Friday, January 31, 2025

ARC Review: She Doesn’t Have a Clue

 I received a copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This did not affect my opinion of the book or my review itself.

Kate Valentine is a best selling author of the Loretta mysteries, staying in a very old mansion on an isolated island to witness her ex-fiancĂ©e get married to another woman. And she has writer’s block. Plus a very hot Australian has just wandered back into her life. Oh, and there’s been an attempted murder. And a murder. 

Needless to say, her life is pretty complicated right now.

I loved this book. It’s funny, spicy, romantic, and suspenseful, with a great mystery. The characters are all really unique, and Kate is so compelling and endearing as a realistic main character. I would recommend this book for sure.

Tuesday, January 14, 2025

ARC Review: The Business Trip

 I received an ARC of this book from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. This did not affect my opinion of the book or my review itself.

Stephanie and Jasmine meet on a plane. 

Then they both vanish. 

Both their disappearances are blamed on a man named Trent McCarthy.

What really happened?

I really enjoyed how this book messed with my mind. Just when I thought I had something figured out, another twist would come and change everything. Looking back, all the twists made sense too-until I got to the end. Some of the end seemed too far fetched for me, despite it making for a very dramatic finale. I would give this book 3.5 stars. If you don’t mind an out of left field ending, the rest of the book is quite good. 

Monday, January 6, 2025

ARC Review: Sweet Fury

I received a copy of this book from the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. This did not affect my opinion or influence the review itself.

Lila Crane is the Julia Roberts of this story, an actress beloved by all. Her fiancĂ©, Kurt Royal, lives up to his last name, making movies everyone adores. But this, their feminist adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Tender is the Night, is set to be their magnum opus. Lila even starts seeing a therapist, Jonah Gabriel, to help her truly prepare herself. But there are secrets and hidden dangers everywhere…

This is a deep book that, while being a psychological thriller of sorts (perhaps more suspense?), also tackles very deep issues: how women are treated compared to men, what is expected of women, what justice truly is…all while being a story that keeps you turning pages desperate to know what’s next. I would recommend this book.