Let me Lie

By: Clare Mackintosh
Published Year: 2018
Publisher: Berkley
Pages: 400

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Summary (Provided by Goodreads): The police say it was suicide.
Anna says it was murder.
They're both wrong.

One year ago, Caroline Johnson chose to end her life brutally: a shocking suicide planned to match that of her husband just months before. Their daughter, Anna, has struggled to come to terms with their loss ever since.

Now with a young baby of her own, Anna misses her mother more than ever and starts to question her parents’ deaths. But by digging up their past, she’ll put her future in danger. Sometimes it’s safer to let things lie…

First Impressions

I have read Mackintosh’s previous two novels and enjoyed them. I liked her second more than her first, so I was looking forward to this one. The cover honestly didn’t do much for me and wouldn’t be one I picked up off of the shelves with no prior knowledge.

What I thought

Anna Johnson lost both of her parents about a year ago. Her dad committed suicide and then 6 months later, her mom committed suicide in the same way. It is the anniversary of her mom’s death when she receives a note on her front door that reads “Suicide? Try again.” Anna, who has been having doubts about her parents’ deaths, sees this as the confirmation she needs to move forward with her suspicions. She goes to the cops with the letter, where retired cop, Murray, who is currentl working at the front desk, takes on the case. Soon after, it seems as though someone is coming after Anna to stop her from finding out the truth.

This story is told in 3 parts, and the first part was my least favorite. The book got off to a bit of a slow start. It was interesting seeing Anna bring her suspicions to the police and making my own theories (was it her neighbor? A mobster? Anna’s baby daddy?), but I knew a plot twist was coming and I just wanted it.

There was a second storyline about Murray and his wife who has a mental illness that causes her to check herself into a facility from time to time. It was an interesting storyline, but at times felt a bit too much considering it wasn’t meant to be the main storyline.

When the plot twist/part 2 came along, I was a lot more interested in what was happening. It felt as though the story was really moving forward and I liked seeing some of the relationships. It also erased an element from the first part that I didn’t like, so that helped.

Then! I got to part 3! I had no idea yet another twist was coming and it was a good one. Part 3 was my favorite part of the book because I really felt like that was when the action started happening. The pace of the book picked up greatly and I enjoyed it so much more.

I know that I didn’t say much about the book, but I try not to say too much about mysteries/thrillers since I don’t want to give anything away. I will say that this book completely got me! Mackintosh’s last book, I See You, also got me with a really good twist at the end. If you enjoy thrillers, I would recommend looking into this book and Mackintosh’s other novels. They’re all a bit slow to start, but have some surprising twists.

The Broken Girls

By: Simone St. James
Published Year: 2018
Publisher: Berkley
Pages: 336

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Summary (Provided by Goodreads): Vermont, 1950. There's a place for the girls whom no one wants--the troublemakers, the illegitimate, the too smart for their own good. It's called Idlewild Hall. And in the small town where it's located, there are rumors that the boarding school is haunted. Four roommates bond over their whispered fears, their budding friendship blossoming--until one of them mysteriously disappears. . . . 

Vermont, 2014. As much as she's tried, journalist Fiona Sheridan cannot stop revisiting the events surrounding her older sister's death. Twenty years ago, her body was found lying in the overgrown fields near the ruins of Idlewild Hall. And though her sister's boyfriend was tried and convicted of murder, Fiona can't shake the suspicion that something was never right about the case.

When Fiona discovers that Idlewild Hall is being restored by an anonymous benefactor, she decides to write a story about it. But a shocking discovery during the renovations will link the loss of her sister to secrets that were meant to stay hidden in the past--and a voice that won't be silenced. . . .

First Impressions

The cover of this book is kind of meh. I definitely wouldn’t pick it up based on the cover alone. The summary was more intriguing. I was fascinated by the history of an all girls school intertwining with present day. I also enjoyed St. James’ previous book, so I was curious about this one.

What I thought

This book took me a little while to get into, but once I got started it was fascinating.

Fiona is a journalist in present day. Her sister was murdered 20 years ago and her body was found on the land of Idlewild, the school for troubled girls. When Fiona finds out that the school is being restored, she jumps on the chance to write a story about it in hopes that she will find out more about her sister’s murder. This story is alternated with rotating points of view of four students of Idlewild in the early 1950s. These chapters give insight into the everyday lives at Idlewild and the past of how one of the girl’s lives ends forever. Similar to St. James’ previous novel, there is a supernatural/ghost element.

