Make Up Reading

3.75 out of 5 stars Thank you to netgalley and Dreamscape media for allowing me to read this in exchange for an honest review. This was a fun, twisty thriller. I know that this may sound like an insult but it totally isn't because I love these kinds of movies but the book had a kind of twisty, 80's TV thriller feel to it and I was there for it. Joanne thinks she has the perfect wife with the perfect husband, she should think again. When her husband Richard's daughter wants to come for a visit  to meet her new baby sister everything changes.  From the moment Chloe arrives  Richard starts to act strange. He begins to treat Joanne like she is imagining things. That Chloe isn't acting hostile towards her.  Penelope Rawlins was an enjoyable narrator. I think my only issue with this was that the twist was very obvious but it didn't really ruin the novel for me.  

 4 out of 5 stars Thank you to Dreamscape Media and Netgalley for allowing me to read this in exchange for an honest review.  Let me be honest with you, I have not read the first book in the serious as I am just getting back into romance novels but this was so much fun! This was a cute,fun and sweet romance with some magic thrown in there for good measure. I love that in this world magic is just a thing. Not a big deal at all, some people are just magical. I also really enjoyed the background characters. Zura Johnson was a very good narrator.  

  4.5 out of 5 stars  Thank you to Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for allowing me to read this in exchange for an honest review. Carla Black doesn't believe in commitments of any kind. The motto she was raised with is " Here for a good time, not for a long time". After her Mother left Carla and her Dad enjoyed many  camping trips and Carla decided her life would basically one long camping trip as an adult. With her trusty  vintage Jeep Wrangler she has travelled everywhere. When her best friend tells her that she is getting married in Dublin Carla heads on out not knowing that her life would never be the same. Enter Eamon, the groom's brother and an unexpected road trip. I enjoyed this so much. I laughed and cried and just had so much fun joining Carla and Eamon on their trip. The narrator Sarah Naughton was great. They did a wonderful job with the different character voices and accents.  

 5 out of 5 stars Thank you to Macmillan Audio & Netgalley for letting me listen to this in exchange for an honest review . I absolutely loved this novel. I expect I will read this again and again. There was something so beautiful about this story. Hazel is an absolutely wonderful character who is brave and smart.  I will admit that I have not read  "Anatomy" which is the first book in the series but I was not lost in any way and I will be picking it up shortly. The setting of this is so gothic and fascinating. The inclusion of Princess Charlotte was really interesting ad I loved the friendship she developed with her. I felt as if I was right there with Hazel as she goes to balls and works her way around London society as it is required of her. As a woman who wants to be a doctor in an era where that is not really accepted she had to do her best to get involved to be accepted and though she was not thrilled she does her best.  Besides Princess Charlotte the world...

  3.75 out of 5 stars Thank you to Saga Egmont Audio &  Netgalley for allowing me to listen to this novel in exchange for an honest review Though I have never read a Sophie Sayers mystery before this was super easy to pick up at book 6. If you want a quick, lightweight mystery to entertain you then this is for you. The narrator  Mary Woodvine has a lovely voice and really kept me interested.

 4.25 out of 5 stars Thank you to Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for allowing to listen to Wonderland in exchange for an honest review. Jennifer Hillier never really disappoints and this was no exception. Though this was originally published in 2015 I never read it and with the recent release on  audio I totally had to request this.  After the death of her husband  homicide detective Vanessa Castro packs up her teenage daughter and young son and leaves Seattle to move to the small town of Seaside, Washington hoping for a fresh start. What she doesn't expect is that the whole town especially the police department basically work in service for the huge amusement park Wonderland. When a body shows up at Wonderland which begins to show that it may have a connection to missing employees who are all young,blonde teen boys with the "Wonderland Look" Vanessa finds that maybe running from Seattle was not the best move and she may end up losing everything she holds dear. Narrat...

 5 out of 5 stars Thank you to Netgalley and RB Media for allowing me to listen to this in exchange for an honest review. I think I am entering my Rom-Com era because I really have been enjoying them more than I have in years.  "Gigi, Listening" was not only fun but very heartwarming. I found myself identifying with Gigi in many ways. Would I go to London just so that I could find the narrator whom I am hardcore crushing on them? Nope! That doesn't mean that it didn't make for an incredibly fun and surprisingly sweet story. When romance book shop owner Gigi's best friends/romance book club members  surprise her  on birthday with a ten day tour of England that is led by her crush she thinks that her love story will start.  Instead she finds a romantic surprise and a wonderful found family. Natalie Naudus was great and the story made me laugh and cry. I loved the way this handled grief and the spicy scenes were just about right for me. 

 5 out of 5 stars Thank you to Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for allowing me to listen to this in exchange for an honest review. I have been wanting to read T. Kingfisher for awhile so I was excited to see this on Netgalley and I am super happy because this was really good. I have added a new author to my list of favorites.   Mary Robinette Kowal was a really good narrator who was great at making Sam feel very real .  Sam Montgomery was very super excited to visit her Mom. She so rarely gets a chance to visit her Mom in North Carolina and it has been ages since she to to see her Grandmother's home . It was always pleasant being raised there but her single Mom really had no choice so they put up with her mean, racist Grandmother.  What she finds when she arrives though is something she never expected. Her liberal, leftist hippie Mom is acting strange and the house that her Mom had changed after her Grandmother's death was back to the way it was before. Her Mother...

 This is my first novel by Leslie Wolfe and I am certain I will be reading more by them.  Anne Wiley is a successful surgeon who has never lost a patient.... until now when she does lose a patient after getting a glimpse of his face. The question is did she actively let him die or was there something she could have done to save him? With a detective who is determined to arrest Anne no matter what Anne is in the fight of her life. I loved that the novel is set in Chicago (One of the best cities) and I really enjoyed the cat and mouse game playing out. Gwendolyn Druyor was a fantastic character who managed to make each character different.  I did have a few issues, I thought that in many ways Anne could have been a bit sharper but I enjoyed the story and the characters 

5 out of 5 stars Thank you to Netgalley and RB Media for allowing me to listen to advanced copy in exchange for an honest review. This was such a beautiful and melodically written novel. Madelaine Lucas captured the all encompassing feeling of first love. The way it consumes you until it eventually burns out slowly.  Leaving you with an empty space of longing that never fully goes away. I don't see myself in characters very often but I really saw so much of myself in the main character here. Not just her relationship with Jude but also her relationship with her Mother. My mother was constantly in motion, moving from home to home, town to town. I understood the complicated relationship you have with a Mother that treats you like a peer. I love the relationship our narrator had with her brother as well.  I will admit to openly crying by the end of this lovely novel. Madelaine Lucas is now on my must read authors.