Make Up Reading

3 1/2 out of 5 stars Thank you to Netgalle and Graydon House for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review. Thursday's husband Seth has two other wives that she has never met. When Seth told her that he loved her and wanted to marry her he informed her that he wanted to be with her and wanted to marry her even though he has a wife already. It seems that his other wife does not want to have children but he loves her and wants to stay in a relationship with her as well. He also informs her that he grew up in a polygamist household.  She agrees to what he wants because more than anything Thursday just wants to be with him. Thursday has always been curious about Seth's other wives but she has become increasingly more curious since Seth took on the third wife. What she finds is not what she expected and her husband is not who she thought he was.  This book was heading for a solid 4 1/2 to 5 stars until the end. Don't get me wrong, ...

4 out of 5 stars I would like to thank Netgalley and Mira books for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review. I discovered J.T. Ellison in November of this year and have become a fan of hers. I was super thrilled to be able to read this new book which will be released on December 30,2019. In the small town of Marchburg, Virginia there is an elite girl's school where only the best of the best attend. One October morning a girl is found dead, hanging from the gates.  We flash back to August when Ash arrives from England. The Goode school is a whole other world from what Ash is used to. With judgmental and snobbish girls, secret societies and the honor code, as well as being in a new country she wonders how and if she will survive.  J.T. Ellison is really good at slowly revealing secrets and characters true personalities and this novel is no exception. She leaves you interested in where the story line is going. This is a fun, twi...

3.25 stars out of 5 Thank you to Netgalley and Hodder & Stoughton for allowing me to read an advanced cop on this novel in exchange for an honest review. Sam,her husband Mo and their toddler Caleb move have recently moved back to her seaside home town after 23 years. She should be overjoyed. After all she has an understanding and kind husband and a child that they went through so much to have. She is also a successful mystery writer. For anyone looking in from the outside she has a wonderful life. The truth is Sam and Mo are falling apart. Having to go through the IVF treatments to have their beautiful baby put a strain on their marriage,,love life and has put them in debt. If all of that isn't bad enough Sam has to finish almost a whole book by late September and we are in late August.  Then there are the letters...... You see, when Sam was a teenager she and her best friends played a game called "Never Have I Ever".  We have all played but Sam and her friends to...

3  out of 5 stars Back in 1991 when Heather Cole was twelve her best friend Becca and their two other friends  formed a club called The Dead Girls Club, They named their club after the victims of all the serial killers they were obsessed with as kids. At first the club was innocent enough but then things begin to turn darker. Each night during the Summer before junior high they would meet in one of the empty houses that Becca's Mom was trying to sell . When Becca's turn came around she told her friends the story of The Red Lady, a powerful witch. As the Summer wore on the stories Becca told become darker and darker to the point where it started to affect the girl's friendships. Then one night shortly before school started Becca disappears.  Heather is now a child psychologist, married and living her best life, or so she thinks until an envelope is left at her office with Becca's half of their best friends necklace.  As more of Becca's things find their way to He...

3.75 out of 5 stars  I want to thank Netgalley and Minotaur Books for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this novel in exchange for an honest review. When I asked to review this book I didn't realize it was the fourth novel in a series but it is very easy to follow along. As Gemma narrates her story she drops enough info about her town, the people that live there and all the relationships in her life that she makes it very easy to follow along.. This definitely feels like a cozy mystery as it is set in a small town full of interesting characters. I view reading in the way I view food and this book was a great form of comfort food.

5 out of 5 stars I would first like to thank NetGalley and St. Martins press for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. I really have had a great year of reading and "Trace of Evil" has kept the streak going. Natalie Lockhart is a cop in the sleepy town of Burning Lake in upstate New York. Burning Lake is a tourist town that tends to make most of it's money from the history of killing witches. There are magic shops everywhere and graveyard tours for those interested, Heck, the police cars even used to have a witch riding a broom painted on them. The town is always full of teenagers in covens and it also tends to attract satanists as well. While people often want to leave their small towns behind Natalie has no desire to ever leave. She loves the town and the people that live there. She even became a cop so she could follow in her Father's footsteps to protect the people of the town. We first meet Natalie, her sister ...

4 out of 5 stars Thank you to Hodder & Stoughton Book and Netgalley for allowing me to read an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Ava is living the kind of life most people would love. She is married to a successful tech multi millionaire has a step son and two lovely daughters until one evening when everything changes.. Shortly after arriving home from picking up her 12 year old daughter June from a friend's house she goes upstairs to shower only to hear a strange noise and gets out to investigate. What she finds is her husband Robert and daughter being held at gunpoint.    With her daughter lying in the hospital in a coma Ava will do anything and everything it takes to find out who is responsible. She soon learns that everyone is hiding secrets and lies. After all Ava herself has been doing the same. I really enjoyed this mystery/thriller and Ava was a great character. My only issue was that she kind of turned into Sherlock Holmes. She w...