The reason I mention the ghost element is because I was taken aback by that side of the story in her previous novel. Going into this one I expected it, so I was able to handle it a bit better. I didn’t mind it in this story thought. It definitely was a part of the storyline, but it could just as easily have not been there. It was more of a bonus than a part that truly held the story together, so I was ok with it.

As I expected, my favorite parts of the story were the flashbacks to the girls’ lives at Idlewild. I like to read about experiences that are dissimilar from my own and the boarding school for troubled girls was fascinating. Add the fact that it was haunted, and I kept waiting for something to happen so I looked forward to the flashbacks.

Fiona’s story was interesting as well, but moved a bit slowly. She starts with investigating the spot where here sister was murdered. Even though a murderer was convicted and has been sitting in jail for 20 years, Fiona isn’t sure he’s the one who did it. She feels like some part is missing and it has been bothering her for 20 years. When she starts researching Idlewild, she discovers a lot more than she expected.

Like I said, it moves a bit slowly. There were parts that were meant to be twists that I was able to figure out, but there were some parts I didn’t expect. I wouldn’t classify this as a mystery per-say, but there were some mysterious elements to it.

This book was interesting. I liked trying to figure out two stories at the same time that intertwined. I also liked the historical fiction elements of the story, even though the history wasn’t that long ago. If you dislike ghost stories, this won’t be up your alley. But if you like mysteries and are looking for one with a bit of a twist, then I’d recommend this book. There are some solid friendship elements and relationship elements to this story too. I look forward to reading St. James’ next book.

Summer in the City

By: Elizabeth Chandler
Published Year: 2006
Pages: 358
Publisher: HarperTeen

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Summary (Provided by Goodreads): Athletic Jamie isn't sure about spending the summer in the city with her romance–novel–writing mum. But when she meets irresistible Josh, Jamie realizes she could probably use all the romance advice she can get!

Lacrosse camp 9 a.m.–noon (can't be late! "Coach" Josh will freak out)

Basketball camp 1:00–4:00 (so many screaming kids. . . )

Shopping with Mona 4:30 (finally a break)

Date with Andrew 7:30 (he's so perfect. . . isn't he?)

First Impressions

I think this book popped up as a recommendation when I got my Kindle or as a ebook deal somewhere. This was definitely a cover that caught my eye and that alone was the reason I checked it out. I hadn’t heard anything about this book but it sounded right up my ally!

What I thought

This book was so enjoyably and pleasant.

Jamie is spending the summer before her freshman year of college in the city (Baltimore) with her romance novel writing mother. While she typically spends the summer in Michigan at the cabin with her high school football coach dad, he has a new girlfriend who he invited with and that is not Jamie’s scene. She signs up for a Lacrosse camp at the high school and ends up learning more about herself than the expected for the summer.

While some of the parts of this story were a bit silly (why is an incoming college freshman with a basketball scholarship attending a high school Lacrosse camp when she has only ever played Lacrosse in her backyard with her dad), overall, I loved this story.

Unlike Jamie’s mom’s romance novels, Jamie is not lucky in love. In fact, she’s a bit cynical when it comes to romance. The few relationships she had failed as a result of the boys only getting close to her to get close to her father. When she first spots Josh at Lacrosse camp, she writes him off as not her type since he’s just another jock. He also writes her off as being a bit cocky.

In addition to the fun but feisty romance, the friendships are great. Jamie has both female and male friends and I loved that it showed the different types of friendship that a person can have. Her friendship with Mona is the perfect teenage girl friendship, but then her friendship with Ted is a great sports boy/girl friendship with no level of flirty attraction. The balance between the relationships was very enjoyable.

There were also some pretty funny moment throughout the book. I can’t specifically pick one out (if you’ve read this blog for a while you’ll know I’m not really one for marking quotes) but this book was just pure fun all over.

If you love books about sports with strong female characters and solid relationships you need to pick up this book. It’s a quick read that will make you have all the feels. Jamie is an independent woman and Josh is swoon worthy. It was the perfect summer read and I loved the slow burn of their romance. I highly recommend this book and I’m glad that I purchased it so that I can read it again in the future!

