Mollee

Maybe it's because I accidentally read this “series” in reverse order, but this book just didn't do it for me. I trudged my way through it and just didn't find myself very invested. If I hadn't already know the outcome I think I probably would have enjoyed it more. So it's not really the books fault. It's mine 

I was considering DNFing at about 30% cause I was bored. Let me just say I am so glad I pushed through because that was SO GOOD. Wow. Just wow. 

This book was so twisty and so many things happened that I never saw coming which as an avid thriller reader feels difficult to accomplish at this point. 
I enjoyed it! Maybe not as good as the hype, but a good read! 
Also how are you going to end it like that????? I am reeling. 

This has been my favorite Jennifer Hillier I've read so far. 
But I've worked all night and don't have the brain power to say why other than I just really enjoyed it? It was just really good. 

At this point I've read 3 Jennifer Hillier books. Jar of Hearts, Things We Do In The Dark, and now this one. This one has been my favorite. I loved the premise. I flew through it and found it overall enjoyable to read. 
That being said where was the editor for this ebook? There were so many grammatical error it actually took me out of the story. 
I also didn't like the casual racism by not only our “villain” but also by some of the “good guys”. 
There's also repeated use of the R-Slur that bothered me too. I understand one of the characters is 80 and is from a different time. Still made me uncomfortable to read the racist, sexist, and ableist slurs used even when prefaces by “this is what we'd say back in my day”. 

Despite the flaws, and not being surprise by a single “twist” The Butcher was a decently good read. 

I liked this book way more than I expected to. It was so good! I loved the spookiness, and the amazing friendship between Abby and Gretchen. 

There were a few parts that really shook me and upset me Max dying, Alex drugging and raping those girls and not facing any repercussions for it But this book was so good!! I really really enjoyed it overall! Nice to have a happy surprise of enjoying something more than I thought I would rather than being disappointed and bummed like I have experienced a lot recently

This was unlike anything I've ever read before and I really enjoyed it! It took awhile to get to the actual “horror” parts, but that didn't take away from the pacing at all. 

I couldn't put this book down, it was just so good! Beautiful marriage of my reality show guilty pleasures and my love of horror. 

I wanted to like this book more than I did. I'm familiar with Wakarusa and all of the towns mentioned because I'm from Northern Indiana, but it left me with much to be desired. 

Even in the moments that should have been exciting when major plot points were being revealed I found myself easily putting the book down. I didn't have any desire to continue reading. I only powered through because I wanted to know what happened. 

I also really didn't like the ending. 

Disappointed and bummed overall. 

I liked this more than I expected to.

 I didn't know what it was going to be when I started because I was going into it pretty blindly and there were so many unexpected elements that really worked for me! 

Ashley Winstead has become my favorite thriller author. I liked In My Dreams I Hold a Knife marginally better but The Last Housewife was still amazing! 

Everything about this book had me gripped from the start and I couldn't get enough. So creepy. So sad. And I even found myself rooting for the little bits of romance which is out of character for me. 

I love Ashley Winstead. I cannot get enough. 

This book was a wild ride from start to finish. My heart truly aches for Jeannette. And as someone who grew up watching iCarly, not knowing that she was going through such horrific things really makes you think about how much we don't know about people. 

Such a powerful read that fully deserves all the attention it has been getting. 

This was a quick, easy read that was largely enjoyable. But I think it was just average. Nothing overly exciting or shocking. 

Oh. My. Gosh. This book HURT. 

I felt extremely conflicted and it really made me think what would I do if I were in Noah's mom's position?  The answer is that I don't know. All I know is that this book truly broke my heart. 

This wouldn't usually be my genre or style. However, I'd been hearing a lot of good things on book tube about how  it was so beautifully written! I didn't even care that it's not my usual style of content because the writing was so lovely it made me love it. 

I would read the dictionary if S. T. Gibson paraphrased each definition in their writing style. 

A bit predictable for the majority, but still really creepy. I've read a lot of books that have cults in them at this point, but this one just didn't stand out to me. A fun, but average thriller.

This book was really fun and I enjoyed it A LOT. However, the “thriller” aspect felt like an after thought tacked onto the end and I think I would have enjoyed it more without that portion. 

The book really didn't even get rolling until there was only like 40 pages left and everything happened SO QUICKLY. Nothing was fleshed out and it felt so disjointed. Like it was an entirely different book I'd just stumbled into. 

First like 70% was 5 stars. The ending was like 1 star. So here we are at a 4.

This book was not what I expected it to be and it was not for me. I loved the format, super cool and different, and the few pages of horror did scare me a bit. However, there weren't very many of them and the book as a whole was extremely different from what I thought it was going to be.

The first half was a 2 star. The ending was a 4 star. I found the beginning kind of boring, I felt like nothing was happening. Once it picked up though it was twist after twist that I did NOT expect. That ending stuck with me for DAYS after I read it. 

I don't reread books a lot, but it's been a long time since I've read Harry Potter so I decided I want to try and reread the series this year and do so via audiobook. This decision has been an amazing one already. I am so happy to be back at Hogwarts and back in the wizarding world. I forgot how much I LOVE this world and these characters and these books. I found myself getting so excited during this book and just remembering all the little details that I had forgotten about, and things that weren't included in the movies. I can't wait to listen to the rest of these books throughout the year and just be able to go back to Hogwarts and re-experience all the joy and emotions that Harry Potter brings me.

I have been really enjoying Riley Sager's newer works! I was unsure on this one cause the synopsis didn't stick out to me. I also don't tend to enjoy books about famous people.
This book took a turn I was not expecting though (I was sure I had it figured out. I did not).
In terms of unexpected twist this book had the most for me out of all his novels so far. I think this is probably my second favorite of his books which was unexpected for me!

My Dark Vanessa ripped out my heart and then handed it back to me in shredded pieces. Watching Vanessa experience coming to terms with the fact that what happened with Strane may not have been the romantic whirl wind loves story she grew up believing it was tore me apart. It was so emotional and tragic to see everything unfold. Beautifully written, heartbreaking, and tragic. It feels wrong to say that I loved this book because the subject matter was so dark, but I loved this book. I devoured it. I couldn't put it down, all I wanted to do was read it and experience what happened next with Vanessa.

Not usually a poetry person but I was just craving some beautiful quotes and this a scratched that itch for me.

This book took an insane turn that I did not expect or see coming. It was a little slow in places but overall it wasn't bad. An average thriller with some twists I definitely did not see coming and a few I did.

I wanted this to be something different than it was. That's not the writers fault. It's mine.
I loved that I've visited the hospital though and could envision some of the places that were mentioned.

Fanfiction-esque holiday special edition just wasn't it for me.