Kari

Better than the last, but maybe it's time to take a break from Lincoln? I really would like to wrap up this series though. He's just so grumpy and snotty. Like a child!

I haven't felt this stressed out reading a book as I was with this. Everything about this was stressful. It was an entire book about gaslighting and I usually hate these kinds of books, but this was really good.

Both Helen and Nate were irritating, but I loved Olive. My heart broke for her 100 times. I like the mix of supernatural and craziness. You're never quite sure if a ghost encounter is actually happening or if you're seeing things through an unhinged person.

I love Frankie!!!! This was crazypants, but I loved it. I loved the people she meets and the unhinged story. I even laughed a couple of times. Gardner writes this so well I was uncomfortable, thinking about the weather conditions and the stress even before it gets really crazy.

I really, really, really loved Charlie. I mean, that's it. She was the perfect MC.

I did not expect some of the things that happened to happen. There was so much going on, I would get caught up on one theory and drop the ball on what else was happening. Obviously, this was all a little unbelievable, but it was still a good read!

Subtract 2 stars for the absolute insanity of this story. Subtract 1 star each for Max and Sarah. I will never forget their names because they said them in every sentence! They irritated the heck out of me. But, add 1 star for the quick mention of Win Lockwood and the cameo of Hester Crimstein.

I don't know why this was 400 pages. I don't know why I kept reading it after the first 50, but I did because curiosity killed the cat. It did bring me back to my hockey girlfriend days, which were good times so it gets a star for that I suppose.

I didn't realize when I started this that it was a novella. Sometimes novellas are great and sometimes they feel unnecessary and this one fell between those two.

Just as fun and funny as the first!

I maybe would have rated this higher if I didn't dislike Lily so much. Maybe it was the way Christian treated her with kid gloves, talking about how frail and perfect she was. The twist was not at all surprising because at some point in the book Kubica began laying it on too thick. By the time the twist was revealed I'd already figured it out.

It's weird to think a book is really good when you absolutely hate the main character. I was a little disappointed with the ending, but otherwise, Kuang did a fantastic job of writing a despicable character.

I think this book was less about Mark Schultz's brother and more about how great Mark Schultz was and how much he hated DuPont despite allowing him in his life so completely. In all, I think Dave Schultz was in about 10% of this book.

I will never appreciate the extra 50+ pages after the killer is caught. Never. Please stop. Also, the ever growing list of clues. Stop that too.

I wonder why anyone likes Milo? Once again, ideas are pulled out of Alex's ass and miraculously they prove to be correct and the case is solved! Huzzah!

A fun baking cozy with bright and strong characters.

This was entertaining until Ryan's big secret is revealed and then i just wanted it to be over.

This was not good. The historical flashbacks were painful, but then the present day parts were as well.

This was interesting until about 2/3rds of the way through when I realized I don't care about truffles and everyone is insufferable.

I know that many found this boring, but this is what I always wish for when I finish a series or stand alone. I want to see what happens after, when there is no crisis. I want to see the every day stuff. There's still some tension and conflict here, but it's only slightly touched upon. It was just a sweet break from war.

This was fine.

I am in the minority, but this was garbage. Everyone was awful, we learned nothing about Zoe, no mystery was solved except maybe where the Rolex ended up? Actually, no! It went missing again in the end! Knox's inclusion of himself in the story was the most unnecessary thing and a true waste of time. So much of this story was a waste of time and important points brought up were never followed up on. And then all of sudden a killer is revealed and end scene. Blech.

This wasn't quite as good as I've been hearing, but I liked a lot of it. I loved the relationship between the sisters, their fierce loyalty and affection for each other. I was glad for the follow up with each sister and even the last bit from Fairchild!

I didn't realize how much I needed to read something like this. It was storytelling in a very true form. It's not like the story was unknown to me, but I felt like I was reading everything fresh.

Maybe friends to lovers is not my favorite trope. I did like both Alex and Poppy and the slow crawl to their romance was entertaining, but it just felt to me that there was no real spark.