As Bright As Heaven

By: Susan Meissner
Published Year: 2018
Publisher: Berkley
Pages: 387

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Summary (Provided by Goodreads): From the acclaimed author of Secrets of a Charmed Life and A Bridge Across the Ocean comes a new novel set in Philadelphia during the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918, which tells the story of a family reborn through loss and love.

In 1918, Philadelphia was a city teeming with promise. Even as its young men went off to fight in the Great War, there were opportunities for a fresh start on its cobblestone streets. Into this bustling town, came Pauline Bright and her husband, filled with hope that they could now give their three daughters--Evelyn, Maggie, and Willa--a chance at a better life.

But just months after they arrive, the Spanish Flu reaches the shores of America. As the pandemic claims more than twelve thousand victims in their adopted city, they find their lives left with a world that looks nothing like the one they knew. But even as they lose loved ones, they take in a baby orphaned by the disease who becomes their single source of hope. Amidst the tragedy and challenges, they learn what they cannot live without--and what they are willing to do about it.

As Bright as Heaven is the compelling story of a mother and her daughters who find themselves in a harsh world, not of their making, which will either crush their resolve to survive or purify it.

First Impressions

Ooooo! Very pretty! Meissner’s covers definitely speak to me. I was very intrigued by the summary. I enjoy historical fiction and I have never read a book that takes revolves around the Spanish Flu. Add in the intrigue of an orphaned child and I knew this would be one I would enjoy.

What I thought

As Bright as Heaven is split into two parts. Part 1 occurs before and during the flu, part 2 occurs after. I have to admit, that I think I was partial to Part 1.

Pauline and her husband, Thomas have 3 girls aged 15, 11, and 7. In the early 1900s, they decide to move their family from Quakerstown Pennsylvania to Philadelphia, not long after losing their baby boy. They move into the home of Thomas’s Uncle Fred, who is an undertaker. Shortly after the family arrives, World War 1 and the Spanish Flu leave their mark on the city. Amongst this chaos, Maggie, the middle child, finds an orphaned baby boy and brings him home. The family raises them as their own, filling the void left by baby Henry.

Without giving too much away, there is a bit off complication with how Maggie finds orphan Alex. This is explored in the second part, but it’s pretty obvious from the beginning that it’s going to come back and bite Maggie in the butt.

The story is told with alternating perspectives from Pauline and each of her daughters, Evie, the eldest, Maggie, and Willa, the youngest. It was a bit hard to get into at first because of that. I felt like I wasn’t quite getting far enough into the story to connect with any of them, so when it switched perspectives I felt lost. Luckily, the writing settled pretty quickly, and about 20% of the way through the book it really started to flow.

I think part of the reason I preferred the first part to the second is that the first part had a bit more drama and suspense. The second part was a lot about relationships and was a bit more predictable to me than the first part. I did enjoy seeing the relationships between the sisters grow and I also appreciated seeing what they did with their lives as they grew, but it wasn’t my favorite part.

Again, it’s hard to talk about certain parts without giving things away, but I wasn’t crazy about Evie and Willa’s stories in the second part. I was more so irritated by Willa’s storyline than Evie’s, but there was one aspect of Evie’s story that just didn’t sit well with me. It is meant to be romantic, but it just rubbed me the wrong way a bit.

If you enjoy historical fiction and want something a little different, then I’d recommend this book. It does focus more on family and familial relationships that romance, so if you tend to prefer the romantic historical fiction stories, this will not be it. Surprisingly, even though it can be a dark/heavy book at times, that isn’t the overall feeling that I was left with, so if you’re intimidated at all by the storyline, I would say it’s lighter that you will expect it to be. The writing is solid and enjoyable and I look forward to reading more from Meissner.

The Queen of Hearts

By: Kimmery Martin
Published Year: 2018
Publisher: Berkley
Pages: 352

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Summary (Provided by Goodreads): Zadie Anson and Emma Colley have been best friends since their early twenties, when they first began navigating serious romantic relationships amid the intensity of medical school. Now they're happily married wives and mothers with successful careers--Zadie as a pediatric cardiologist and Emma as a trauma surgeon. Their lives in Charlotte, North Carolina are chaotic but fulfilling, until the return of a former colleague unearths a secret one of them has been harboring for years. 

