One to Watch tells the story of Bea, a plus-size influencer who gets cast to star in a reality TV show to find her future husband (like The Bachelor). I thought the premise was original, and it was a fun story. I laughed and I cried and I was happy with how it ended. The only reason I’m giving it 4 stars was some of the book was written in text or email form so it took a while to get used to that otherwise I loved it!

Saffyre Maddox is a trouble girl due to something that happened in her past. Cate Fours is the wife of the therapist who tried to help Saffyre. Owen Pick lives across the street from the Fours and seems to be a little off. When Saffyre goes missing, all of their lives connect.

I was very excited to read Invisible Girl by Lisa Jewell. I enjoyed her other books that I’ve read, and I think she has an interesting writing style. The first few chapters of this book had me hooked, but then I started to struggle with it. Most of the characters are unlikeable in this book. I don’t mind that normally, but when all of the characters are unlikeable it makes it hard for the reader to relate to any of them. The only character I truly liked was Aaron, Saffyre’s uncle. The story had so many different plots and so much going on that at times it was easy to get confused.

The story definitely was a slow burn, but I expect that of Jewell. Sadly, I found this one anticlimactic. The ending didn’t have that big twist that I hope to see from the author. There were a couple of twists, but they weren’t enough to give me the wow factor that I want in a thriller. With that said, it still held my interest, and the author made me want to know what happened and how it would end.

Thank you NetGalley and Atria Books for an advanced copy in exchange for my honest review.

This is my first Elin Hildebrand book, and it won’t be my last. I really love stories set in Massachusetts because I live here. The storyline was different than most romances, and I enjoyed it. I know some people didn’t understand the “same time, next year” concept, but I thought it worked.

Mallory meets Jake at her brother’s bachelor weekend. He’s in an on again off again relationship, but it’s off when they meet. These two decide to do a same time next year relationship where they meet Labor Day weekend in Nantucket every year regardless of their relationship status. It goes through 28 summers of their time together.

I liked both Mallory and Jake as characters. I did wish they would just get together, but that wasn’t the point of the book. Mallory’s son, Link was another character I actually liked.

Elin Hildebrand knows how to write romance, and I liked that she took a different spin on this one.

25 years ago, Charlie Crabtree brutally murdered one of his classmates and then vanished. Paul Adams has not returned home since his friend was murdered, but now that his mother is in hospice, it’s time for him to come home to Gritten Wood (aka The Shadows) and face the past he left behind.

Alex North does it again with a spooky setting and creepy storyline. I loved The Whisper Man so was excited to read The Shadows. Although some parts moved slowly to me, I enjoyed the story overall. I liked the dual timelines with Paul flashing back from present day to 25 years earlier. Charlie was such an unlikeable character and the scenes with him kept me on edge. I love a spooky setting in a book, and The Shadows were definitely that for me.

If you’ve read The Whisper Man, you’ll be happy to see Detective Amanda Beck return in this story. I liked how North connected the towns to have her be in this book as well.

One thing I will mention is that this book isn’t really horror so if that’s what you’re looking for I wouldn’t recommend this. However, if you’re looking for a mystery/thriller this one is for you. The author throws in a couple of big twists that I didn’t see coming at all. To me that’s what makes a thrilling read!

Hannah is on a first date with Alex who seems too good to be true. She’s been waiting her whole life to find Mr. Perfect, and Alex appears to hit all the buttons she’s looking for - attractive, well-dressed, good job, wants three kids, a Labrador, enjoys a glass of Merlot, and even wants to vacation in the same town she does. When red flags start appearing will Hannah realize her perfect man isn’t as he seems or will their first date last forever?

Let me start by saying, that ending, WOW! I honestly did not see it coming. The second to last chapter blew me away! The problem was getting to that chapter. I’ve read slow burns, but this was excruciating slow. There was hardly any action leading up to the last few chapters, and this book really needed something to happen.

Hannah was so naive to the point that I just kept saying to myself, “get a clue, girlfriend!”. How could she not see how creepy and controlling Alex actually was. Love is blind and all, but Hannah needed to open her eyes and stop being so trusting. It was hard to like her as the protagonist especially when her best friend kept trying to make her see how toxic the relationship was and she just wouldn’t listen.

I’ve read one other book by Sue Watson which I liked better than this one. I look forward to reading more by her though since she has a way of making the reader want to know what will happen. Even though this was a slow burn for me, I still needed to see how it would end.

Thank you NetGalley and Bookouture for an advanced copy in exchange for me honest review.

This might be the unpopular opinion because I've seen a lot of people write rave reviews about this book, but I did not love it. I found it predictable and drawn out at times. The beginning was a nice build up of Summer and Iris's characters, and the last few chapters had the most excitement, but the middle moved so slow. I just wanted to something to happen.

The author did a nice job of writing Summer and Iris, but I felt like she didn't put a lot of time into the other characters. Adam was so one dimensional. All of the characters were so unlikable and down right nasty except for the twins' brother, Ben. He was really the only character I liked, but wasn't in the book enough. The author also wrote a lot of technical terms about sailing which I do not think helped the story. It actually took something away from it for me. There was a big twist at the end which was nice, but I could totally see it coming.

There was a TV show a few years ago called Ringer that starred Sarah Michelle Gellar as twin sisters and was a very similar premise to this book. It was hard not to compare the two while reading.

Overall, this wasn't for me, but as I mentioned above, a lot of people really loved this one so if it sounds interesting to you give it a go!

I wish I had realized this was an abridged audiobook version when I borrowed it from Libby. It was so much shorter so I didn't really get a feel of the relationship between Rule and Bundy. It was still good although I think I'll probably have to read the full version at some point.

Unfortunately not a lot happened and when it did, it was just weird. I was looking for more of a scare.

I really wanted to love this book! The beginning was great. I loved Christopher and his friends, and I loved Christopher's relationship with his mother, Kate. There was great character development as well. Then the book just got weird. I found myself confused at times especially towards the end. This book is 700+ pages, but I feel that it would have worked better if it was shorter. There was too much going on to always keep track of it.

I also want to mention, that the age of Christopher and his friends felt off to me. Their language and independence (sneaking out, not listening to their parents, etc.) didn't seem right for 7 year-olds.

I listened to the audiobook and want to mention how great the narrator was.