Are you an avid Criminal Minds watcher?

Is Spencer Reid your favorite? 

This one is for you. 

I absolutely devoured this in less than a day and I can’t wait for this series to unfold. The perfect amount of thrill, mystery, and intrigue. I enjoyed each member of this team and I’m excited to see where it goes. 

This is my first book from Cara Reinard and I think I’ll be picking more up. 

I’m quite impressed with how she was able to give the vibes of Knives Out and flesh out each sibling. 

This was a great read for by the pool on vacation

Huge thanks to Flatiron for an ARC

So excited that the new Feeney was my first read of 2024.

I loved that this one had a small cast of characters and is set in a remote setting. There was the perfect amount of eerie mood setting here to keep me hooked. 

I liked the moving back and forth in the timelines so that I got to understand the story. 

What I didn’t like:
- the use of the overused alcoholic, unstable main character trope 
- some parts were obvious and a little too convenient 

Men are stupid.

Thanks to the publisher for this copy 

Sadly this one didn’t completely work for me. 

The FMC’s personality is quirky and hates Christmas due to a movie. That’s it. Nothing else. 

I needed more 

I devoured this on a flight between CLT and the Dominican Republic.

I cried on the plane. 

The trope here is usually one of my least favorites, but I really loved this one. It was well done and didn’t seem too corny. Just as good as book one in the series. 

Listen, I have thoughts and most of them center on the fact that Sieanna is the boy mom version of a sister/sister-in-law

All three authors are new to me cozy mystery authors, but only the third one felt successful. 

I think the first two were too similar and there were zero likable characters.