As chief resident, Nick Xenokostas was the center of Zadie's life--both professionally and personally--throughout a tragic chain of events in her third year of medical school that she has long since put behind her. Nick's unexpected reappearance during a time of new professional crisis shocks both women into a deeper look at the difficult choices they made at the beginning of their careers. As it becomes evident that Emma must have known more than she revealed about circumstances that nearly derailed both their lives, Zadie starts to question everything she thought she knew about her closest friend. 

First Impressions

Ooooo! So pretty! I almost don’t care what this book is about because the cover is so pretty. Luckily, the summary appealed to me as well. A friendship with hidden secrets in their past that comes back to haunt them? I was completely sold and this became one of my most anticipated novels of 2018.

What I thought

Queen of Hearts is pretty much what Grey’s Anatomy would be if it was a book and I loved it.

Emma and Zadie became friends when they met at a high school program for aspiring doctors. They then stayed friends as they went through the same programs and both ended up working in their specialties in Charolette. At this point in their lives, tey are both married with children and still consider each other their closest and dearest friends.

When they were in medical school, the experienced a traumatic event that was fraught with drama and mystery. Ten years later, a doctor from their past, who was right in the middle of this mystery and drama, shows up in their hospital.

The story alternates between Zadie and Emma’s perspectives as well as the timeline of current day and their pasts (mostly their third year of medical school). I liked the way that this novel was laid out. I think the story would have lost a lot if it had only been told from one perspective, and I liked that we learned about their past slowly over time and not all at once.

Martin also balanced the medical terminology with real world drama. I never felt like I was reading a textbook, but there was enough there that I felt as though Emma and Zadie were real life med students and doctors. The only issue I had with the writing was the character descriptions. I felt there was a lot of discussion about Emma and Zadie’s appearances. Not only did it come up a few too many times for my liking, but it was always the same description. If I had to read that Zadie was “slim but voluptuous in a curvy way” one more time I was going to scream.

I loved the medical drama, as I am a fan of the early Grey’s Anatomy seasons. The friendship was beautiful to see too. I loved seeing that Emma and Zadie were supportive of each other throughout their lives. Watching the way their past came up on them was fascinating too, and ended in a satisfying (if maybe not fully realistic) way.

I really enjoyed this book. I would have loved to read it with book club, just to have someone to talk about it with. If you are a Grey’s Anatomy fan, or a fan of books with friendship at the core I would highly recommend this book. As a debut, I think Martin has a few kinks to work out with her writing, but her story telling is solid and I was entertained the entire time. I look forward to reading more of her books in the future!

Top Ten

By: Katie Cutugno
Published Year: 2017
Publisher: Balzer + Bray
Pages: 320

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Summary (Provided by Goodreads): Ryan McCullough and Gabby Hart are the unlikeliest of friends. Introverted, anxious Gabby would rather do literally anything than go to a party. Ryan is a star hockey player who can get any girl he wants—and does, frequently. But against all odds, they became not only friends, but each other’s favorite person. Now, as they face high school graduation, they can’t help but take a moment to reminisce and, in their signature tradition, make a top ten list—counting down the top ten moments of their friendship: 

10. Where to begin? Maybe the night we met.
9. Then there was our awkward phase.
8. When you were in love with me but never told me…
7. Those five months we stopped talking were the hardest of my life.
6. Through terrible fights…
5. And emotional makeups.
4. You were there for me when I got my heart broken.
3. …but at times, you were also the one breaking it.
2. Above all, you helped me make sense of the world.
1. Now, as we head off to college—how am I possibly going to live without you?

First Impressions

I recently went into the library for the first time in forever. Our library has a drive thru, so I typically place books I want on hold and pick it up there. Otherwise, I go inside for one book and walk out with like 7. When walking around this time, I spotted Top Ten by Katie Cutugno. I really liked Fireworks, so I immediately grabbed this one off the shelf.

What I thought

Gabby and Ryan have been best friends since freshman year. It is now the night of their high school graduation and they decide to talk about their top 10 moments of high school.

The book is broken up by each top ten moment. The moments are not in any order which can be a bit confusing. For example, I think number 9 is the first time they hang out, but then you find out that they had met previously. No information is given about that until I think number 3. And there are also times where, let’s say, number 8 is Spring of Junior year, and then number 7 is fall of Junior year. It can be a bit confusing to follow.

