Vivian Parry, a former actress turned theater critic crave lost herself once. It’s been years since the loss of her mother caused Vivian to lose control of her identify and she hasn’t stopped numbing herself since. When she isn’t leaving scathing theater reviews, she’s finding ways to make herself disappear from the world. When a…
Category: 3 Star Reads
Portrait of a Scotsman
I adore this series. It’s educational, charming, spicy, and filled with independent women during a time when women were seen as property. I’ve loved all our couples (Lucie and Tristan, Annabell and Sebastian) and I have loved Hattie’s character since Bringing Down the Duke, so I was extra thrilled to finally get a love story…
Blackwater Falls
Blackwater Falls introduces Detective Inaya Rahman. As a member of the Community Response Unit (CRU) for the Denver Police, her job is not only to solve murders but also to help bridge the gap between the police and the local populations. As Detective Rahman and her team investigate the murder of a young Syrian refugee,…
The Mystery Guest
It’s no secret I wasn’t a huge fan of The Maid when I read it back in 2021. But when offered to read the second installment in the Molly the Maid series, I decided to give it a chance. I won’t say it blew my socks off, but I did seem to like it slightly…
Starling House
Starling House was one of my most anticipated fall releases and it is a perfect fall/spooky season read. I listened to this audio and while I found the narrator to be great- I didn’t end up loving this story. While the storyline was interesting, I spent the first few pages of this book confusing it…
Death Valley
I have heard tons of great things about Melissa Broder’s books, and I was stoked to get an early copy of her upcoming release Death Valley. This was such a character driven story, and I always struggle with those. I’m an action girl and I need strong plotlines to stay invested. Especially with a toddler,…
Rouge
I LOVED Mona Awad’s Bunny. It was one of the weirdest, fever dream inducing books I’ve ever read. I had such high hopes for Rouge and I’m not sure it really did it for me. This modern gothic loose retelling of Snow White, has everything in it. Cults, a magic mirror, roses, magic, confusion, desires,…
Playing the Witch Card
I love Tarot and books filled with magic. I also completely enjoyed KJ Dell’Antonia’s previous books In Her Boots and The Chicken Sisters. Add in that Playing the Witch Card is being touted as Practical Magic meets Gilmore Girls, of course I was excited for Dell’Antonia to be putting out a witchy book this month!…
The Chateau
The Chateau follows Darcy and her three best friends as they head to her grandmother Seraphine’s Chateau for the first time in 10 years. Before Seraphine can disclose the reason for inviting everyone, she’s brutally murdered. In this lock room type mystery, we follow the women as they uncover more than just the secret of…
Mister Magic
In Kiersten White’s Mister Magic, we follow a group of childhood friends as the show they were on is set to be revived. Preceding the revival, they’ve been asked to participate in a podcast to explore their experiences. Filled with nostalgic childhood references to how tv & shows connect generations, I was hooked from the…