Just a girl and her books
GIRLS AND THEIR HORSES | Eliza Jane Brazier 06.06.2023 | Berkley Rating: 4.5/5 stars When the nouveau riche Parker family moves to an exclusive community in the heart of Southern California, they believe it’s their chance at a fresh start. Heather Parker is determined to give her daughters the life she never had—starting with horses. … Continue reading Book Review: Girls and Their Horses
THE RUINS | Scott Smith 07.18.2006 | Vintage Rating: 4.5/5 stars Trapped in the Mexican jungle, a group of friends stumble upon a creeping horror unlike anything they could ever imagine. Two young couples are on a lazy Mexican vacation–sun-drenched days, drunken nights, making friends with fellow tourists. When the brother of one of those … Continue reading Book Review: The Ruins
WHAT THE NEIGHBORS SAW | Melissa Adelman 06.20.2023 | Minotaur Books Rating: 4/5 stars Sometimes the darkest acts occur in the most beautiful houses… When Alexis and her husband Sam buy a neglected Cape Cod house in an exclusive DC suburb, they are ecstatic. Sam is on the cusp of making partner at his law … Continue reading Book Review: What the Neighbors Saw
SPEAK OF THE DEVIL | Rose Wilding 06.13.2023 | Minotaur Books Rating: 3.5/5 stars All of us knew him. One of us killed him... Seven women stand in shock in a seedy hotel room; a man's severed head sits in the centre of the floor. Each of the women - the wife, the teenager, the … Continue reading Book Review: Speak of the Devil
KILLERS OF A CERTAIN AGE | Deanna Raybourn 09.06.2022 | Berkley Rating: 4/5 stars Billie, Mary Alice, Helen, and Natalie have worked for the Museum, an elite network of assassins, for forty years. Now their talents are considered old-school and no one appreciates what they have to offer in an age that relies more on … Continue reading Book Review: Killers of a Certain Age
IN NIGHTFALL | Suzanne Young 03.28.2023 | Delacorte Press Rating: 4/5 stars Theo and her brother, Marco, threw the biggest party of the year. And got caught. Their punishment? Leave Arizona to spend the summer with their grandmother in the rainy beachside town of Nightfall, Oregon—population 846 souls. The small town is cute, when it’s … Continue reading Book Review: In Nightfall
THE GIRLS OF SUMMER | Katie Bishop 06.06.2023 | St. Martin’s Press Rating: 4/5 stars Rachel has been in love with Alistair for fifteen years. Even though she’s now married to someone else. Even though she was a teenager when they met. Even though he is twenty years older than her. Rachel and Alistair’s summer … Continue reading Book Review: The Girls of Summer
BEFORE WE WERE INNOCENT | Ella Berman 04.04.2023 | Berkley Rating: 4/5 stars Ten years ago, after a sun-soaked summer spent in Greece, best friends Bess and Joni were cleared of having any involvement in their friend Evangeline’s death. But that didn’t stop the media from ripping apart their teenage lives like vultures. While the … Continue reading Book Review: Before We Were Innocent
I feel like I was just sharing my May possibilities stack the other day. How is it already June 1st? This month was such a great reading experience for me! I ended up with four 5⭐reads! One of which was my reread of Mexican Gothic, which I was worried about not being as fun because … Continue reading May Wrap Up
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