Gabby and Ryan’s friendship is a bit different. He is a varsity hockey player as a freshman, and she is an anxious loner (with one close friend). But for some reason, their friendship works. At the beginning, Ryan and Gabby hook up on graduation night. Not knowing anything about their past, I was rooting for them. But as their past got revealed, I just got a bit annoyed with them.

I didn’t quite understand why a lot of their top moments were top moments. To me, it shared a lot of bad moments from their friendships. While I’m sure they had great ones, otherwise they wouldn’t have been best friends, most moments involved them fighting, or not talking or misunderstanding each other. It made it a bit difficult to root for them to be together.

I think that Cutugno’s writing saved this story a bit. She did write it in a way that kept me intrigued and involved in their relationship/friendship, even if I didn’t like them much.

Unfortunately, I think this is my least favorite book of Cutugno’s. I liked the idea behind it and her writing was still enjoyable, but the story itself didn’t sit well with me. I didn’t much care for Gabby or Ryan and felt their friendship was a bit dysfunctional. The ending also felt like it came a bit abruptly. My friends and I always comment with endings like this by asking if the author had a page limit that they had to wrap up by, and this definitely felt like it. It’s not a bad book, but just not one of my favorites.

Book Club February 2018

By: Ayobami Adebayo
Published Year: 2017
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Pages: 260

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Summary (Provided by Goodreads): Yejide and Akin have been married since they met and fell in love at university. Though many expected Akin to take several wives, he and Yejide have always agreed: polygamy is not for them. But four years into their marriage--after consulting fertility doctors and healers, trying strange teas and unlikely cures--Yejide is still not pregnant. She assumes she still has time--until her family arrives on her doorstep with a young woman they introduce as Akin's second wife. Furious, shocked, and livid with jealousy, Yejide knows the only way to save her marriage is to get pregnant, which, finally, she does, but at a cost far greater than she could have dared to imagine. An electrifying novel of enormous emotional power, Stay With Measks how much we can sacrifice for the sake of family.

What I thought

This book was my pick and I found it last year. In fact, I found it right before my last book club choice and almost switched to this one.

Yejide and Akin have been married for 4 years. They have been trying to have a baby, but she has not been getting pregnant. Then one day, Akin’s family shows up at his door with a second wife. This story follows Yejide and Akin through the ups and downs of their marriage as well as the ups and downs of the Nigerian culture and life.

I picked this book for a few reasons. The first was that the drama of a married couple being given a second wife to have a child just sounded too good to pass up. The second reason was that I had never read a book written by a Nigerian author, with Nigerian characters, that takes place in Nigeria. It was a bit outside my comfort zone, but the storyline itself was enough within my comfort zone that I thought it would be a good choice.

I think the best way to describe this book is exactly as I stated above. Outside my comfort zone. A lot of the cultural aspects made it difficult to connect with the characters, which I didn’t expect. I enjoyed reading about how they handled situations, but some of it was so foreign to me. In the end, I don’t think I ended up liking any of the characters and that was hard.

The book is told in 4 parts. It starts in 2008 with Yejide on her way to Akin’s father’s funeral. It then jumps back to the 1980s where a second wife is being presented to Yejide. From that point on, the parts of their marriage and relationship are filled in. At the beginning of each new part, it starts off in 2008 and then flashes back to the 1980s. Most of the book, at least at the beginning, is told from Yejide’s perspective with a few chapters here and there from Akin’s.

I don’t want to say much because a lot of this story relies on the slow reveal of information. There were a lot of pieces that I didn’t expect that definitely made the story what it was. I had a bit of a love/hate relationship with this format. I liked that pieces of information were revealed over time and not all at once, but there were parts where I was definitely confused and felt like I should know what was going on but didn’t because that piece had not been revealed yet.

Overall, I’m glad that I read it and I did enjoy it. It was definitely a different experience. I don’t know if I would read it again, and I don’t think it would be a book that immediately comes to mind for a recommendation. But, if someone specifically asked me about it I would recommend it for sure.

