Make Up Reading

 5 out of 5 stars! Thank you to netgalley and Macmillan audio for allowing me an early copy of this to read! This was such a fantastic and fun cozy mystery. I loved that it was set in the future. on a ship and yet it felt homey. I loved Dorothy and all the other great characters.  Olivia Waite was very successful at weaving an intriguing and fun mystery in such a short amount of time. Blair Baker did a wonderful job of narrating. I can't wait for a sequel, there must be a sequel.

 5 out of 5 stars Thank you to Netgalley and  Macmillian Audio for a copy of this for review.  I really loved this book. What would you do for the chance at ultimate fame? Would you give up everything for it?  We meet Ivy the biggest star there is. She sacrificed everything for it. Ramona and Grace are best friends that are given the chance to live and study at the Dollhouse Academy . It is where In the Dollhouse their favorite show that Ivy actually stars in is filmed. The stars don't just become TV stars, they also become singers and film stars.  There are dark secrets  within the academy. Can Ramona and Grace's friendship survive? Is Ivy what she seems?

2 1/2 out of 5 stars Thanks to Dreamscape Media & NetGalley for providing an ALC in exchange for an honest review. I really wanted to like this more and I would have if I did not hate the husband as much as I did.  I can start with all of the things I did like. I loved that this was set in Canada. There are really not a lot of thrillers set  there. I also liked Bree and felt bad for her and I loved her doggy and the one friend she makes. What would would have been nice  is if she had not been gaslit by her husband.  Now on to her husband! He has to be the most toxic male I have read in awhile. It is as if she decided to write a Canadian Joe Rogan. The story also didn't know exactly what it wanted to be

  Thank you to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for allowing me to listen to this in exchange for an honest review. When Annie Murray agrees to host a Valentines Day event at the Secret Staircase she gets more than she bargained for when village patron George shows up dead. Could his murder have something to do with the death of her best friend Scarlet years ago? This was a fun cozy mystery with a great narrator.

 4 out of 5 stars This was a brilliant, creepy and frightening novel.  I loved how atmospheric this was.  Jacquie Walters did a fantastic job not only as the author with a creeping sense of dread but she is also the narrator.  I really enjoyed this because it felt really personal and believable. 

 5 out of 5 stars Thank you  to Netgalley  and  Bolinda Audio for allowing me to listen to an advanced copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. This collection of short stories is a retelling of poems based on Saffo, Dido, Helen, Medea  and Penelope. These are all set in modern times but feel just as timely. My personal favorite was Helen of Troy's story.   Narrated beautifully by Sofia Engstrand I could feel each characters voice clearly.

  3 1/2 out of 5 stars I want to say thank you to NetGalley and Macmillan audio for allowing me to listen in exchange for an honest review. This was a good book but I think that maybe the writing style was just not for me. I did really enjoy the concept of this novel. I mean who doesn't love a vampire story? I guess the pacing was a bit off for me. We don't get many answers until at least the first 250 pages or so. While I did enjoy the Astraea I wish she was a bit of a more proactive heroine. I did enjoy the fact that this was not another ACOTAR rip off. I have noticed that a lot of romantasy novels just seem to borrow so much from SJM.I plan to continue on with this series. The fantastic voice acting by Corvin King and Jacci Prior really were excellent.