I absolutely loved this book. I didn’t want to put it down! Rachael Lippincott did an excellent job with writing about Will and Stella and their battles with Cystic Fibrosis. I loved these star-crossed lovers and their story and would highly recommend this book!

I thought this book had a clue premise. You get a call on the day you are going to die so that you can say your goodbyes, tie up loose ends, and live your life to its fullest. There’s an app where you can find your last friend to spend the day with, and that’s how our main characters, Rufus and Mateo, find each other.

I wasn’t sure how I’d feel reading a book that I know the ending to, but it didn’t ruin it for me. I listened to the book on Audible and enjoyed the narrators.

This was a cute love story. I liked all of the characters especially Kristen’s Grandma. I liked Kristen and Cam, but this story was short so their relationship wasn’t as developed as it could be. The narrators did a great job.

I’m really glad I got this free as an Audible Original. I’m not big into science fiction or books set in space so I wouldn’t have read this if it wasn’t free, but I needed a book set in space for a reading challenge so went for it. The story just wasn’t for me though.

The East End by Jason Allen is set in the Hamptons on Memorial Day Weekend and tells the story of working class Corey who breaks into the mansions for fun, but doesn’t steal anything; Gina, his mother who is a housekeeper at the Sheffield estate; and Leo Sheffield, the rich CEO whose home this story takes place at. Corey witnessed a gruesome death while “breaking in” at the Sheffield estate and the story unfolds from there.

I really wanted to love this story, but just couldn’t get into it. None of the characters are very likable and the story was so slow. There’s no real mystery which makes reading a mystery kind of boring. This story had so much potential, but just didn’t live up to it.

Thank you NetGalley and Harlequin for providing me with an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

Forget You Know Me by Jessica Strasser tells the story of two friends, Liza and Molly, who are trying to reconnect over video chat. When Molly leaves the room to check on her crying child, Liza witnesses a man in a black mask enter Molly's house. Molly's husband, Daniel, is away on business so Liza does everything she can to get the intruder to realize she's on the computer witnessing his break-in. This causes a series of events that can cause their friendship to end or worse, Molly and Daniel's marriage to end.

I thought the description for this book sounded so intriguing, but once I started reading it, it really was not what I was expecting and not in a good way. I figured out who the masked intruder was way too early. There were sub-plots that were too involved and not necessary to the main story. It just felt uneven and forced at times to me. I love a good thriller, but this just wasn't that for me.

Thank you NetGalley and St. Martin's Press for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

Behind every assassination, there is an anonymous mastermind--a plotter--working in the shadows. Plotters quietly dictate the moves of the city's most dangerous criminals, but their existence is little more than legend. Just who are the plotters? And more important, what do they want?

The Plotters written by Un-su Kim tells the story of Reseng, an assassin in Korea, who was raised by Old Raccoon who teaches him to become an assassin. When Reseng doesn’t follow an assassination exactly the way his plotter told him too he finds himself in trouble and possibly on a hit list. When he meets up with three ladies, a convenience store clerk, her wheelchair bound sister, and a cross-eyed librarian things get really interesting.

This book was beautifully written. The descriptions felt poetic even the violent parts however, this really is not the type of book I would normally read so I had a hard time getting into it. It wasn’t until about halfway through when the ladies were introduced that I got into it. I did root for Reseng the entire time and felt for him even though he is an assassin. 3.5 out of 5 stars for me.

Thank you NetGalley and Doubleday Books for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

What would you do if you lived your entire life thinking you were someone other than who you were? Would you want to find out the truth.

“The Nowhere Child” is the debut novel by Christian White and tells the story of Kim Leamy, a photography professor in Australia. Kim is approached by a man from the US who shows her a photograph of a two year old girl, Sammy Went. He tells Kim that he thinks she is this girl who was kidnapped 30 years prior. Kim goes to the US to uncover the truth, but is the truth really worth finding out?

Christian White did a great job of creating an interesting take on a kidnapped child storyline by giving it some twists. The setting in Kentucky was interesting, and I learned about the Pentecostal church and some of their beliefs. It gave this story a unique twist. I definitely look forward to reading more of White’s novels once they are released.

Thank you NetGalley, St. Martin’s Press, Minotaur Books, and Christian White for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.

This was one of my free audible originals for May 2019. I liked how it was told through a series of phone calls, and I thought all of the narrators were great, but in particle Usha, the mother. She was fantastic. I liked the story and thought it was creepy and intriguing. I needed a quick read, and this was perfect!

Rumors can kill…

The Rumor is Lesley Kara’s debut novel and tells the story about Jo, a single mother who moves back to her hometown, a small, coastal town in New England. Trying to make friends with the other school moms to help her son to be included and make friends, Jo decides to spread a rumor she heard about a convicted child murdered living in their town under a new name. The story unfolds, but who is this mysterious child killer? With all the crazy characters in the town it could be anyone, maybe even someone Jo knows. With the help of her son’s father, a freelance journalist, Jo tries to figure out who it is, but what she’s looking for might be putting her son in danger. Is listening to a rumor really worth it?

This to me was a very easy read. I was intrigued from the beginning and needed to know who this child killer really was? Was it Liz, the eccentric head of the book club? Kay, the kind, older neighbor? Karen, the sort of friend? Karen’s mother, who didn’t seem to like Jo at all? Susan, the woman whose house Jo was selling? Or maybe it was one of the other characters in this town? There were a lot of characters to keep track of in this book and honestly it could have been any of them.

That was one of my only issues with this book – the amount of characters. Sometimes I had a hard time keeping track of who was who. I think the author could have had a few key characters and not so many school moms, and the story still would have worked.

One thing that impressed me, what that I didn’t figure out who the killer actually was. I was surprised when it hit me at the same time it hit Jo. The other most shocking part of the book is the last sentence, but I won’t get that away!

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