Make Up Reading

Thank you to Netgalley and Macmillan Audio for allowing me to listen to this in exchange for an honest review. Audio has become my favorite medium and I listen to tons of audio books and I have heard a lot of narrators, some bad some god but these narrators were fantastic! Richard Armitage and Stephanie Racine did a really good job of introducing you to the characters and of making you care about them. I also want to say the this audio book was packaged really well. You hear the POV of Anna, Jack and the killer and the killer's voice is masked the whole time. Super awesome! After losing her job as a news reader and getting pushed back into the correspondence field again  she returns to the home town she escaped from at 16 to cover the murder of an old school friend/enemy.  Jack left London a few years ago and is now the head of police in the town of Blackdown only to find that the murder victim is someone whom he has been having a secret relationship. This is a taut, wel...

3.75 out of 5 stars I would like to thank Netgalley and St.Martin's press for allowing me to read an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.  I love finding authors that are new to me and Netgalley has introduced me to many of my favorite authors, Anna Downes will be added to that list. Emily's life is a disaster. She makes terrible life choices, is estranged from her parents and just lost her job. When Emily's former boss offers her a new job that seems way too good to be true she accepts it. I mean who wouldn't want to jump at that chance? Okay, you wouldn't? I wouldn't either but Emily is extremely naive so she takes it. I liked the feel of this novel. It had a kind of Gothic feel to it and it really held my interest. It was a bit predictable but was still a good mystery. I like Anna Downes voice and look forward to reading more by her.

4 out of 5 stars Thank you to Netgalley and Ballantine Books books for allowing me to read this novel for an honest review. Astrid, a recovering alcoholic has moved home to live with her Mother in her small village.  She is trying desperately to leave her past behind but it won't be that easy. Astrid thinks someone is following her, at first she thinks that maybe she is imaging it. Just maybe it is her imagination but then she swears that she sees her ex boyfriend's shirt in a consignment shop and she starts getting threatening letters. Astrid keeps it to herself at first because she doesn't want to upset her Mother and doesn't want to risk messing up her new relationship. This was a very well written novel with a likable character that you really want to root for.

4 out of 5 stars I would like to thank Netgalley and Crooked Lane Books for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review. During Christmas break three girls disappear from one of their homes with no trace. There were no signs of struggle and their phones and purses are left behind. Kelly Falls may seem like the perfect small town but something is wrong.  It has been three months and no new news on where the girls could be. Twenty three year old patrol officer Shea O'connor is still trying to recover from the last time she went undercover at the local high school to catch a serial killer. She is not sure that she wants to go undercover at Kelly Falls community college to get to know some of the missing girl's friends in hope that she can find out what was going on in their lives before they disappeared.  I really enjoyed this novel but I find it kind of hard to describe. It is an adult mystery but because Shea was with teenagers t...

5 out of 5 stars  Thank you to Crooked Lane Books and NetGalley for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. When Youtube influencer Violet is Blue shuts down all of her social media accounts and her successful channel many of her followers are confused and lost by her sudden disappearance. What could have happened to her? Is she okay?  Her husband Henry has posted a few times but barely at all. For Lily and Yvonne the disappearance of Violet has become a bit of an obsession.  Each woman begins to start her own investigation into what happened to Violet. Funny, twisted and fresh! This book was so much fun to read even though there were some really messed up characters. I will admit that I like to Youtube videos and I have totally seen some fans that have become a bit obsessive so that made this book even more interesting.  Both Yvonne and Lily are interesting characters and you may find your allegiance changing as the ...

Thank you,thank you to Netgalley and St.Martins Press for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. 5 out of 5 stars I must say in advance that this was my most anticipated book of the year from the moment that I saw that it would be coming out in 2020. I am a huge fan of Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen as a writing team! I was thrilled to be able to read this early! Shay Miller lives a lonely life and she feels as if she is at a crossroads. She shares an apartment with her friend who she has a  secret crush on but he has a girlfriend. She lost her job and has a job as a temp and she barely see her best friend because she has a busy life with her new baby. One hot August morning as she is waiting for the subway she noticed a pretty young woman in a dress with polka dots moving closer and closer to the edge of the platform. Before she knows the woman has jumped in front of the train. Of course Shay is shocked but there is more to it...

5 out of 5 stars Thank you to NetGalley and Park Row for allowing me to read this book in exchange for an honest review Chicago native Dr.Sadie Foust moves to a small Main island with her husband and two sons after his sister commits suicide and leaves him her house and her 16 year old daughter Imogene. Sadie is not thrilled with leaving Chicago but what can they do? Her son has been expelled from his school, she has had issues with work and her husband has recently had an affair. So they pack up and move. The problem is that the Main island is small and everyone seems to know everyone. It also doesn't help that Imogene seems very hostile towards Sadie no matter what she does.  Things that go from bad to worse when the woman down the street is murdered and the police keep stopping by and asking Sadie questions. Determined to solve the murder herself before someone in the family gets blamed for out Sadie puts herself in danger. I think this the best Mary Kubica book that I h...

