When Chloe was a child, several teenage girls went missing from her small Louisiana town. Before the summer ended, her father was arrested and convicted as a serial killer, responsible for the deaths of six teenage girls. Now, on the eve of the 20th anniversary of her father’s convictions, murders of young girls start happening again in Chloe’s new town of Baton Rouge. The murders have eerie similarities to Chloe’s father’s, leaving Chloe to grapple with her paranoia and figure out who the new murderer is before it’s too late.

This book was highly hyped up and while I thought it was overall a good and engrossing thriller, I predicted the ending pretty early on. I also feel like the unreliable narrator who uses substances to distract from their past trauma is becoming a bit of a trope for the genre. The book definitely had a great pace and kept my interest throughout. 3.5 stars rounded up!

This provocative debut novel from Julia May Jonas introduces us to a nameless narrator, an English professor in her late fifties whose husband is under investigation at their university for relationships he had with former students. Our narrator becomes obsessed and infatuated with the university’s new professor, Vladimir, a married and celebrated novelist, and becomes fixated on seducing him in somewhat of a retaliation against her husband for his transgressions.

This book, while having an interesting subject matter that isn’t something I would typically be drawn to read, was incredibly well written and full of allusions. The novel has heavy nods to Nabokov’s Lolita and raises some thought provoking questions as to unbalanced power dynamics in relationships, morality and art, and indulgence in desires without considering consequences. The ending was very unexpected. Overall I enjoyed this, although it was at times uncomfortable and all of the characters are difficult to like.

Hannah, a 26 year old Londoner, receives a call from Davey, who lives in America and accidentally dials the wrong number for a UK job interview. Davey gets the job and texts her to let her know, and from there their friendship blossoms. When Hannah goes to meet Davey at the airport, he isn’t there—and the reason why changes both of their lives and sets them on different paths of self discovery.

I was looking for a fun lighthearted romance to read since I’ve been reading some heavier subject matters lately, and without giving spoilers the reason why Davey didn’t show up definitely took all of the lightheartedness out of what was up until that part a very cute story. Nonetheless I still enjoyed the book and seeing how both of their characters progressed. I did get annoyed with Hannah a lot as she’s very much a pushover and I wanted to shake her several times, but by the end of the book I felt like her character grew.

Liv was the teenage star of a TV show called Girl on the Verge, and caught feelings for her best friend/costar Ransom. After taking a step back from their friendship, the two are brought together again when the show shoots a 20 year reunion special. Falling back into old rhythms of their friendship feels good, but Liv has to decide what she really needs from both the show and her relationship with Ransom to get her own happy ending.

This was a fun and fast read that I enjoyed! I liked that each new chapter started with some sort of tabloid article, I felt like it really added to the drama and how hyped up the fictional TV show was. The beginning of the book mentioned Liv going through some really hard times but never really fully unpacked what those were and I was a bit disappointed by that. Overall this was a fun and sweet read! 3.5 stars rounded up.

Daisy Jones & The Six were an iconic rock band in the late 1970s that suddenly split at the height of their success with no explanation—until now. This epic tale of sex, drugs, and rock ‘n roll takes us through the rise and fall of the band while examining all the complex personal relationships of the band members and their loved ones.

I’ve read almost all of TJR’s other books and I have to say this is my favorite. I was truly blown away by this book. It’s written in an interview style which I did not at all expect. It reads like nonfiction, and it had me guessing for a while if it was based on a true story! Incredibly well written, this book has a compelling cast of characters with complex relationships, and each different perspective added so much to the story. I couldn’t put this down and can’t wait for the series to come out in a couple of weeks!

Anastasia Allen is a pairs figure skater with one goal in mind: make it to the Olympic team. Nothing is going to stop her, not even captain of the hockey team Nathan Hawkins. The two are forced to share a skating rink when the hockey team’s facility is damaged in a prank by a rival team, and they end up having to spend more time together. But when Anastasia’s skating partner may not be able to compete, she is forced to practice with Nathan so she can have her shot. No problem though, because Anastasia would never fall for a hockey player…until Nathan wins her over.

Don’t let the cute cartoon cover fool you, this college sports romance was full of spice and definitely packed a punch! I like a frenimies to lovers romance and this was definitely that. The entire cast of characters was incredibly lovable (except for Aaron of course