Make Up Reading

I am so glad that I picked up this series. I loved "Strange the Dreamer" but I loved this book even more. You really got a great background on the world and how many of the characters became who they are. Lazlo and Sarai are definitely one my most favorite couples ever! Their love story is just so beautiful.  What I love so much about this story is the way Laini Taylor writes villains. There are so many layers to them and you often find yourself feeling so much for them. I really don't want to ruin this for you so I will just say that this is an absolutely beautiful follow up to "Strange the Dreamer". You will not be disappointed!

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 out of 5 stars I have been hearing about this book for about a year when one of my top booktubers starting raving about how much she loved the book. Her love of this book had me super curious to pick this up but then another book would come out and I would end up getting that one. I also started reading a lot of ARCs so that had made me a bit busier. I finally bought this in audio form and I am so glad that I did. When we first meet Lazlo Strange, a foundling raised by Monks who has spent most of his life in the library reading and dreaming. Life has been pretty dull for the librarian until "The God Slayer" comes to town looking to create the perfect group to help him with a very special mission to help protect the people of the town Weep. Lazlo is surprised and thrilled to be chosen to go along even though he has no idea why they would they be interested in a quiet, shy dreamer. Meanwhile in the citadel above the city of Weep a young Goddess named Sarai, one of only five G...

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...

5.5  Stars Another hit for me from Minka Kent. I really seem to like everything Minka Kent puts out and I think it may be hard for me to be disappointed in a novel by her. Ren and her sisters Sage and Evie have spent their whole life living in the forest in their little cabin. Then one day Mama took her sick, little sister into town to get her medicine and never returned. It has been two months and no Mama or Evie and then one day a stranger enters their life. Ren sees no choice but to take Sage and try to make contact with the outside world. Nicolette is struggling herself. Though Nicolette always thought she was happily married she has lately been questioning it as of late. She has begun to suspect her husband Brant of having an affair and that he fathered a child with his mistress.  She saw a photo hidden in the back of his sock drawer of a girl that has his exact shade of sea green eyes. Then one lonely night while Brant was out of town there is a knock on her door a...

4.75 stars After reading "The Memory Keeper" I became a huge fan of Minka Kent. I had purchased her second novel "The Perfect Roommate" right as it was released and when this novel was released I knew I had to pick it up. It took me a while to read this as I have been busy reading a lot of ARCs. I finally purchased the audio version and listened to it all of last week. Once again I am very impressed.  We meet the lovely Meredith Price who considers herself to be such a lucky girl. We meet her on her honeymoon as she basks in the glow of complete happiness. She is married to handsome,successful Andrew Price. He also happens to be a lot older than her. Things continue to go well for her as the happy couple settles into their home in a wealthy town in Utah. Boredom begins to set in though as Meredith gets tired of being a wealthy housewife.  One day Meredith goes missing outside of a supermarket. Her sister Greer drops everything to leave New York and find her si...

4.25 stars At first 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. Young Mother Lauren Tranter has just given birth to two perfect twin boys Morgan and Riley. She wants to be thrilled, overjoyed by having given birth to these beautiful boys but she is really just overwhelmed, exhausted and over all miserable. One night in the hospital Lauren Lauren catches a woman trying to exchange her own children with Lauren's.  "It's only fair" she says. Lauren immediately calls 999 and though the hospital reports Lauren is having metal issue. However, Detective Harper believes that there is something wrong going on and that Lauren is not crazy. One month later Lauren's babies disappear and when they are recovered Lauren denies that they are her sons. They may look like them but they are not her baby boys. Lauren embarks on a journey to find her real sons and she faces som...