The Private Jet @AvonBooksUK
Flying the friendly skies has never been more frightening! Glitz, glamour, party, music, champagne, and survival! The Private Jet is an intense story of survival, strength, prestige, courage, and determination. Many of Sarah Goodwin’s books have focused on survival, with the characters struggling against the odds, finding the strength inside themselves to keep going no matter what! With The Private Jet, Sarah Goodwin delivered once again. Socialite Lila Wilde is having a great time celebrating after her DJ boyfriend proposed in Thailand. Caught up in the music, the dancing, and the partying, Lisa invites a group of people to join her and her new fiancé on her private jet to travel over the Thai jungle back to their luxury villa to continue partying. Once on the jet, things take a drastic turn! This was a gripping, tension filled, shocking tale of survival. I loved the vivid descriptions of the jungle and of the characters. I thought Sarah Goodwin did a wonderful job of showing how the characters changed over a short period of time. I loved the tension, the mounting dread, the lurking danger, and the overwhelming drive to survive. I was fully invested and on the edge of my seat throughout the book. I also found myself wondering what I would do and how I would react if I were in the same situation(s) as the characters in this book. Wonderfully written, riveting, tense, and shocking!
The Family Inside
WOWZA! Give me a second while I recover from whiplash! What a twist filled, shocking, dramatic, and phenomenal book! Just when I thought I had this book all figured out, Katie Garner threw in another jaw dropping revelation which left me reeling! Iris Blodget just can’t seem to catch a break. After her husband was murdered three years ago, she and their daughter, Ellory, are left drowning in grief and debt. After losing not only her job but her home, Iris accepts an offer from her new boyfriend, Hugh, to come live with him in Ravencliff, his mother’s crumbling mansion which he is renovating. There she will meet the family members Hugh never mentioned having and learn that secrets run deep in Hugh’s family…. Holy Moly! This book was off the hook! I loved the pacing, the shocks, the revelations, the dread, the tension and don’t get me started on the atmosphere. The home itself was a silent/not so silent character as well with its creaking floors, eerie rooms, and desperate need for repairs. Ravencliff is creepy and do not get me started on Hugh’s family! There was a lot going on in this book, but it never felt boggled down; instead, it made for a pulse pounding page turner! Katie Garner pulled the wool over my eyes, not once, not twice, but many times during this book! I fully invested and hung on for dear life during this wild ride of a book! Gripping, shocking, well thought out, wonderfully written, and hard to put down! Thank you to Harlequin Trade Publishing | MIRA and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
End of Story
Months to live, secrets, a life story, and the search for the truth about the past set the stage for A.J. Finn’s End of Story. The synopsis was intriguing. A reclusive writer, the disappearance of his wife and son twenty years ago, and his revelation that he would be dead in three months sucked me in. Sebastian Trapp invited Nicky Hunter, his longtime correspondent, to come to his home and to help write his life’s story. He informed her he had three months to live. Sebastian lives with his current wife, his daughter and his nephew in a mansion in San Francisco. Nicky will stay in the home with them while she and Sebastian discuss his life. Nicky can’t help but be intrigued by the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Sebastian’s missing first wife and son. I listened to the audiobook and thought the narrator did an admirable job. My main issue with this book was how slow-slow-slow it was. I struggle with slow burns and this one was you guessed it, slow. I wanted to hurry it up quite a bit while reading. The slowness of the book is the reason for my 2-star reading. One that thing did work for me was the atmosphere. I love the atmosphere in this book, and I was also invested in learning more about the disappearances in this book. There was one reveal which I did not see coming. I thought the author pulled that off nicely. Others have enjoyed this book more than I did, so please read their review as well. This is a case of it is the reader and not the book. Thank you to HarperCollins UK Audio | Hemlock Press and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
Tell Me What You Did
