A deeply disturbed serial killer is on the loose once again in M.J. Arlidge's The Doll's House and Helen Grace is on the case. While I've come to really like Helen Grace's character, I've realized that the author's writing style just isn't for me. I am a huge fan of real ...
Book Review – Pop Goes the Weasel by M.J. Arlidge
June 20, 2016 by · 4 Comments
Pop goes Goes the Weasel, the second installment in M.J. Arlidge's Helen Grace series, is full of thrills and chills. Many moments had that delicious pull that made it hard to put the book down, but it took me a long time to become fully engrossed in the book. A murderous ...
Book Review – Eeny Meeny by M.J. Arlidge
June 16, 2016 by · 3 Comments
Eeny Meeny is a police procedural centering around Detective Inspector Helen Grace. This book is my first foray into the expansive crime fiction genre. And while this book didn't work for me, I look forward to read more of this series and more crime fiction. Helen Grace ...
Audiobook Review – Maestra by L.S. Hilton
June 3, 2016 by · 6 Comments
Maestra is an erotic thriller featuring a femme fatale who gives no apologies for her murderous ways. She wants what she wants and she takes it. I saw this book everywhere, as it was being heavily marketed and promoted by the publisher. So I decided to give the audiobook a ...
Book Review – Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
May 3, 2016 by · 14 Comments
Book Review: Note: I read this book and then reread it by listening to it on audio. My audiobook comments are at the end. It is not often that a book as special as this one comes around. Ruta Sepetys's prose shines in this haunting fictional account of the most tragic ...
Audiobook Review – Love in Lowercase by Francesc Miralles
April 28, 2016 by · 2 Comments
Love in Lowercase is a cute novel about how small inconsequential things can have a big effect in our lives. In Samuel's case, it was a stray cat changed his whole life. Admittedly this book, while short, was one that didn't hold my interest and the love story felt ...
Book Review – Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
April 27, 2016 by · 5 Comments
Book Review: I've been wanting to read this book for a long time. I absolutely fell in love with Will and Lou's moments together. Characters with that kind of chemistry are rare. These two came to life on the page. But Lou's characterization and growth from beginning to end ...
Audiobook Review – Why We Came to the City by Kristopher Jansma
April 24, 2016 by · 4 Comments
Audiobook Review: Why We Came to the City is an emotional portrait of grief, loss, and hope. This is my first book by this author, and now I would like to go back and read his debut. At times, the pacing was bogged with with overly descriptive, tangential passages, but what ...
Book Review – The Glittering Court by Richelle Mead
April 7, 2016 by · 4 Comments
Book Review: The Glittering Court is the first book in Richelle Mead's new fantasy/historical-like series that I would describe as an Elizabethan "The Bachelor with ladies' choice" meets colonial America meets the Gold Rush. That's a lot to take in, I know. As a loyal fan ...
Book Review – I Let You Go by Clare Mackintosh
April 4, 2016 by · 10 Comments
Book Review: * Spoiler-free review. No spoilery discussion of the twists. Filled with twists and turns that left me reeling and an ending that gave me chills, Mackintosh's chilling debut is one that I will be recommending to everyone this year. I've been so excited to ...