Thank you to NetGalley and  St Martin's Press for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review 5 out of 5 stars When Elle and her friends crash a party thrown by the wealthy kids from St. Andrews Prep on her sixteenth Birthday something terrible happens. While most of us would only dream of getting revenge on the "golden boys"  that attacked us Elle and her besties whom she calls her coven decide to actually get the revenge we all would want. After telling her parents about her rape Elle tells them she needs revenge and she asks them to help her.  First she needs to become Jade, second she needs to get into St. Andrews Prep by Monday. It doesn't hurt that her Father is a big deal deal in L.A. and gets her in right away. You will need trigger warnings if sexual assault and violence bother you. This is a hard core revenge story that really holds nothing back.  I won't really go too much into this novel because it is hard t...

4.75 stars out of 5 stars I would like to thank Netgalley and Atria Books for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review. Libby Jones was adopted as a baby and for her whole life she has wondered her she really is. Shortly after her 25th birthday Libby receives a letter she has been waiting her whole for for. She will finally know where she comes from. Her life has not been horrible but she has never known who she truly is. However, opening the letter leaves her with even more questions.  What she knows is that twenty five years ago police were called to a house at 16 Cheyne Walk complaining of a baby crying. What they found was three dead bodies from a murder suicide and evidence of a cult. Though there were reports of children being seen going in and out none of the children were there except for one baby girl by the name of Serenity Lamb, aka Libby Jones. As we flash back to the past as Henry tells us in first person the events th...

4.5 out of 5 stars I want to thank Netgalley and Crooked Lane Books for allowing me to read an  advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This book is told in a span of three days in third person. We cover day before, day of, and day after a murder Three couples gather at Glass Beach. As tensions among the friends mount you are not really surprised when someone is found dead. They do let us know it was one of the wives but we do not know which one it is at first. I have to say that this book really read like a modern day Agatha Christie.  

5 out of 5 creepy strangers!  Clare Cassidy teaches English at Talgarth High School former home of  famous author R.M. Holland and his beloved wife Alice who met her untimely death from a fall or perhaps a push? It is said that sometimes you can see the Lady in White as she roams the school.  Clare also happens to be writing a novel about the author. R.M. Holland is known for one short story "The Stranger" and was said to have hated it.  One Fall day shortly before Halloween Clare's best friend and fellow teacher Ella is found dead. She was murder and "Hell Is Empty, and All the Devils Are Here ". Just like what is written in Holland's one famous book. This is the perfect book leading up to Halloween. It's is a lovely blend of Gothic Victorian writing and a contemporary mystery sure to capture you and not let you go. I have never read an Elly Griffiths novel before but she has a new fan. Her writing is beautiful. You can picture the old, Victorian ...

4.75 out of 5 stars I want to thank Netgalley and Bookouture for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review. This is the first time I have ever read a novel by Sarah A. Denzil and I really enjoyed it. Ten years ago a boy named Samuel Murray went missing after Heather's sister Rosie accused him of something terrible. Though Heather really didn't want to she couldn't help but believed that Rosie had something to do with Samuel's disappearance.  She never really was able to forgive her sister for what she thinks Rosie has done. With their Mother in the hospital close to death Heather knows she has no choice but to contact her sister and ask her to return home to their tiny English village that seems to agree with Heather's hidden fear that Rosie killed Samuel.Heather and her Mother have not seen Rosie since she passed out behind the sofa at the girl's Father's wake. Rosie who is a recovering addict doesn't want...

4 out of five stars I would like to thank Netgalley and Wattpad Books for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. For as long as Clara cab remember she has had a crush on the boy next door Griffin Tomlin. When he finally notices her she can't believe her luck.  Then one Winter night during a party things change completely.  Clara begins to withdraw into herself, doing her best to stay away from Griffin. One early September, the day after the neighborhood Labor Day party Griffin is found dead and Clara's sister Emily is accused of his murder. Clara knows why she did it but she can't tell anyone the reason. When Clara meets Aniston who is determined to find out why Emily killed Griffin truly dark  secrets begin to come out and Clara begins to wonder if life will ever feel normal again. This is a dark story that covers some hard hitting topics. I read this very fast because I wanted to find out what happened to Clara and he...

5 out of 5 stars This is one of the most beautiful, heartbreaking and tragic books I have ever read. It is definitely one of the best audio books I have ever listened to. The cast was amazing. Sadie has been alone much of her life. Just her and her sister and occasionally her Mother when she was not high or spending her time with one of her many live in boyfriends. Shortly after the girl's Mother Claire takes of Sadie's younger sister Mattie turns up murdered. Sadie knows who did it even though there has been no proof. Sadie wants revenge. She will do whatever it takes to bring her sister's murderer to justice so she sets out on a journey to track him down and then she goes missing, her car found abandoned by the side of the road.  West McCray a radio personality creates a podcast for the sole purpose of finding out what happened to Mattie and Sadie.  Half of the story is told in podcast form and half is told from Sadie's POV. The narrator's were fantastic a...

