Review: The Shadow House

Author: Anna Downes Publication Date: 5 Apr 2022 Publisher: Minotaur Books Page Count: 320 Dates Read: Apr 14 – 15 Reading Method: Physcial ARC // Thank you to the publisher!  Review A few years ago, I read The Safe Place by Anna Downes and remember really liking it, so when I saw she had another book coming out, it went to …

Review: Reckless Girls

Author: Rachel Hawkins Publication Date: 4 January 2022 Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Page Count: 320 Reading Method: Physical Dates Read: Jan 4 – 5 Category: ARC [Thanks to the publisher!] Review Are you looking for a book to get lost in for a few hours?  If you answered yes, Reckless Girls is the book for you!  I picked this book up and could not …

The Perfect Daughter Review

Author: D.J. Palmer Publication Date: 20 March 2021 Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Page Count: 384 Reading Method: Physical ARC [thank you to the publisher for the advance copy] Synopsis:  Penny Francone, age sixteen, is a murderer. Her guilt is beyond doubt: she was found alone in the victim’s apartment, covered in blood, holding the murder weapon. The victim’s identity and …

The Two Mrs. Carlyles Review

Author: Suzanne Rindell  Publication Date: 28 July 2020 Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons Page Count: 432 Reading Method: Digital ARC  Synopsis:  San Francisco, 1906. Violet is one of three people grateful for the destruction of the big earthquake. It leaves her and her two best friends unexpectedly wealthy–if the secret that binds them together stays buried beneath the rubble. Fearing discovery, …

The Girl in the Mirror Review

Author: Rose Carlyle Publication Date: 20 October 2020 Publisher: William Morrow Page Count: 304 Reading Method: Physical ARC Synopsis:  Twin sisters Iris and Summer are startlingly alike, but beyond what the eye can see lies a darkness that sets them apart. Cynical and insecure, Iris has long been envious of Summer’s seemingly never-ending good fortune, …

Goodnight Beautiful Review

Author: Aimee Molloy Publication Date: 13 October 2020 Publisher: Harper Books Page Count: 293 Reading Method: Digital ARC Synopsis:  Newlyweds Sam Statler and Annie Potter are head over heels, and excited to say good-bye to New York and start a life together in Sam’s sleepy hometown in upstate New York. Or, it turns out, a …

Invisible Girl Review

Author: Lisa Jewell Publication Date: 13 October 2020 Publisher: Atria Books Page Count: 368 Reading Method: Physical ARC Synopsis:  Owen Pick’s life is falling apart. In his thirties, a virgin, and living in his aunt’s spare bedroom, he has just been suspended from his job as a geography teacher after accusations of sexual misconduct, which …

The Silent Patient Review

Author: Alex Michaelides Publication Date: 5 February 2019 Publisher: Celadon Books Page Count: 336 Reading Method: Audiobook Synopsis:  Alicia Berenson’s life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in-demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of London’s most desirable areas. One evening her …

The Family Upstairs Review

Author: Lisa Jewell Publication Date: 5 November 2019 Publisher: Atria Books Page Count: 352 Reading Method: Audiobook Synopsis:  Soon after her twenty-fifth birthday, Libby Jones returns home from work to find the letter she’s been waiting for her entire life. She rips it open with one driving thought: I am finally going to know who …

The Girls Weekend Review

Author: Jody Gehrman Publication Date: 11 August 2020 Publisher: Crooked Lane Books Page Count: 320 Reading Method: Digital ARC Synopsis: June Moody, a 30-something English professor, just wants to get away from her recent breakup and reunite with girlfriends over summer break. Her old friend and longtime nemesis Sadie MacTavish, a mega-successful author, invites June …

The Safe Place Review

Author: Anna Downes Publication Date: 14 July 2020 Publisher: Minotaur Books Page Count: 368 Reading Method: Digital ARC Synopsis: Welcome to paradise…will you ever be able to leave? Emily is a mess. Emily Proudman just lost her acting agent, her job, and her apartment in one miserable day. Emily is desperate. Scott Denny, a successful …

The Shadows Review

Author: Alex North Publication Date: 7 July 2020 Publisher: Celadon Books Page Count: 336 Reading Method: Physical ARC Synopsis:  what an absolutely stunning debut novel. Love permeates each and every page of this story. Not a hot and heavy, lustful attraction.. but a beautiful and devastating kind of love that leaves you in tears when …