Just a girl and her books
GOOD GIRLS DON’T DIE | Christina Henry 11.14.2023 | Berkley Rating: 4/5 stars Celia wakes up in a house that’s supposed to be hers. There’s a little girl who claims to be her daughter and a man who claims to be her husband, but Celia knows this family—and this life—is not hers… Allie is supposed … Continue reading Book Review: Good Girls Don’t Die
VAMPIRES OF EL NORTE | Isabel Cañas 08.15.2023 | Berkley Rating: 3.5/5 stars As the daughter of a rancher in 1840s Mexico, Nena knows a thing or two about monsters—her home has long been threatened by tensions with Anglo settlers from the north. But something more sinister lurks near the ranch at night, something that … Continue reading Book Review: Vampires of El Norte
BLACK SHEEP | Rachel Harrison 09.19.2023 | Berkley Rating: 4/5 stars Nobody has a “normal” family, but Vesper Wright’s is truly...something else. Vesper left home at eighteen and never looked back—mostly because she was told that leaving the staunchly religious community she grew up in meant she couldn’t return. But then an envelope arrives … Continue reading Book Review: Black Sheep
MY ROOMMATE IS A VAMPIRE | Jenna Levine 08.29.2023 | Berkley Rating: 4/5 stars Cassie Greenberg loves being an artist, but it’s a tough way to make a living. On the brink of eviction, she’s desperate when she finds a too-good-to-be-true apartment in a beautiful Chicago neighborhood. Cassie knows there has to be a catch—only … Continue reading Book Review: My Roommate Is A Vampire
A LIKEABLE WOMAN | May Cobb 07.11.2023 | Berkley Rating: 4/5 stars After her troublemaker mother's mysterious death, Kira fled her wealthy Texas town and never looked back. Now, decades later, Kira is invited to an old frenemy's vow renewal party. Though she is reluctant to go, there are things calling her back . . … Continue reading Book Review: A Likeable Woman
THE SEPTEMBER HOUSE | Carissa Orlando 09.05.2023 | Berkley Rating: 4/5 stars When Margaret and her husband Hal bought the large Victorian house on Hawthorn Street—for sale at a surprisingly reasonable price—they couldn’t believe they finally had a home of their own. Then they discovered the hauntings. Every September, the walls drip blood. The ghosts … Continue reading Book Review: The September House
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
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
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
THE DAYDREAMS | Laura Hankin05.02.2023 | BerkleyRating: 5/5 stars Back in 2004, The Daydreams had it all: a cast of innocent-seeming teenagers acting and singing their hearts out, amazing ratings, and a will-they-or-won’t-they romance that steamed up fan fiction forums. Then, during the live season two finale, it all imploded, leaving everyone scrambling to understand … Continue reading Book Review: The Daydreams
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