This one took a bit of time to get into, but with about 100 pages to go, I was hooked and needed to know how it ended. Penny was adopted when she was 4-years-old after Grace finds her abandoned in a playground. Now, twelve years later, she is found, clutching a knife and kneeling over her birth mother’s body, covered in her blood. She says she doesn’t remember anything, and is locked in a psychiatric … Read More “The Perfect Daughter by D. J. Palmer” »
Tag: BookwormErin
This was a quick thriller, perfect for those days when you just want to get lost in a mystery that you don’t have to think about too hard. Orla has been home with a new baby for months when her best friend, Kate, decides to whisk her away for a fun weekend in Portugal, just the two of them. But after a wild night out, Kate goes missing, and Orla doesn’t remember much — was … Read More “The Weekend Away by Sarah Alderson” »
I’m having fun reading through some backlist titles, and this was a good, quick read. Amber Patterson is jealous of the other women she sees around her, dripping with wealth and not deserving of what they have, especially her target Daphne Parrish. Daphne spends her days between the gym, spending time with her two daughters, and planning elaborate fundraisers for cystic fibrosis with her friends, while her husband, Jackson, is a handsome real estate tycoon. … Read More “The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine” »
Part espionage, part slow-burning thriller, this one was long and slow… and normally, I don’t mind long, and I don’t mind working for a resolution, but the ending was just… disappointing. Anna Witherall falls in love with Harry, a man she meets while starting her career as a journalist, but she ends up marrying David, a man she was friends with in college. Anna has a job she loves, twin daughters who are cared for … Read More “Part of the Family by Charlotte Philby” »
I’ve heard so much great buzz about this book, so when I had a moment to pick it up, I did. And I didn’t want to put it down. I’ve finished it, and I still don’t want to put it down. This book’s a gem, and I can’t overstate how much I enjoyed reading it. The premise of this book reminded me a bit of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs (another … Read More “The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune” »