Let me tell you what I did! I read a very clever, well thought out, engaging, dark, and riveting page turner titled Tell Me What You Did!! I also enjoyed the tie in to the author’s previous book, Mister Tender’s Girl. Yes, Alice makes an appearance in this book! So very clever how Carter Wilson brought her into this book. Poe Webb is a popular true crime podcaster who invites people/criminals to come on her podcast anonymously and tell her what bad deeds/crimes they committed. Poe is no stranger to crime. Her mother was murdered in their family home when Poe was a young teen. When a creepy man comes on her show and tells her that he murdered her mother, Poe knows the man is lying because she killed the man who murdered her mother! Oh, what a tangled web this book became! So very clever, so well thought out, so wonderfully written, and so hard to put down! I loved the tension, the dread, the secrets, and the mounting sense of danger! As the book progressed, I thought I knew where this book was going to go, but I was wrong, wrong, wrong. I’ll say it one more time, this book was so clever! I loved how the book gives glimpses into the past along with the podcast notes, giving readers more information but the author still dangles several reveals just out of reach, which had me fully invested in the book, desperate to know what would happen next! There are quite a few twists and turns and several shocking reveals which had me reeling. A dark, gritty, captivating page turner! Thank you to Poisoned Pen Press and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
Something in the Walls
Eerie, creepy, chilling and full of dread, Something in the Walls had me wondering what was real, what wasn’t and what would I do? This book has a witchy supernatural vibe and had the hair standing up on the back of my neck a few times. This book has a ‘Midsommar’ eerie vibe to it which both thrilled and chilled this reader. Mina is a new child psychologist who meets journalist, Sam Hunter at a bereavement group. Sam tells her about thirteen-year-old, Alice Webber who claims that a witch has been haunting her. Sam proposes that he and Mina should go meet with Alice and her family where he can get a career making scoop and Mina can get experience. Mina believes that she can help Alice, but the town people of Banathel, with a history of witchcraft and dislike of outsiders, believe that they have another way to help Alice. I listened to the audiobook and enjoyed the narration. I enjoyed how the plot built and became more creepy and eerie by the page. This book is also full of dread and I enjoyed trying to decide if Alice was mentally ill, if what she was experiencing was real, or was there something supernatural at play? This book had a slow build and normally I struggle with slow builds, but I didn’t mind this one. I enjoyed the tension, the atmosphere, the creepiness, and the eerie vibe of the book. I also enjoyed how unsettling the story became toward the end. This was a gripping work of folk horror which delivered and has me wanting to read more of Daisy Pearce’s work in the future. Thank you to a Macmillan Audio and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
You Are Fatally Invited
A writer’s retreat with a twist! When the renowned anonymous author J. R. Alastor decides to host a writer’s retreat, the six authors who received invitations jump at the chance to meet the author behind the name. When they arrive at the exclusive island home, aspiring author, Mila del Angél is there to greet them and to act as their host. But where is J. R. Alastor????? A week of games has been scheduled as Mila has murder on her mind. As a storm rages and the group finds themselves cut off from the outside world, a body is found! This book had quite a few characters and I found it a tad difficult not to confuse some with others. Plus, no one stood out as likeable and none elicited sympathy from me. What I did enjoy was the atmosphere and the island setting. I love the ‘trapped’ feeling this book conveyed- a private island off the coast of Maine, a storm, not being able to call for help, etc. I also enjoyed the game of trying to figure out which clue was given applied to which author. There were parts of this book that I enjoyed and parts where I wanted it to move along a little faster. There were a few twists, turns, and reveals along the way. When the big reveal happened, I was a little underwhelmed but overall enjoyed You Are Fatally Invited but didn’t love it. Thank you to Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine | Bantam and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
The Private Jet @AvonBooksUK
Flying the friendly skies has never been more frightening! Glitz, glamour, party, music, champagne, and survival! The Private Jet is an intense story of survival, strength, prestige, courage, and determination. Many of Sarah Goodwin’s books have focused on survival, with the characters struggling against the odds, finding the strength inside themselves to keep going no matter what! With The Private Jet, Sarah Goodwin delivered once again. Socialite Lila Wilde is having a great time celebrating after her DJ boyfriend proposed in Thailand. Caught up in the music, the dancing, and the partying, Lisa invites a group of people to join her and her new fiancé on her private jet to travel over the Thai jungle back to their luxury villa to continue partying. Once on the jet, things take a drastic turn! This was a gripping, tension filled, shocking tale of survival. I loved the vivid descriptions of the jungle and of the characters. I thought Sarah Goodwin did a wonderful job of showing how the characters changed over a short period of time. I loved the tension, the mounting dread, the lurking danger, and the overwhelming drive to survive. I was fully invested and on the edge of my seat throughout the book. I also found myself wondering what I would do and how I would react if I were in the same situation(s) as the characters in this book. Wonderfully written, riveting, tense, and shocking!
