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” »
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I read this book straight through, although it can be read according to the Baroness’ sequence, which we are given at the beginning, as well. Crossings is made up of three interrelated stories about two members of a group of people from a Pacific Island who obey “The Law.” They are trained from childhood to be able to “cross” into another’s body by staring into their eyes. But the most important rule is that there … Read More “Crossings by Alex Landragin” »
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” »
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” »
Over and over again, Lake Union Publishing releases books that I really enjoy and want to recommend to others, and The House at Mermaid’s Cove continues this pattern. Set in WWII, Alice washes ashore in Cornwall after her Ireland-bound ship is torpedoed by the Germans. Jack, the lord of the nearby manor rescues her, but doesn’t have completely selfless intentions… Not only is this a slow burning love story, but it’s a story about the … Read More “The House at Mermaid’s Cove by Lindsay Jayne Ashford” »