What Book Club Thought

It seemed like we were all pretty much on the same page with this one. We all expected this book to be completely different than it ended up being. It took a lot of turns that were unexpected and because of those, we were all a bit unsure how we felt about it. There were a few of us who liked it more than others, but none of us were in love with it. I was also glad to see that I was not the only one who found these characters so unlikeable. The difference in culture and the seeming insanity of the events led to a good discussion. It was interesting to see that this book wasn’t as polarizing as I thought it would be. I thought that there were going to be members that came in saying “this was the worst book I have ever read” but they didn’t! There was some discussion about it being a little hard to get through at times, but we’ve definitely had books that people have liked less.

I’m glad I picked this as a book club read, because it was fun to discuss it after reading.

Killer Choice

By: Tom Hunt
Published Year: 2018
Publisher: Berkley Books
Pages: 352

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Summary (Provided by Goodreads): His wife is sick.
He needs $200,000 to save her.
A mysterious man offers to give him the money with just one catch: He has to murder someone to get it.

Gary Foster’s life is finally heading in the right direction. After years of trying, his wife, Beth, is pregnant, and he recently opened a business with his brother. But one phone call changes everything.... 

After collapsing suddenly, Beth has been rushed to the hospital. Tests reveal a devastating diagnosis: an inoperable brain tumor. Their only hope is an expensive experimental treatment available abroad, with a cost that’s out of their reach. And Beth’s time is running out.... 

Then a strange man approaches Gary and offers the money he needs, on one condition: that he kill someone, no questions asked. End one life to save another.

In this nail-biting debut novel of domestic suspense, one man makes a choice that forces him to confront the darkest reaches of his soul and betray those closest to him. As he’s swept up in a nightmare of escalating violence, he must question his own morality—and determine just how far he’s willing to go to save the woman he loves.

First Impressions

The cover did not appeal to me at all, and honestly, the summary didn’t either. I almost passed on reviewing this book, but some part of me went “give it a chance. Maybe you’ll be surprised!” Basically, the first impression on this book was not good.

What I thought

Full disclosure, I got through about 65% of this book, felt I couldn’t continue, and skipped to the final 10%. Also, as a warning there will be spoilers ahead so that I can talk honestly about what I disliked.

Gary and his wife have been married for almost 20 years. After years of trying, they are finally pregnant. But their lives are changed when she is diagnosed with a brain tumor. When traditional treatment doesn’t work, they apply to an experimental trial and find out that it will cost them $200,000 to take part. One day, a stranger calls and offers Gary the $200,000 with one catch. He must kill someone else.

Initially, my reaction was ugh, no. But then I thought about it and I thought that the psychological part of it could be really interesting. Then the book started and it alternated between Gary’s perspective and a drug dealing ex-con, Otto. Turns out that HE is the one who wants Gary to commit murder. He wants him to (spoiler) murder a bad cop. But! And this is the big but, it’s not for any righteous reason. It’s because he has gotten himself into a situation where he owes too many people money. He only has enough money to pay one of the people, and if he doesn’t pay both his life is in danger. So he decides to take advantage of an extremely emotionally vulnerable man, by offering him $200,000 to get him out of a situation he got himself into.

Surprise surprise, when Gary does murder the bad cop, Otto doesn’t give him the money. Now, I don’t mind psychological thrillers, but the level of a drug dealer who was dealing with his own issues is not my thing. I actually almost put the book down at 17% because I knew it wouldn’t be my thing. I think part of the hard part of reading about this was that you do get so much from Otto’s perspective and you get to see how terrible of a person he is.

I just honestly couldn’t deal with a lot of it. I could tell it was starting to get too violent and too convoluted for me.

The saving grace of this novel, and the reason I even made it to 65%, was the writing. It was easy to read and I honestly had no issues with the writing. I would easily pick up another book by Hunt if the synopsis piqued my interest. It was honestly just the story that I couldn’t handle. It was not my thing at all.

Obviously the writing got me a little bit, because even though I didn’t want to read the rest of the book, I wanted to see how it ended. The good (and maybe bad?) thing was that when I read the ending I was left with a feeling of “I definitely made the right decision.”

While this book was not my thing at all, the writing was decent. I’m glad that I gave it a chance, even if I couldn’t finish it. This might be the first review book that I haven’t finished, but it just was not my thing. I think that if this review sounds interesting to you then you will enjoy the book. However, it is not one that I would recommend.