This is definitely a good book for YA readers the like a mystery/thriller. The story is about Emma who finds a video of her long lost sister, Sutton, and decides to meet her only to find out that’s she’s dead. Now Emma must take Sutton’s place to stay alive.

It’s a good concept, but girls getting away with being bullies just because they’re popular seemed a little too “Mean Girls” to me! I do plan on reading the series because it’s the only way I’ll get to find out who the killer is, but it won’t be a big priority to read them.

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!

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.

This is not a typical genre for me so take my rating with a grain of salt. I read this for a reading challenge that I needed a book about someone with a superpower. I love Wonder Woman, but superhero books just aren’t my thing!

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.

Beautiful Bad by Annie Ward starts with a frantic call to 911 followed by a bloody crime scene. It totally pulled me into the book and intrigued me enough to want to keep reading!

We then go to ten weeks prior to the night of the murder and meet Maddie, our main character who primarily is telling her story. The book goes back and forth from present day to the early 2000’s where we follow Maddie and her best friend through the time in Eastern Europe. This is where we meet Ian, the love interest of both women who becomes Maddie’s husband. One of these characters was murdered, but we need to read on to find out who...and why.

This book started out great, but there were a lot of parts of the book that just felt really drawn out. I wanted to know more about the murder and less about the past. Yes it was necessary to know about the way the three main characters interacted to understand why Maddie and Jo were estranged, but there was way too much backstory that was not necessary to progress the book forward.

There were a few parts told from Ian’s point of view. It didn’t make sense to me to switch POV only for a handful of chapters.

I didn’t figure out the twist which does say a lot to me about a mystery thriller so I definitely give Ward credit for that. Once the book stays in the present day I thought it was really good. I liked the ending and was glad it kept me guessing.

Thank you NetGalley and Harlequin-Park Row Books for an ARC in exchange for my honest review.

The past isn’t real. It is simply a story we tell ourselves. And sometimes, we lie.

The Hiding Place by [a:C.J. Tudor|15754327|C.J. Tudor|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1512059556p2/15754327.jpg] tells the story of Joe Thorne and his return to his childhood home of Arnhill. Mysterious things have happened in this town starting with his sister’s disappearance years ago. She returned 48 hours later with no explanation as to where she was or what happened. The same thing has happened 25 years later to another child, Ben, who is missing for 24 hours then returns. He is found murdered by his mother who then kills herself. When the cops discover the body the words “not my son” are written in blood over his bed. Joe receives a mysterious email stating that they “know what happened to his sister” which makes him return even if he knows it’s against his better judgment.

Joe is able to lie his way into a teaching job at his previous high school and it is clear from the beginning that no one is happy to have him return to this town. There are secrets that are better left untold and his old “gang” from growing up will do anything to make sure they are. While Joe deals with various threats throughout the book it is digging into his past that is the real threat. The lies he’s told himself to “forget” the things that happened 25 years ago are resurfacing and that’s not always a good thing.

I love a good thriller, but there was a supernatural aspect to this one that I wasn’t expecting. I’m not big into reading supernatural novels, but Tudor’s writing was very good that I wanted to keep reading to find out what happened. I liked the protagonist, Joe, although there were many reasons not to like him. I wanted to make sure that things turned out okay for him. I was actually shocked by the surprise twist in the last chapter. I did not see that coming so Tudor did a really good job throwing that one at us at the end. I definitely look forward to reading more of her books and would recommend this especially if you like thrillers with a supernatural twist.

Thank you NetGalley and Crown Publishing for an ARC in exchange for my 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.