Just a girl and her books
WHAT LIES IN THE WOODS | Kate Alice Marshall 01.17.2023 | Flatiron Books Rating: 4/5 stars Naomi Shaw used to believe in magic. Twenty-two years ago, she and her two best friends, Cassidy and Olivia, spent the summer roaming the woods, imagining a world of ceremony and wonder. They called it the Goddess Game. The … Continue reading Book Review: What Lies in the Woods
WHITE HORSE | Erika T. Wurth 11.01.2022 | Flatiron Books Rating: 3.5/5 stars Heavy metal, ripped jeans, Stephen King novels, and the occasional beer at the White Horse have defined urban Indian Kari James’s life so far. But when her cousin Debby finds an old family bracelet that once belonged to Kari’s mother, it inadvertently … Continue reading Book Review: White Horse
THE RESEMBLANCE | Lauren Nossett 11.08.22 | Flatiron Books Rating: 4/5 stars On a chilly November morning at the University of Georgia, a fraternity brother steps off a busy crosswalk and is struck dead by an oncoming car. More than a dozen witnesses all agree on two things: The driver looked identical to the victim, … Continue reading Book Review: The Resemblance
ROCK PAPER SCISSORS | Alice Feeney 09.07.2021 | Flatiron Books Rating: 5/5 stars Things have been wrong with Mr. and Mrs. Wright for a long time. When Adam and Amelia win a weekend away to Scotland, it might be just what their marriage needs. Self-confessed workaholic and screenwriter, Adam Wright, has lived with face blindness … Continue reading Book Review: Rock Paper Scissors
RAZORBLADE TEARS | S.A. Cosby 07.06.2021 | Flatiron Books Rating: 5/5 stars A Black father. A white father. Two murdered sons. A quest for justice. Ike Randolph has been out of jail for fifteen years, with not as much as a speeding ticket in all that time. When the cops show up at his door … Continue reading Book Review: Razorblade Tears
BLACKTOP WASTELAND | S.A. Cosby 07.14.2020 | Flatiron Books Rating: 5/5 stars Beauregard “Bug” Montage is known in his community as a husband, a father, and the owner of a local car mechanic shop. He used to have a much different reputation. He was the best getaway driver on the East Coast, with tales of … Continue reading Book Review: Blacktop Wasteland
HIS & HERS | Alice Feeney 07.28.2020 | Flatiron Books Rating: 4/5 stars “There are at least two sides to every story: Yours and mine. Ours and theirs. His and hers. Which means someone is always lying.” Anna Andrews has finally gotten to where she wants to be in her career, only to have her … Continue reading Book Review: His & Hers
NINTH HOUSE | Leigh Bardugo (Alex Stern #1) 10.08.2019 | Flatiron Books Rating: 5/5 stars Yale’s freshman class just earned it’s most unlikeliest of members in the form of Galaxy “Alex” Stern. Hailing from Los Angeles, Alex was raised by a hippie mom who didn’t understand the strange things happening to her. Alex ultimately dropped … Continue reading Book Review: Ninth House
I KNOW WHO YOU ARE | Alice Feeney 04.23.2019 | Flatiron Books Rating: 4/5 stars Aimee Sinclair is a well-known actress who is finally about to hit her career and fame high. She has one of those faces. The kind where you think you know her from somewhere, but can’t place where. It’s now the … Continue reading Book Review: I Know Who You Are
THE LOST MAN | Jane Harper 02.05.2019 | Flatiron Books Rating: 4/5 stars We all conceal our feelings at times from those we love the most. When Cameron’s body is found in the middle of the Australian outback with signs that he crawled to the small shade offered by a nearby grave, his family is … Continue reading Book Review: The Lost Man
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