Jay
5 stars!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I've been hearing some mixed reviews on this one.
To be honest, while I was reading even into the middle of the book, I was unsure I was going to rate it higher than 4 stars IF that.
It confused me a bit because it was heavy on the unreliable narrator trope. I felt like I knew where the book was heading and it felt a little disappointing. I ended up predicting one of the twists but the other twist is what gave it 5 stars for me!! ⭐️
It literally made me jump up from bed and gasp and I love when books can really surprise you like that.
The very end of the book wasn't my absolute favorite but it did wrap things up enough for me to thoroughly enjoy it.
That TWIST though. That's what did it.
3.75 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
After reading No Exit back in February, I was so excited to hear that Taylor Adams new book was coming out in June. This was one of my most anticipated reads of the year.
I do believe I compared it too much to No Exit and put way too much expectation on it. It's heavy on the action which makes the book super fast paced.
Unfortunately, I was confused along the way. I wasn't sure what I was reading was actually going on and who to believe? That's definitely the way it keeps you reading but I feel like I didn't get too much clarification at the end? Maybe I missed it. The emotions of the antagonist was soooo hot or cold. I didn't like his switch of emotions at all.
The book was heavy on the gun fights and a lot of gun talk that I wasn't really into.
I enjoyed the action but wasn't sold on the story.
5 stars!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Super adorable! I loved seeing the relationship between Jimmy and Elsie grow. My first graphic novel and I loved it. Definitely will be a quite and cute future reread
I read this because I heard GabbyReads raving about this in a Vlog. I had just read books about obsession back to back and figured this would be a good one to add to the mix!
This book was anxiety inducing as well as very frustrating. The main character Cassie wasn't very likable but I don't think she was meant to be. She was VERY unreliable. I DID like being able to know her thought process with things although skewed, the reasonings were pretty sad.
We did spend the entire book just waiting for SOMETHING to happen which I think is what brought my rating down. The drama and twists didn't happen until the very end of the book. The twists were also kind of hard to believe - like what are the odds, ya know? The last few pages annoyed me as well. I just feel like I wasn't rooting for anyone.
Over all, I got through it and it was an okay book but probably wouldn't think about again.
3 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Super excited about this book because I heard Gabby rave about it. Honestly, in my opinion, I was really into it the beginning of the book. It was fast paced and you kept just wanting to turn the pages.
I fell off the wagon with it a little over half way because I felt like there was no progression in the plot. It was just kind of saying the same things over and over again.
You did certainly root for the main character and I did enjoy her character development.
Over all it was good, nothing that excited me too much but the end.
4.25⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A story of wanting to be accepted, seen, loved but at what cost? A true mean girls book. Obsession, destruction, lies, guilt, murder, revenge. All things I wasn't expecting but it sucked me in until the very end.
It was an interesting and uncomfortable take to be in the POV of one of the mean girls. To be inside her head and thoughts as things spiraled out of control.
I would've loved a bit more clarity at the end. But I guess that's what keeps you thinking about it even after you've finished reading it.
I enjoyed it a lot!
3 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️
It was alright. It was a basic “picked off one by one” thriller. The writing was okay. The characters weren't super likable. I didn't love the twist but I didn't absolutely hate my time reading it. Just wanted more from it.
1 star ⭐️
Highly disappointed. I was looking forward to this novela since I heard Jordaline talk about it in July. Even preordered it in July. I just feel like I had such high hopes and it met none of them.
The writing did feel pretentious with the whole thing being metaphors and similes that left me wondering wtf was going on. None of the characters were likable at all. I wondered why they were all there together celebrating a wedding if they didn't seem to like each other at all.
I was bothered at how nonchalant they acted as this haunted house was coming alive. Bickering and fighting about nothing while there are ghosts and monsters around. The library with the books came out of left field and was super convenient.
Overall, let down and disappointed.
