A Gritty, Mixed-Bag Debut This weekend has been entirely filled with strange little reads, ranging from bizarre horror to this book. Ultimately, I’m really not sure how to feel about it.The premise sounded incredibly promising: a man moves from...
What did I just Finish?! Look, I have read a massive number of books in my lifetime, but this is the book that finally taught me what a true, masterclass slow-burn thriller actually looks like. I’ll admit, for the first 52%, I was actively...
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Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez
Such a Win Trigger Warning: This book deals with themes of emotional abuse.I hopped onto Libby yesterday looking for an easy, breezy read for a reading sprint and picked up Part of Your World by Abby Jimenez. (According to the app, I’ve actually...
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Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro
A Different Kind of Read I finished Elena Knows by Claudia Piñeiro on the very last day of May, wrapping up a challenge that has successfully pulled me out of recent reading slumps and pushed me far outside my comfort zone. It was a deeply...
Why Did You Guys Rate This So High? I Need Answers. This book gets three stars strictly because it was a milestone: my first classic, and my first official buddy read with Tess! It definitely taught me that I’ll need a reading partner by my...
No Roses for This Thriller: Great Vibe, Flat Execution My heart is broken because I wanted so much from this book. It honestly had the makings of a five-star read, but I ultimately left feeling like it was just okay. I had much higher hopes for this...
Stories Within Stories Given the title Beach Thriller by Jamie Day, this couldn’t have been a more fitting summer read. It follows Holly Sinclair, a published author who loses her NYC apartment after her publisher rejects her latest manuscript...
Messy Pasts & Brilliant Character Growth I was in the middle of a slow-burn read this weekend and desperately needed a palate cleanser, so I decided to take a chance on this title. Wow, am I glad I did! The fact that I started this yesterday and...
The Ultimate Lifetime Movie in Book Form Book slump broken, most of may I spent giving 3 stars to many reads. This is such a thrilling gem and I didn’t see any of it coming. This one was such an entertaining thriller. I was constantly trying to...
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Marion by Leah Rowan
Norm Billings Met His Match If I were a billionaire, I’d buy a copy of Marion for every single horror fan on earth—and then dare the non-thriller readers to try it.What an absolute ride! From page one, Leah Rowan hooks you with multiple moving parts...
