When nineteen-year-old huntress Feyre kills a wolf in the woods, a terrifying creature arrives to demand retribution. Dragged to a treacherous magical land she knows about only from legends, Feyre discovers that her captor is not truly a beast, but one of the lethal, immortal faeries who once ruled her world.
At least, he's not a beast all the time.
As she adapts to her new home, her feelings for the faerie, Tamlin, transform from icy hostility into a fiery passion that burns through every lie she's been told about the beautiful, dangerous world of the Fae. But something is not right in the faerie lands. An ancient, wicked shadow is growing, and Feyre must find a way to stop it, or doom Tamlin-and his world-forever.
My friend Jeni has been on my butt for MONTHS about reading this and so this summer I caved and Y'ALL. I LOVED IT!!! I'm normally not huge on fantasy (I didn't love Fourth Wing like everyone else) and when she said it had fairies I assumed she meant FAIRY not FAERIE which is a whooooole other thing. I was immediately drawn into the characters, setting, fantasy land of it all and I couldn't put it down. I know it has a reputation for being spicy but I didn't find it to be anything outrageous. I've started the second book but my real life job has limited my reading time so I'm having a hard time getting through it since I am pretty much only reading at night which is a recipe for 3 pages and then falling asleep but I really did love the first one so I'm going to keep on keeping on. All that to say - if you've been hesitant because you heard it was super spicy or because you're really not into fantasy books give it a shot because it will probably surprise you.
On the outside they were the golden family with the perfect life. On the inside they built the perfect lie.
A young nanny who plunged to her death, or was she pushed? A nine-year-old girl who collects sharp objects and refuses to speak. A lawyer whose job it is to uncover who in the family is a victim and who is a murderer. But how can you find out the truth when everyone here is lying?
Rose Barclay is a nine-year-old girl who witnessed the possible murder of her nanny - in the midst of her parent's bitter divorce - and immediately stopped speaking. Stella Hudson is a best interest attorney, appointed to serve as counsel for children in custody cases. She never accepts clients under thirteen due to her own traumatic childhood, but Stella's mentor, a revered judge, believes Stella is the only one who can help.
From the moment Stella passes through the iron security gate and steps into the gilded, historic DC home of the Barclays, she realizes the case is even more twisted, and the Barclay family far more troubled, than she feared. And there's something eerie about the house itself: It's a plastic house, with not a single bit of glass to be found.
As Stella comes closer to uncovering the secrets the Barclays are desperate to hide, danger wraps around her like a shroud, and her past and present are set on a collision course in ways she never expected. Everyone is a suspect in the nanny's murder. The mother, the father, the grandmother, the nanny's boyfriend. Even Rose. Is the person Stella's supposed to protect the one she may need protection from?
This book hooked me from the very beginning and I BLEW THROUGH it on audible. I felt like I was suspicious of every single person and the twists and turns were believable and GOOD. This is the first book I've read by Sarah Pekkanen and I enjoyed her writing a lot and if you're down for a creepy suspense book that will keep you entertained I highly recommend.
Betrayal was just the beginning…
Melanie Hale is a devoted mother to her two children, a diligent caregiver to her ailing mother-in-law and a trusted neighbor in their wealthy Louisiana community. Above all, she’s a loving partner to her wonderful husband, Collin.
Then there are the parts of herself that Mel keeps hidden. She’s exhausted, worried and unfulfilled. So much so that one night, after a writers’ group meeting, Mel begins an affair with a successful local author named Luke. Suddenly she’s transformed into a role she doesn’t recognize—a woman who deceives with unseemly ease. A woman who might be capable of just about anything.
When Mel finds Luke’s dead body in his lavish rented house, she realizes just how high the stakes have become. Not only does she have to keep her affair a secret in order to preserve her marriage, but she desperately needs to avoid being implicated in Luke’s death. But who would want to kill him? Who else in her life is keeping secrets? And most terrifying of all, how far will they—and she—go to keep those secrets hidden?
This was a slower burn than House of Glass but still kept me guessing. I did feel like some of the "woe is me" contemplative writing about the affair (sorry, spoiler), was a bit much but other than that I really liked it and the ending was a fun surprise.
Lyn, Cat, and Gemma Kettle, beautiful thirty-three-year-old triplets, seem to attract attention everywhere they go. Together, laughter, drama, and mayhem follow them, but apart, each is dealing with her own share of ups and downs.
Lyn has organized her life into one big checklist, Cat has just learned a startling secret about her marriage, and Gemma, who bolts every time a relationship hits the six-month mark, holds out hope for lasting love.
In this wise, witty, and hilarious novel, we follow the Kettle sisters through their tumultuous thirty-third year as they deal with sibling rivalry and secrets, revelations and relationships, unfaithful husbands and unthinkable decisions, and the fabulous, frustrating life of forever being part of a trio.
Three Wishes was FULL OF DRAMA. It was almost too much drama for me. hahaha. I listened to this on audible and I do think that I would have enjoyed reading it myself so I could keep track of everything that was happening a bit better because at times I found myself having to go back to be like, "wait - which sister is this again?" I found the sisters quirky, funny, and likable but there was just a lot happening all at the same time. I had super high hopes since I LOVED Big Little Lies and this can't hold a candle to that book BUT overall it was a 3.5/5 so not too shabby ;)
What if you thought you murdered your best friend? And if everyone else thought so too? And what if the truth doesn't matter?
After Lucy is found wandering the streets, covered in her best friend Savvy’s blood, everyone thinks she is a murderer. Lucy and Savvy were the golden girls of their small Texas town: pretty, smart, and enviable. Lucy married a dream guy with a big ring and an even bigger new home. Savvy was the social butterfly loved by all, and if you believe the rumors, especially popular with the men in town. It’s been years since that horrible night, a night Lucy can’t remember anything about, and she has since moved to LA and started a new life.
But now the phenomenally huge hit true crime podcast "Listen for the Lie," and its too-good looking host Ben Owens, have decided to investigate Savvy’s murder for the show’s second season. Lucy is forced to return to the place she vowed never to set foot in again to solve her friend’s murder, even if she is the one that did it.
The truth is out there, if we just listen.
Listen for the Lie was FUN!!! There were "podcast episode" chapters thrown in that I really enjoyed and the fast pace kept me highly entertained. I also enjoyed Lucy as the narrator and felt like the author did a good job of laying out all the possible suspects and keeping you guessing. There weren't really any big twists, but at the end I found myself just wanting to know how everything turned out - overall I really enjoyed this one.
HAPPY Tuesday and happy reading!
I haven't read any of these!! I'm so excited about some new recs!!
ReplyDeleteI'm reading Listen For The Lie now. I'm hoping it'll get better. I feel like nothing is happening and I am a good way into it.
ReplyDeleteACOMAF (book two!!) is even better. Don't delay. :)
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