-
When I first started reading It Ends With Us, I was nervous. I had seen the controversy around this book (and movie). I had seen the accusations of glamorizing abuse and being disrespectful to domestic violence victims. I had seen the scandal around Colleen Hoover herself. All in all, the fanfare around this book was…
-
The whole world seems to be plotting against Tegan Warner, so it seems. Wow… this was my first Freida McFadden book. And it was wild. Are they all like this? lol This story focuses on twenty-three year old Tegan Warner, who’s pregnant and just trying to turn her life around for her baby girl who…
-
Althea Moon was, informally, declared a murderer in her small town in New Hampshire. With this accusation came the downfall of the Moon Girl Farm, as well as the alienation and eventual departure of the youngest Moon: Elzibeth Moon, better known as Lizzy. Years later, when Althea Moon dies, Lizzy comes back to the Moon…
-
An incredibly harrowing, unsettling read that left me with so many unanswered questions. And I still enjoyed every moment of it. Our unnamed protagonist is one of forty women imprisoned in an underground bunker, guarded by male wardens every moment of their lives. But one day, everything changes for these women. Whether it’s for better…
-
If you need an emotional, gripping, and amazing romance to enjoy just in time for Valentine’s Day, this is the one for you! With a story as beautiful, passionate, and vulnerable as this one, I found it hard to put down. Lacy Adams and Trevor James met in high school. When an unfortunate accident brings…
-
A young boy is kidnapped from a bus stop as he comes home from school. Around a year later, he’s found and returned to his family. What happened to him? And can he help investigators find the ones who did this to him before they strike again? Found by Erin Kinsley is a thriller, but…
-
Picture this: you’re sitting at home, taking care of your infant grandchild while your daughter and her boyfriend go out on a date. They’re young, they deserve a break from the struggles of young parenthood, so they go. And then they never come back. What do you do? How do you react? Where do you…
-
I tried really hard to like this one because the synopsis and the overall premise seemed enticing, but as I got through the book, it really started to feel flat. Hazel Cho is a private investigator living in New York with her roommate, Kenny Shum. She’s struggling to really make it in her career, wanting…
-
When his daughter disappears, he’s convinced that it’s all his fault. How can he live with himself, knowing he put his little girl in danger? That’s the dilemma faced by Matthew Hill in Teresa Driscoll’s book, Close Your Eyes. But nothing is as it seems. At least, not at first. The story follows private investigator…
-
It’s been a long time since I’ve had a novel that completely enthralled me from beginning to end. The premise is simple. A maid who discovers a devastating secret about the owners of the house she’s cleaning. You see that and think to yourself, “Huh. I may have already read a story like this before.”…