When I heard this was based on Mary Shelly’s classic Frankenstein and being compared to the show American Horror Story, I knew I needed to read this book immediately. This was my first Jennifer McMahon book, though I do have others on my shelf, and it will certainly not be my last. The story jumps…
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My Darling Girl
Children’s book author Alison O’Conner is a loving wife and mother of two. She’s put together a picture-perfect life all to distance herself from her abusive mother, Mavis. That is until her mother is diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer and has requested to come live with Alison and her family. But with the arrival…
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 September House
It’s September, and Margaret knows the month is just going to get worse. The house walls will start bleeding, slowly but surely. The pranksters will start to show up one by one. And by the end of the month, she’ll be exhausted from lack of sleep due to the constant screaming inside the house. After…
The River We Remember
A police procedural and a slow burn mystery rolled into one. Krueger has excellently portrayed the impact war has on one small community, years later. Set in the small farming town of Jewel, Minnesota, The River We Remember is a story of how life continues on and how our pasts impact our future. Told from…
After That Night
Ah Karin Slaughter, one of my all-time favorite authors. I can’t tell you how and long I tried to get an early copy of the newest Will Trent installment. I almost didn’t manage it but I ended up with an audiobook, and I am not mad about it because Kathleen Early, who narrates the series,…
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…
Happiness Falls
Angie Kim’s Miracle Creek was one of my favorites reads a few years ago. I loved the courtroom drama mixed with the family’s narratives. I also really enjoyed as ‘educational’ it was as Kim is great for writing about disability stigmas, treatments, and societies expectations. I know she writes from some of her own personal…
The Last One
When Caz wakes up to find herself alone on a cruise liner, she starts to panic. Where is her boyfriend Pete who she’s on the cruise with? Where is the captain, and other travelers? Where did they all go? As she gets closer to the truth, she’s determined to survive the journey. I really wanted…