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My Review of Finlay Donovan Jumps The Gun by Elle Cosimano

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Title: Finlay Donovan Jumps The Gun Author: Elle Cosimano Published: January 31,2023 Publisher: Minotaur Books/Macmillan Audio Genre: Mystery/Cozy Mystery/Fiction/ Mystery Thriller/ Contemporary Pages: 304 pages Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review: This series has hooked me for a while now, and each episode includes humor relatable to mothers. Not saying that ALL moms have near-death experiences, accidental deaths, and mob connections but her life is humorous because of some of the surprising situations she's experienced with her toddler I have gone through with my kids, and sometimes knowing that someone is writing about those situations means that you are not alone.  Finlay and Vera are in another unfortunate circumstance where they must find out who the person who is blackmailing Felix is or else he will come after them. After talking with Cam, they conclude they have a dirty cop in the mix. So when the opportunity is to spend a week at a police camp for citizens, they take the opportunity ...
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My Review of Babylonia by Costanza Casti

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Title: Babylonia Author: Costanza Casati Published: January 14,2025 Publisher: RB Media/Sourcebooks Landmark Genre: Historical Fiction/Mythology/Fantasy/Fiction/ Historical/Retelling Pages: 448 pages Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review: Wow! 🤯  This book blows me away! This is the first I've read by this author and I'm awestruck by the story. Semiramis is a nobody. She is an orphan that a merchant took home to use as a bargaining thing later on. Relentless mockery about her mother, who committed suicide after falling for a man who did not return her feelings and had a daughter. The father did not claim the baby. Unable to bear the shame, she committed suicide by tying rocks to her ankles and jumping into the water. The village knows about the incident, but they underestimate her, and Semiramis plots her escape. However, the effects of the war and the king's death make her unable to escape. She gains the attention of Onnes, the king's bastard bother, who has similar backgrounds, ...
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My Review of The Songbird and The Heart of Stone by Carissa Broadbent

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Title: The Songbird and The Heart of Stone Author: Carissa Broadbent Published: November 19,2024 Publisher: Bramble Books/ Tor Publishing Group Genre: Fantasy/Romance/Vampire/Fiction/ Fantasy Romance Pages: 430 pages Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review: Broadbent has done it again! The themes she weaves through her stories are intricate and balanced. The way she writes is as if she's a siren singing to the readers. After all, with her books, once I get about 30% through the book, I clear my schedule because I am entangled in her story and reading way past my bedtime!  In this installment, we start with a beloved character, Mische. In her first two books of this series, Mische is a loveable character that we have come to love but, in this book, we get a background story of her and how she became a vampire. Her story shatters you. The love she had for a God and whom she married is astonishing and shows a similar theme of women who are in abusive relationships when they see that what they have ...
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My Review of Death of a Ghostwriter by Gaynor Torrance

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Title: Death of a Ghostwriter Author: Gaynor Torrance Expected Publication: February 4,2025 Publisher: Jorge Books Genre: Mystery/Cozy Mystery Pages: 248 pages Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review: Loving cozy mysteries, this one grabbed my interest quickly.  Albert Franklynn was leaving his home when he died in an accident, that later the police think that the accident was murder. Naturally, the shock is overwhelming for his wife, Sylvie. Grief pulls many emotions from a person; however, when two other women arrive, they say they are also Albert's wives. None of the wives knew about each other, they all thought that they were the only ones. How did Albert have three wives without any of them getting suspicious? Sylvie, one of the other wives, and her friend Liz decide that they are going to get to the bottom of everything: his death, how he managed three separate lives, and then if he was hiding anything else.  So, this was the first of a new series and when I read the description, this one...
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My Review of We Could Be Rats by Emily Austen

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Title: We Could Be Rats Author: Emily Austen Expected Publication: January 28,2025 Publisher: Atria Books Genre: Fiction/Contemporary/LGBT/MentalHealth/ Realistic Fiction/ Literary Fiction Pages: 256 pages Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review: I never knew that I would fall in love with a book so quickly. The way the book was written was very unique as in diary/suicide note entries, which were informative and helped the reader understand what all was going on at the time.  Sigrid, a lesbian who is barely out of her teens lives in a small conservative town and shes a high school dropout and she never feels like she fits in nor does she feel like she is understood.  This book was a knockout big time! Sigrid's sister Margit are two completely different people and they grew up in a house where several times there were loud arguments and anger issues. Margit's escape was trying to control everything around her and succeed in any way she could. Sigrid's escape is her imagination, she...
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My Review of A Killing Cold by Kate Alice Marshall

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Title: A Killing Cold Author: Kate Alice Marshall Expected Publication: February 4,2025 Publisher: Macmillan Audio/Flatiron Books Genre: Thriller/Mystery/Suspense/Mystery Thriller Pages: 304 pages Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review: Wow! After you read it, you will need to digest the epic proportions of how messed up everything is and the extent to which a family will go to protect its wealth and reputation. Some of the story is twisted, messed up, and far-fetched, but the story is still good!  Meeting a boyfriend's family can make anyone have anxiety now, amp that anxiety to level ten when the family is very wealthy and they also give everyone the first-degree of questioning to know who they are let into the family. Theo has an interesting history. She knows nothing about her life before her adoptive parents took her in and she did not have the best upbringing in life. But the longer she is there, she has flashbacks, begins remembering things, and has Deja Vu experiences at one cabin.  ...
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My review of The Secret Year by Jennifer Hubbard

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Title: The Secret Year Author: Jennifer Hubbard Published: January 7,2025 Publisher: Penguin Group/Young Readers Group Genre: YA/Romance/Fiction/Contemporary:Realistic Fiction Pages: 192 pages Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️.5 Review: Forbidden love. Something that appeals to so many, but this book contains forbidden love, and death and shows the rift between poorer families and the high regard the wealthy families have for, themselves and their social standing.  Colt is your kid who comes from nothing and has a passionate romance with Julia who has it all. When Julia dies in a car accident suddenly, Colt is beside himself. He has nothing to remember their romance other than her diary filled with entries to him. With each entry written to him, he can't forget the moments they spent time together. However, no one knew about their romance except for the two. How can you mourn and get over someone who was never actually yours to begin with?  This was an addicting interesting read that had me...
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