Overall, I enjoyed The Night Away, although there were a lot of very obvious red herrings and the end came out of nowhere. The book opens with a chapter from the point of view of someone who is obviously stalking the main character, which is a really creepy (in a good way) opening. Amber and her husband “Gorgeous” George have been together since high school and have a young infant, Mabel. Amber–who has always been … Read More “The Night Away by Jess Ryder” »
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The Girl Who Never Came Home really reads more like YA than literary fiction and the tagline of it being a “gripping page turner’ might have been a bit of an oversell, but the overall story was good. Sixteen-year-old Zoe (daughter of Lydia and baby sister to Jessie) goes away for a weekend at school camp and disappears sometime between lights out and breakfast. It doesn’t take very long for searchers to discover her body. … Read More “The Girl Who Never Came Home by Nicole Trope” »
My Sister’s Husband was an enjoyable thriller, but you really have to suspend your disbelief for most of the story to work and especially for the ending. Brooke and Freya are sisters, but Freya is exceedingly jealous of her older sister. Their relationship mirrors the one that their Aunt Alice had with their own mother. who died in a freak accident (along with their father) while they were both babies. They also have a cousin … Read More “My Sister’s Husband by Nicola Marsh” »
If you haven’t read Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café, stop what you’re doing and go get it. And read it. It won’t take long. It sucks you in and you won’t want to put it down. Now, pick this one up and find yourself back in Whistle Stop, back with the characters you loved, and you’ll see what happened to them after Fried Green Tomatoes ended. Buddy Threadgoode — the boy missing … Read More “The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop by Fannie Flagg” »
In 1934, Ruth escapes the psychiatric hospital in Tuscaloosa where she was born and raised after one of the orderlies tries to force her into an unwanted marriage. After taking a job caring for an ailing, elderly man — who gifts her with a rare coin and then dies — she becomes half of the Hawthorn Sisters, two women who claim they can heal people through touch and prayer. When her other half falls in … Read More “Reviving the Hawthorn Sisters by Emily Carpenter” »