Rachel is a social influencer, who finds herself becoming less and less influential after she becomes pregnant. She reaches out to her followers to find someone to help her with the baby, and hires Abbie, a super-fan who puts Rachel on a pedestal and believes that her online personality is identical to her actual one. But neither Abbie, not Rachel, are what the other one expects. I have mixed feelings about this book. I felt … Read More “The New Mother by Julia Crouch” »
Publisher: Bookouture
While I enjoyed the overall storyline of this book, the beginning was a bit dense and it took a bit for me to really get into and care about the characters. Alexa is struggling as a new mother, especially with her husband away for long stretches of time at work, so after her big sister Carrie splits up from her own husband, it seems like a great idea for Carrie to move in to help … Read More “The Girl She Wanted by K.L. Slater” »
This was a thriller with a lot of great build up, but the potential twists that I thought were coming were more interesting than what really happened. Eva is living with her father and stepmother, helping care for her father suffering from dementia, when they get a phone call asking someone to come pick up her sister from the hospital. But Eva doesn’t have a sister. Except, apparently she does: Nancy, who was 16-years -old … Read More “The Liar’s Daughter by Rona Halsall” »
I’m torn by this book. I liked most of the story itself, but I’m uncomfortable with the author writing from the perspective of a child with autism when she doesn’t have autism and doesn’t personally know anyone with autism, outside of those she said she interviewed to write this book. This, of course, begs bigger questions about writing, but I don’t want to go too deep into that here. So, I find myself in the … Read More “Bring Him Home by Nicole Trope” »
Rockwell and Decker return in the second book in this series that doesn’t disappoint. I definitely recommend it as a fun, quick thriller. When the mummified body of a teenage girl is found entombed in a barrel of sand in the basement of an abandoned cabin, clutching an old handmade ragdoll, Olivia Rockwell is horrified, especially because she recognizes the doll… she had one just like it when she grew up. Yet again, she’s worried … Read More “Her Perfect Bones by Ellery Kane” »