The Family Inside
WOWZA! Give me a second while I recover from whiplash! What a twist filled, shocking, dramatic, and phenomenal book! Just when I thought I had this book all figured out, Katie Garner threw in another jaw dropping revelation which left me reeling! Iris Blodget just can’t seem to catch a break. After her husband was murdered three years ago, she and their daughter, Ellory, are left drowning in grief and debt. After losing not only her job but her home, Iris accepts an offer from her new boyfriend, Hugh, to come live with him in Ravencliff, his mother’s crumbling mansion which he is renovating. There she will meet the family members Hugh never mentioned having and learn that secrets run deep in Hugh’s family…. Holy Moly! This book was off the hook! I loved the pacing, the shocks, the revelations, the dread, the tension and don’t get me started on the atmosphere. The home itself was a silent/not so silent character as well with its creaking floors, eerie rooms, and desperate need for repairs. Ravencliff is creepy and do not get me started on Hugh’s family! There was a lot going on in this book, but it never felt boggled down; instead, it made for a pulse pounding page turner! Katie Garner pulled the wool over my eyes, not once, not twice, but many times during this book! I fully invested and hung on for dear life during this wild ride of a book! Gripping, shocking, well thought out, wonderfully written, and hard to put down! Thank you to Harlequin Trade Publishing | MIRA and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
End of Story
Months to live, secrets, a life story, and the search for the truth about the past set the stage for A.J. Finn’s End of Story. The synopsis was intriguing. A reclusive writer, the disappearance of his wife and son twenty years ago, and his revelation that he would be dead in three months sucked me in. Sebastian Trapp invited Nicky Hunter, his longtime correspondent, to come to his home and to help write his life’s story. He informed her he had three months to live. Sebastian lives with his current wife, his daughter and his nephew in a mansion in San Francisco. Nicky will stay in the home with them while she and Sebastian discuss his life. Nicky can’t help but be intrigued by the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Sebastian’s missing first wife and son. I listened to the audiobook and thought the narrator did an admirable job. My main issue with this book was how slow-slow-slow it was. I struggle with slow burns and this one was you guessed it, slow. I wanted to hurry it up quite a bit while reading. The slowness of the book is the reason for my 2-star reading. One that thing did work for me was the atmosphere. I love the atmosphere in this book, and I was also invested in learning more about the disappearances in this book. There was one reveal which I did not see coming. I thought the author pulled that off nicely. Others have enjoyed this book more than I did, so please read their review as well. This is a case of it is the reader and not the book. Thank you to HarperCollins UK Audio | Hemlock Press and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
Tell Me What You Did
Let me tell you what I did! I read a very clever, well thought out, engaging, dark, and riveting page turner titled Tell Me What You Did!! I also enjoyed the tie in to the author’s previous book, Mister Tender’s Girl. Yes, Alice makes an appearance in this book! So very clever how Carter Wilson brought her into this book. Poe Webb is a popular true crime podcaster who invites people/criminals to come on her podcast anonymously and tell her what bad deeds/crimes they committed. Poe is no stranger to crime. Her mother was murdered in their family home when Poe was a young teen. When a creepy man comes on her show and tells her that he murdered her mother, Poe knows the man is lying because she killed the man who murdered her mother! Oh, what a tangled web this book became! So very clever, so well thought out, so wonderfully written, and so hard to put down! I loved the tension, the dread, the secrets, and the mounting sense of danger! As the book progressed, I thought I knew where this book was going to go, but I was wrong, wrong, wrong. I’ll say it one more time, this book was so clever! I loved how the book gives glimpses into the past along with the podcast notes, giving readers more information but the author still dangles several reveals just out of reach, which had me fully invested in the book, desperate to know what would happen next! There are quite a few twists and turns and several shocking reveals which had me reeling. A dark, gritty, captivating page turner! Thank you to Poisoned Pen Press and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
Something in the Walls
Eerie, creepy, chilling and full of dread, Something in the Walls had me wondering what was real, what wasn’t and what would I do? This book has a witchy supernatural vibe and had the hair standing up on the back of my neck a few times. This book has a ‘Midsommar’ eerie vibe to it which both thrilled and chilled this reader. Mina is a new child psychologist who meets journalist, Sam Hunter at a bereavement group. Sam tells her about thirteen-year-old, Alice Webber who claims that a witch has been haunting her. Sam proposes that he and Mina should go meet with Alice and her family where he can get a career making scoop and Mina can get experience. Mina believes that she can help Alice, but the town people of Banathel, with a history of witchcraft and dislike of outsiders, believe that they have another way to help Alice. I listened to the audiobook and enjoyed the narration. I enjoyed how the plot built and became more creepy and eerie by the page. This book is also full of dread and I enjoyed trying to decide if Alice was mentally ill, if what she was experiencing was real, or was there something supernatural at play? This book had a slow build and normally I struggle with slow builds, but I didn’t mind this one. I enjoyed the tension, the atmosphere, the creepiness, and the eerie vibe of the book. I also enjoyed how unsettling the story became toward the end. This was a gripping work of folk horror which delivered and has me wanting to read more of Daisy Pearce’s work in the future. Thank you to a Macmillan Audio and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
You Are Fatally Invited
A writer’s retreat with a twist! When the renowned anonymous author J. R. Alastor decides to host a writer’s retreat, the six authors who received invitations jump at the chance to meet the author behind the name. When they arrive at the exclusive island home, aspiring author, Mila del Angél is there to greet them and to act as their host. But where is J. R. Alastor????? A week of games has been scheduled as Mila has murder on her mind. As a storm rages and the group finds themselves cut off from the outside world, a body is found! This book had quite a few characters and I found it a tad difficult not to confuse some with others. Plus, no one stood out as likeable and none elicited sympathy from me. What I did enjoy was the atmosphere and the island setting. I love the ‘trapped’ feeling this book conveyed- a private island off the coast of Maine, a storm, not being able to call for help, etc. I also enjoyed the game of trying to figure out which clue was given applied to which author. There were parts of this book that I enjoyed and parts where I wanted it to move along a little faster. There were a few twists, turns, and reveals along the way. When the big reveal happened, I was a little underwhelmed but overall enjoyed You Are Fatally Invited but didn’t love it. Thank you to Random House Publishing Group – Ballantine | Bantam and NetGalley who provided me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. All the thoughts and opinions are my own.
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