Review: Death by Dumpling by Vivien Chien
Death by Dumpling by Vivien Chien is a charming cozy mystery that kept me guessing and left me smiling at the end. First of all, how many cozy mysteries can you name off the top…
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Review: Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn has been in my consciousness lately, as the HBO show is currently being aired. I’ve become obsessed with the show and could not wait to find out how the story…
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Review: Hope Never Dies by Andrew Shaffer
Hope Never Dies is exactly the book I needed to read at this moment in time. Picture a cozy mystery starring Barack Obama and Joe Biden, tooling around Delaware in their own version of the…
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Review: Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage
I am not a mother. I’m childless by choice and I freely admit that I have a deep-seated fear of motherhood. What if you do everything by the book, everything right—you love, provide for, and…
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Review: On What Grounds by Cleo Coyle
On What Grounds is the first cozy mystery I’ve read in a long time, and one of the only cozies I’ve ever read. I’ve shied away from them in the past in favor of darker…
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Review: Bring Me Back by B.A. Paris
B.A. Paris has become one of my favorite authors of psychological fiction. I loved both Behind Closed Doors and The Breakdown and had been eagerly anticipating reading Bring Me Back. For the majority of the…
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Review: Lying in Wait by Liz Nugent
“My husband did not mean to kill Annie Doyle, but the lying tramp deserved it.” So begins Liz Nugent’s latest release, Lying in Wait. I loved her debut novel, Unraveling Oliver, which was chock-full of…
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Review: The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy
The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy is a gripping read that’s just as much social commentary as it is a psychological thriller. True, there’s a mystery at its center. But beyond this, the book speaks…
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Review: Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough
I had heard so much hype about Behind Her Eyes by Sarah Pinborough, and it’s been on my TBR for a while. I also heard a lot of talk about the amazing ending, and I…
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Review: The Elizas by Sara Shepard
The Elizas by Sara Shepard (best known for her Pretty Little Liars series) has been described as a Hitchcockian mystery, which is probably why I had been eager to read it. But this turned out…
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Review: The Flight Attendant by Chris Bohjalian
I’ll just get right to the point: The Flight Attendant did not work for me. The story started out fine, but lost steam somewhere around the halfway mark. But the ending—I truly hated that the…
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Review: Our Kind of Cruelty by Araminta Hall
I’ve been putting off writing this review because this book got under my skin and made me so uncomfortable! That being said, Our Kind of Cruelty by Araminta Hall should make you uncomfortable and upset.…