Ali Hazelwood is a genius when it comes to the Smart Romance genre. She doesn’t simply pay lip service to her subject, such as with a bio-physicist heroine that never actually does anything bio-physicist-y (yup, that is a word). The science she writes about is always an integral part of the story and the characters […]
Creepy, seriously creepy. Every Vow You Break had me on the edge from start to finish. Abby wasn’t easy to like initially, since she had a one night stand at her bachelorette party. I can’t imagine being that disconnected right before you marry someone. It isn’t technically cheating but it was followed up by lying. […]
Magic Dark and Strange is a new urban fantasy set in England sometime during the industrial revolution. This is a world where there seemed to be a few different kinds of magic people can do but it always comes at a cost. Catherine grew up with her family in the country but was sent to […]
I have enjoyed this author’s work previously and I am sure I will in the future. Most of her works are standalone mystery/thrillers which is nice because you don’t have to worry about the order or if you’ve read the previous one. The End of Her is a psychological thriller as it plays strongly on […]
Anthologies are generally hit and miss for me but UnBound was a complete hit. A lot of that has to do with the fact that it explored some of the places and cultures that were mentioned in the Unwind series, but not explored. Then other stories featured some side character adjacent stories. And then just […]
This is totally a women’s story. The Herd chronicles the difficulties women have in a world with men. Bright women went to Harvard, and started new companies.  The Herd is an elite, co-working space for women only and to support each other. When Eleanor disappears, all her choices, past and present, start coming into focus. […]
WOW. This is a thriller with greedy people who only care about themselves. Allison has been estranged from her mother since her father’s death. When her magazine job ends, she ends up in downward spiral until she decides her integrity requires finding the truth. Then people want to kill her. Allison ends up in a […]