Alice is a woman with the world at her feet. ....a successful business and a wonderful family with her second husband. Also a best friend, Beth, she can commiserate with.The loss of Tom was hard on Alice but she found she could become happy again with Nathan.
I really liked the way it was written- Alice present day, then backgriundy on Beth, then ball to the present with them both.
I can't do into much detail as Beth without giving things away but I gotta say- her story seemed so nice and sweet until the end.
I figured out a part of the ending on page 108, but that fully didn't stop me from enjoying finding out about it all and the true motivation around it all. The story just gets crazier and crazier.
At least Alice gets to keep one part of her story perfect.

2.5 ⭐

Masha was a certified nutcase! I can't believe where she laced the smoothes with drugs with no consent! I really had no respect for her and couldn't even muster much sympathy for her even knowing a very hard thing that happened to her. I can't believe how devoted Yao was to her, he should have stayed at his paramedic job.
I really enjoyed Frances and Zoe. They were probably the small highlight for me in this story.
I definitely enjoyed Big Little Lies more.

Very sad tale. I liked Tom. He seemed to be a good man, but nothing really happened for him until he met Hannah. It was a mistake to marry Trudy, but I love that Tom loved her son Peter even though he wasn't his father.
We get glimpses of Hannah's life before coming to Australia. She survived a WW2 camp but lost so much too.
It's sickening what happened to Peter at the"Jesus camp" at the hand of the Pastor. *Trigger warning for child abuse*

Two VERY unreliable narrators tell this crazy story. I honestly didn't know who to believe. I actually had one person pegged as the one telling the truth, but I was so wrong! This book gave me an actual headache at the two very different perceptions, but I couldn't stop.....I had to see what was real and what was not. I give this 3 1/2 stars.

Twenty years ago, Rachel may have accidentally killed her half brother in a teenage game gone wrong. Now she's a divorced mom of two teenagers who test her and still living with the guilt of Luke's death. Things start happening to Rachel on the 20th anniversary of the death and she's becoming paranoid with all that is going on.
Who is behind the paranoia Rachel feels and why? Her ex Cade, who is a police officer, takes on the case as new murders start taking place. Is it all connected to that fateful night 20 years ago? Who else is feeling the guilt of that night?
Lisa Jackson does a very good job of scene setting. You feel the paranoia along with Rachel and it makes you question everything.

A great novel about a cult where the women aren't allowed choices or to get to use their "voice". Miriam is a faithful follower until things go wrong in the marriage ceremony. Will her inner voice get to be heard? I really loved Miriam and Aaron.
Well written and drew me in!

I liked having the two different points of view of Lila based on her choices that lead her to where she ends up in each situation. I liked how some things overlapped in unique ways to each situation too. I was very shocked at the end as to who was the kidnapper, it was kind of crazy who it was and why they did it to Lila.

A story that takes place during The Blitz of London where Susan lives with her grandfather. They raise homing pigeons that are used to send coded messages for the war efforts. Ollie is an American that comes over to join the RAF and ends up helping out in this effort. Susan and Ollie start to fall in love and then are ripped apart by the war.
I loved this story as I didn't realize that pigeons were actually used during the war! The end is bittersweet and had me crying.

Reminded me a little of a Marvel movie.... It was ok. Not great