malicious Messenger
By: Katherine Black Many thanks to Love Books Tours and Bloodhound Books for the ARC of this book and the stop on the book tour. ABOUT THE BOOK Menacing texts lead to murder in an English village, in this unmissable, witty mystery by the Dagger Award–nominated author of A Most Unusual Demise. May Morrigan isContinue reading “A Most Malicious Messenger”
The Manor House
By: Gilly Macmillan I’m not sure how I was introduced to this book. Nicole and Tom are childhood sweethearts and a great couple. While life had been a struggle for them, they won the lottery and built a beautiful house. But their dream life turns into a nightmare when Nicole comes home and finds herContinue reading “The Manor House”
You, Again
By: Kate Goldbeck “Maybe there’s no such thing as soulmates. Maybe there are only people who trust each other enough to begin something without being assured of the end.” I’m glad I read this one, even though it was over 400 pages! When Ari and Josh meet, they hate each other. Then they run intoContinue reading “You, Again”
The Spice Maker’s Secret
By: Renita D’Silva Many thanks to Bookouture for the ARC of this book and the stop on the book tour! ABOUT THE BOOK 1939, India. Gently kissing her child, Bindu reaches into her pot of powder and touches her finger to the baby’s forehead. She tries to hide her tears behind her sari as sheContinue reading “The Spice Maker’s Secret”
Someone I Used to Know
By: Paige Toon This was my first read of the year and Paige Toon knocked it out of the park with a 5 star book! Fifteen year old Leah lived in a house with her parents and her foster siblings. As the only, biological child of her parents, the foster siblings were like her realContinue reading “Someone I Used to Know”
The Lover
By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia “From the first moment he’d spoken to her, she’d loved him, then had to endure the agony of his loss. Now she knew a new agony, both the pleasure of his embrace and the weight of sin.” So this was different for me. In this short story, Judith wants to find aContinue reading “The Lover”
Back on the Boulevard
By: Samantha Robinson I enjoyed the first book to this series, so when I saw there was a second one, I decided to read it! This picks up where the first book left off. Carly has spent the summer with the boys and family she met, but now she has to go back to school.Continue reading “Back on the Boulevard”
Diary of a Killer
By: Peggy Cyell Thanks to the author for the gifted copy of the book! Alfred entered the world while his mother was dying. His brothers never treated him nicely. There is something about a specific scent that triggers Alfred to be a murderer. Within this book, we learn why he murders and what is goingContinue reading “Diary of a Killer”