3.75 out of 5 Stars The story opens in 1986. For years Beth and Doug have wanted a baby that has only led to a heartbreaking miscarriage. They are finally blessed with a beautiful baby girl they name Hannah. Everything seems perfect but as Hannah begins to grow Beth begins to see that Hannah is not like other children. She not only begins to bully other children but she also displays a certain calculating cruelness.  Doug refuses to accept that Hannah is as cruel as Beth says even when she tries to tell him that him that Hannah is responsible for the death of her pet bird. As Hannah gets older her problems become worse.  One morning in 2017 Clara awakens to the realization that her live in boyfriend Luke has not returned home last night. At first she is not too worried assuming that he had too much to drink the night before and slept it off at their friend Mac's place but when Mac informs her that Luke was not there she begins to really worry. As Clara starts to delve into...

4 out of 5 stars Rachel Holloway works for a small,struggling community paper that is desperate to give the paper a boost as the ax is hanging over them all and they could lose their job at any time. An idea for a podcast comes up and everyone agrees it is a great idea including Rachel until she hears the subject of the podcast will be about Molly Forster a girl who disappeared almost 12 years ago without a trace after the murder of her older sister and parents. They plan to call the podcast "Missing Molly". Rachel is not happy in the least about the subject at all because she actually knows where Molly is. She is sitting right there, hiding in plain site going under the name Rachel.  This psychological thriller is full of interesting characters some you may like more than others but you are interested in what happens to them. Rachel makes some questionable choices but you understand why she makes the choices even though they can be a bit selfish. She is desperate to stay hid...

4.5 out of 5 stars Thank you to Netgalley and Harlequin-Mira publishing for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review. When I requested this I didn't know this was part of a series but I am glad I didn't know because I am not sure I would have requested it. I don't think you need to have read anything else in the series to be able to follow this. Keri Wolfe is a Non-Fiction writer has recently joined a paranormal investigation show. The show goes to investigate a haunted inn known for axe murders. As they begin to set up they discover the body of an FBI agent. Are the killings starting all over again? Keri and Joe are likable characters that you will definitely root for. If you like romance,mysteries and ghost stories this one will be for you!

5 out of 5 stars This is my first Karin Slaughter book and I really, really enjoyed it. When Charlie Quinn was 13 two young men seeking revenge on her defense lawyer Father broke into her house and murdered her Mother in front of her and her older sister Sam. The sisters were then marched out to the woods to be "taken care of" as well. Charlie managed to escape. Years later Charlie finds herself at the middle school when a a school shooting takes place.  Two people are left dead, the principle Mr. Pinkman and little Lucy Alexander who dies as Charlie holds her hand. It seems that high school student Kelly Wilson is guilty but why was she at the middle school in the first place? Rusty, Charlie's Dad believes that Kelly is a unicorn (a rare client that is actually innocent). The memories of that that fateful night when Charlie's life was torn come back to haunt her all over again.  The novel jumps back and forth to various POVs and various points in time and Slaug...

5 out of 5 stars I am a sucker for a good lost memories/amnesia thrillers and this was totally right up my alley. Tony and Laura are going about their normal day when a young woman appears at their door. She has no memory of who she is, of where she is from but she knows she belongs in their house. All she knows is that she got off of a flight from Berlin but she doesn't have her luggage, purse or ID. She can however tell them in detail the layout plan of the house. Just as Tony is about to shut the door in the girt's face she collapses. After bringing the girl in they feel as if they should look out for her. They bring her in and try and take care of her. Laura decides to call her friend who happens to be a GP. Tony meanwhile gives the girl a name, he decides to call her Jemma with a J. They invite her to stay the night in hopes that she will wake up in the morning and remember who she is. From there the story starts rolling! It is hard to give this fantastic, twisty nov...

5.5 Stars First off I would like to thank Net Galley and St.Martins Press for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This is the first novel that I have read by Wendy Walker and I really, really enjoyed this book!  Just twelve hours ago Laura was excited to be going on a date with a man she met on the dating app Findlove.com. Johnathan Fields seems like a pretty perfect match for her, handsome,intelligent and nice. Now she is missing and her sister Rosie is determined to find her before it's too late. Told in three perspectives Laura's first person starting twelve hours ago and working slowly the towards present. Rosie's third person starting from the moment she realizes that Laura is missing and notes from Laura's session with her psychiatrist. The novel hooked me from the start. I must say that the Laura parts of this book read like a play to me. I could picture every scene between Laura and Johnathon as if it was o...