3.5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️ I did over all enjoy this book. I haven't read Jane Eyre yet but I do look forward to doing so. I feel like a lot of the book was spent on Jane trying to fit in. The last quarter of the book got me hooked. Not a bad read at all.
Solid 4 stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I'm living for the rich bitch mama dramas much like May Cobb's The Hunting Wives. I need something that was like that or like The Last Mrs. Parrish.
This one was certainly very entertaining!! Would've given it 5 stars if the ending surprised me but I did predict the ending about 60% of the way in.
It did feel like it was a lot of build up to a pretty quick ending but I didn't mind at all. Great book, my first of this author but will not be my last.
12/12/20 Giving it a 3.5 stars. I liked The Hunting Party more and gave that 4 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Kept going back and forth between 3.5 and 4 stars. Ultimately, I'm giving it 4 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
5 out of 5 stars. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Absolutely loved this book. I couldn't put it down. I fell in love with the characters. The story had me hooked. Loved it down to the very last page. Definitely my new favorite book on my shelf.
HUGE 5 stars!!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This has GOT to be my favorite book so far this year. I've heard the hype about it but honestly wasn't very interested in reading it. I saw it on Scibd and decided I'd give it a shot while I was at work and OMG I'm obsessed!!!
The story was amazing and I loved how it came together! I was wondering how both POVs had anything to do with each other so once it connected I was like YES!!
4 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Honestly, I wasn't expecting how this book turned out at all and I thoroughly enjoyed it. I enjoyed watching things play out and unfold. The ending is what really got me. I just wasn't expecting those twists at all. They came from left field and it's what made me go from giving this book a 3 or 3.5 to a 4 star. I feel like it was be a great lifetime movie.
3.25 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️
Overall it was a good book. I really like the atmosphere of it being in Italy during a storm. I loved the different areas of the island like the grottos, labyrinth, and artist colonies. The setting itself was my favorite character.
The actual characters were a little pretentious (the Comptons). They read more as though they were British royalty rather than a couple from Nashville. But I did quickly overlook that to try and enjoy the book.
It was very slow paced. A little annoying that chaos and murder was ensuing and the characters seemed quite nonchalant about it. The major twist was pretty much known from the beginning. There was a smaller twist at the end I wish it went into depth a bit more with that rather than the main focus.
This definitely could've been cut down about 100 pages. By the end I felt like it dragged. There were a lot unnecessary stories or explaining that I felt didn't really add any value.
Over all I did enjoy the book, it just wasn't one of my favorites.
3 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️
I buddy read this with my friend Danielle. It was both on our physical TBR so we decided we'd just knock it out. I heard great things about this book but unfortunately, it didn't live up to the hype for me.
NONE of the characters were likable. The relationship between Low and Freya made me uncomfortable. Freya was just awful I don't know why people were friends with her and honestly a part of this book that I thought was going to be a major plot point was merely a by pas. I just wasn't a fan of the direction this went in. Very toxic friends but not in a fun silly way
The Hunting Wives was a wild ride! The escalating obsession, the steaminess, the lies and murder. I wasn't expecting this at all! Salacious in parts that had me blushing!
5 stars!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I was on the fence between a 4.5 and a 5 star but since I stopped reading, I can't stop thinking about everything that's happened!
What a whirlwind. From beginning to end I was pushed from one direction to another, not knowing what to think or who to believe or what the hell was going on.
Honestly from reading this... I'm gullible as hell lmao. I truly enjoyed Patricia as a main character. I enjoyed how deeply she cared and her determination to keep people especially children safe. I loved the friendship between the women in the book club and I loved how you could see the ups and downs in the friendship. The husbands.. SUCKED. Especially Carter. But I am so happy how things wrapped up in the end.
This caught me by surprise. Definitely wasn't expecting this to be a 5 star but I'm so glad it was. AND my first Grady Hendrix!! Can't wait to read more by him!
First five star rating. ⭐️ After reading this, I had to bump down other books to 4 stars that I though would be 5. This was great.