I really enjoyed this mix of mystery, family drama, and love story with a bit of “magick” thrown in. The Moon Girls are taught from a young age that their singular goal in life is to have a daughter — specifically without a husband — and to raise her to follow in the Moon legacy of strength and magick. Elzibeth (Lizzy) Moon wants nothing to do with that life, and leaves for New York, not … Read More “The Last of the Moon Girls by Barbara Davis” »
Category: Mystery
As a suspenseful thriller — which is how this book is being advertised — it’s a letdown. There was no suspense, no mystery, and it was slow. However, if it had been marketed as fiction or literary fiction, I probably would have liked it more. Pax, a wannabe actor, is rushing to a meeting for what he believes will be his big break in the industry after so many years, when he hears a scream … Read More “The Lies I Never Told You by Valérie Tong Cuong” »
This one sucked me in, and I can’t wait for the author to write the next book in this series. Notorious serial killer Benjamin Wayne Fisher promises to tell young detective Daniel Ellis where he hid the bodies… As long as Benjamin’s daughter, Reni Fisher, a former FBI profiler, comes along for the ride. Things don’t go as planned, and Reni has to decide whether or not she can help Daniel and confront her own … Read More “Find Me by Anne Frasier” »
While there was some suspense in this book, I felt a lot of it was predictable, and I often just couldn’t figure out why the characters would actually do what they did. Hannah returns to her hometown for the funeral of her older sister April, who dies by suicide in the first chapter of the book. Hannah is accompanied by her husband, Will, who is also April’s ex-boyfriend, and their daughter, Eva. While at the … Read More “In My Wake by Ruth Harrow” »
This was the second novel I’ve read by Barbara O’Neal, and while I liked When We Believed in Mermaids more, I still enjoyed this one. Set in a small village in Devon, England, four generations of women in one family — Lillian, Poppy, Zoe, and Isabel — try to heal from each other’s actions and flaws, while trying to find Diana, Zoe’s best friend from childhood, who had gone missing. Told in chapters alternating between … Read More “The Lost Girls of Devon by Barbara O’Neal” »