This book was a great demonstration of how things are not always what they seem. You can never really tell what’s going on behind closed doors and you don’t know your neighbors as well as you think you do.

When a woman and her children go missing from a quiet suburban neighborhood, the whole town is rocked to its core. Should they suspect her doctor husband that all the patients adore? Is it someone from her past? A stranger who came during the night? Police investigate and begin to question the last people she was seen with: her neighbors. They soon realize that they didn’t really know her at all.

A thriller with definite trigger warnings for domestic violence.

One of the things I liked most about this book was the use of multiple POVs. I always love multiple narrators and seeing things from different vantage points. I feel like it adds to all the twists and turns and suspense.

A retelling of the classic myth of #achilles that lets us see these god-like figures in a more human light.
A young boy, destined to be the greatest fighter in the nation, thrust into a war started by the wounded pride of older men. He is expected to win it all but he knows that would seal his fate. All he wants is to enjoy his life and love. But the gods it seems have other plans

A story of love and loss

It is hard not to feel the chill up your spine that people describe feeling in the presence of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille. The man with no scent of his own obsessed with all smells. Then he finds what he deems to be the perfect scent and it transforms him into a murderer with no remorse. His single driving force is to possess this scent for himself. This story describes in detail his thoughts, acts, and feelings. It’s hard not to feel unsettled while reading and even after you’ve finished. You just spent 255 pages delving into the story of a murderer.