Bibliophile Amber's Book Reviews

Title: House of Glass Author: Sarah Pekkanen Published: August 6, 2024 Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Genre: Mystery/Thriller/Suspense Pages: 344 pages Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review: Omg! This was so twisty and so good! I couldn’t put it down!  From the beginning, I was gripped and on the edge of my seat! From the outside, the family is the picture-perfect family, the one that everyone on the block covets. However they have a secret and that secret is tearing them apart, their young nanny went out the window and fell to her death. Was it an honest accident or was there something more sinister going on in the house and she was pushed? But with all the lies twisted and a nine-year-old girl who refuses to speak, how will a lawyer discover who is telling the truth and what will be the better environment for the child amidst the parent's messy divorce battle? Stella Hudson is one of the best attorneys for representing the best interest of the child in a divorce battle. She usually has a rule

Title: One Perfect Couple Author: Ruth Ware Published: May 21,2024 Publisher: Gallery Books Genre: Mystery/Thriller Pages: 400 pages Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review: This was an insane ride! The story started like a bachelor-type reality show that went from sweet to insane in one night! There was a storm that happened one night and then BOOM! The love show turned into a show like Survivor! A daydream that turned into a nightmare overnight! I could not put this one down! I loved it!  Lyla is whisked off to a tropical paradise with her longtime boyfriend Nico. While everything seemed to be amazing at the beginning it slowly turned dark for the couple. Nico loses the game and is ultimately eliminated from the show then another couple is broken up because Lyla and the other boyfriend have to share a hut for the night part of the show to test compatibility and basically to test the people. Unfortunately that night there was a terrible storm that cut off their connection with the producers of the sh

Title: Under the Surface Author: Diana Urban Published: August 13,2024 Publisher: Penguin Group Genre: Mystery/Thriller/Horror/YA Pages: 365 Pages Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review: This book was like an addiction because once I started it and got into it I was not able to put it down!  Ruby is very cautious around Sean because she doesn't want to give him the chance to break her heart.  Sean is very excited to spend time with Ruby in Paris but, if things don't spark between him and Ruby he is going to wait. They are on their Senior trip with their class. So, when Ruby's best friend sneaks out she goes after her with another friend because she wants to get the footage for her channel and not get sent home on the first day of the trip. However, while everything seems to be going well and they are sneaking into the catacombs the guy they are following one of the girls falls, and then when they try to find a way to get around to the friend. Then, they get lost in the catacombs and slowl

Title: Sleep Tight Author: J. H. Markert Published: September 10,2024 Publisher: Crooked Lane Books Genre: Horror, Thriller, Mystery Pages: 336 pages Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review: Wow! This one is really good! It did remind me of the vibe of the Whisper Man book but this one was thrilling and creepy and a great start to October!  From the beginning of this book, I was glued to the story, that prologue piqued my interest and I was on the edge of my seat! Tess is in the middle of a separation from her husband Tom, and when she was a teen the serial killer her father apprehended was executed in prison. She called her father that night to see how he was handling everything and said she would call him the next day. When she arrives at work, she receives a chilling call. The eerie call is a man telling her he killed them both, he had murdered her parents. She rushes over to the house to the horrifying scene and while leaving the scene she finds out that her daughter has been kidnapped from the

Title: Phantasma Author: Kaylie Smith Published: September 3,2024 Publisher: Forever Genre: Fantasy/ Romance/ Paranormal/ Horror Pages: 512 pages Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review: Wow! This one was definitely worth 5 stars! Soo good!  Ophelia and her sister recently buried their mother, and while they are trying to get all their affairs into order they find out that their home is going to be foreclosed on in a month unless they can pay thousands of dollars. Then Ophelia's sister disappears and she decides to try to find her so she enters Phantasma where she will play trickery games where they have two rules: 1. Stay Alive and 2. Don't fall in love. Every day the games get harder and the house creates new monsters to terrorize the contestants. Then she teams up with Blackwell, a phantom, who states that he can guide her through the games and she is determined to find her sister so she joins him. Then, the more time they spend together they start growing feelings towards one another. Ho

Title: The Women Author: Kristen Hannah Published: February 6,2024 Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Genre: Historical Fiction Pages: 471 pages Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review: Wow! This is one powerful book! Frankie was always with her brother so, when her brother joined the military as a nurse she dreamed of going on that adventure with her brother. Unfortunately for her the day that she enlisted as a nurse, military men arrived at her house to tell her her brother died in action. Frankie struggles and learns how to be a better nurse and navigate life in the military as a nurse in combat. While Kristen Hannah has a nasty habit of keeping me up past my bedtime I was glad to do it today! It was sooo good and I loved how she covered many aspects of what the women in that period went through and how everything changed and what didn't change.  I hated the way the women and men returning from the military were treated upon their return. This book sheds light on topics that aren't always cove