danadoesbooks's Reviews (954)

Thank you Minotaur and NetGalley for the eARC of The Curse of Penryth Hall!  All opinions in this review are my own.

I really enjoyed this historical mystery because you weren't quite sure if the answer was going to be supernatural or not.  The writing was so atmospheric and sinister!  The Curse of Penryth Hall was a stunning debut and I hope this becomes a series!

Thank you Ballantine and NetGalley for the eARC of Play the Fool!  All opinions in this review are my own.

I really liked the tarot card aspect of this mystery because it made the inclusion of the main character in the search for her friend make more sense.  Katie doesn't know what she is doing but she uses her cards to help her make decisions and her ability to read people to find out more about her friend Marley.  The ending was insane and I did not see that twist coming!

Thank you Kodansha Comics and NetGalley for the eARC of Fairy Tail Omnibus 1 (Vol. 1-3)!  All opinions in this review are my own.

I loved the Fairy Tail series when I started reading it but for some reason stopped around Volume 15.  Rereading the first three volumes in this omnibus got me right back into the series and I am so excited to pick up where I left off now.  I love how each character has their own unique type of magic and the adventures that Natsu, Lucy, Erza, Gray, and Happy find themselves in!

Thank you to the author for the eARC of Falling Off The Cliff!  All opinions in this review are my own.

My plan was to wait to read Falling Off The Cliff until after the season was over and I was missing F1.  I made it to the night before the final race.  I couldn't wait any longer to read this fake dating F1 romance!

I am happy to say Falling Off The Cliff fully lived up to my expectations!  I am obsessed with this series and we are only on book one.

My favorite part about this romance is that the author rewards fans of Formula 1 by including many scenes of Thiago in the car, but she also invites new fans to learn more about the sport without info dumping.  Aspects of the sport are explained throughout the book so that the reader can learn along with Kam.

I loved Kam and Thiago together.  Both their banter and their more serious moments are written so well.  I am hoping that they make an appearance in the next book!

Thank you Sourcebooks and NetGalley for the eARC of Adrift.  All opinions in this review are my own.

I'm not quite sure how I feel about this book.  I was close to DNFing when I was 100 pages in and felt like I still had no clues as to what was happening to Ess.  I think I was expecting this to be more of a thriller than it was.  I liked the setting and the premise of Ess waking up with amnesia, but I felt like the ending didn't quite live up to what the beginning set up.

Thank you Amazon Publishing and NetGalley for the eARC of Same Time Next Year!  All opinions in this review are my own.

Same Time Next Year is easily my favorite Tessa Bailey book!  I loved the marriage of convenience trope mixed with a hockey romance.  My only complaint is that I didn't get enough time with Sumner and Britta!  I loved these characters and I hope that Bailey's sports romance series will have a cameo of them!

Thank you BiblioLifestyle and Harper Perennial for the gifted copy of Meet The Benedettos!  All opinions in this review are my own.

In this Pride and Prejudice retelling, Lilly is both trying to keep her family together while also avoid her snobby neighbor Will Darcy.  

Meet The Benedettos is easily my favorite Katie Cotugno book that I've read.  I love how she not only stays faithful to the Pride and Prejudice storyline, but also how well she writes her characters.  Will's first impression of Lilly is that she is a vapid reality star caught up in her own drama.  However, as both he and the reader see as the book progresses, Lilly is constantly trying to solve her family's problems while she is also trying to follow her own dreams.  The disgust to love romance between Lilly and Will adds tension to the family drama.  I can't wait to see what Cotugno comes out with next!

Thank you St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for the eARC of Weyward!  All opinions in this review are my own.

I have seen so much hype for Weyward that I was excited to read it!  While it did take me a little while to get into the story, I ended up really enjoying it.  I like the structure of the multiple timelines and how everything came together at the end.  I also really like the question of witchcraft that permeated each woman's story.

Weyward would be an excellent book to read this winter and I can't wait to read more from this author!

Thank you Ballantine and NetGalley for the eARC of No One Needs To Know!  All opinions in this reivew are my own.

While reading the majority of this thriller, I really enjoyed it. The tension and mystery are built up really well throughout the book. There were a few times I had trouble keep the three women straight, especially when it came to their husbands and kids, but overall, I liked how the different point of views helped to build suspense.

I typically try not to judge a thriller based on the ending because I recognize how difficult it is to come up with a satisfying ending, but this was one of the most anticlimactic ones I've ever read and it was pretty disappointing. 

Because I liked the majority of this book, I want to try this author again!

Thank you St. Martin's Press and NetGalley for the eARC of No Two Persons!  All opinions in this review are my own.

No Two Persons explores the unique experience that each reader has with the same book.  In the opening chapter, The Writer completes her book Theo and releases it into the world.  The rest of the novel tells stories like The Assistant who pulled Theo from the slush pile and The Teenager who is reading Theo for English class.  Each chapter focuses on a new person interacting with Theo.

I loved No Two Persons!  Not only is it a love letter to readers, but it shows how the same book can mean such different things to different people.  I like how all the characters were different and the connecting thread between them was the book.  I also liked how Theo wasn't the focus for some people.  While the book does appear in each character's life, sometimes it is not their joy of reading the book that is the focus of their story.

I recommend No Two Persons to any reader who likes interconnecting stories centered around the importance of reading!