Just a girl and her books
SOMEBODY’S HOME | Kaira Rouda 01.18.0222 | Thomas & Mercer Rating: 3/5 stars Julie Jones has finally decided it’s time to leave her marriage. With her teenage daughter, Jess, she’s starting over in a new house in Oceanside. It comes with a bit of the unexpected. The previous owners, a pastor and his wife, have … Continue reading Book Review: Somebody’s Home
RECKLESS GIRLS | Rachel Hawkins 01.04.2022 | St. Martin’s Press Rating: 4/5 stars When Lux McAllister and her boyfriend, Nico, are hired to sail two women to a remote island in the South Pacific, it seems like the opportunity of a lifetime. Stuck in a dead-end job in Hawaii, and longing to travel after a … Continue reading Book Review: Reckless Girls
A FLICKER IN THE DARK | Stacy Willingham 01.11.2022 | Minotaur Books Rating: 5/5 stars When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, Chloe’s father had been arrested as a serial killer and promptly put in prison. Chloe and the rest of … Continue reading Book Review: A Flicker in the Dark
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
ONE BY ONE | Ruth Ware 09.08.2020 | Scout Press Rating: 4/5 stars Getting snowed in at a beautiful, rustic mountain chalet doesn’t sound like the worst problem in the world, especially when there’s a breathtaking vista, a cozy fire, and company to keep you warm. But what happens when that company is eight of … Continue reading Book Review: One by One
LOCAL WOMAN MISSING | Mary Kubica 05.18.2021 | Park Row Rating: 4/5 stars Shelby Tebow is the first to go missing. Not long after, Meredith Dickey and her six-year-old daughter, Delilah, vanish just blocks away from where Shelby was last seen, striking fear into their once peaceful community. Are these incidents connected? After an elusive … Continue reading Book Review: Local Woman Missing
THE MISSING HOURS by Julia Dahl: Claudia Castro has it all: a famous family, a trust fund, thousands of Instagram followers, and a spot in NYU’s freshman class. After a traumatic night out that leaves Claudia unable to remember what happened she goes missing. I picked this one up on a whim just looking for … Continue reading Mini Reviews: The Missing Hours, The Push, & Invisible Girl
SURVIVE THE NIGHT | Riley Sager 06.29.2021 | Dutton Rating: 3/5 stars It’s November 1991. George H.W. Bush is in the White House, Nirvana’s in the tape deck, and movie-obsessed college student Charlie Jordan is in a car with a man who might be a serial killer. Josh Baxter, the man behind the wheel, is … Continue reading Book Review: Survive the Night
HER PERFECT LIFE | Hank Phillippi Ryan 09.14.2021 | Forge Books Rating: 3/5 stars Everyone knows the beloved television reporter Lily Atwood. She has fame, fortune, Emmys, an adorable seven-year-old daughter, and the hashtag her loving fans created #PerfectLily. What they don’t know is that she has a life-changing secret. Her own anonymous source who … Continue reading Book Review: Her Perfect Life
ACE OF SPADES | Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé 06.01.2021 | Feiwel & Friends Rating: 5/5 stars Devon Richards and Chiamaka Adebayo have been selected to be part of the elite Niveus Private Academy’s senior class prefects. Not only does it look great on college applications, but it officially puts each of them in the running for valedictorian. … Continue reading Book Review: Ace of Spades
What Jess Reads 