Bibliophile Amber's Book Reviews

Title: If Something Happens To Me Author: Alex Finlay Published: May 28,2024 Publisher: Minotaur Books Genre: Mystery/Thriller/Suspense Pages: 336 pages Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review: This book was a whirlwind of excitement! Ryan relived one night from hell over and over where he was on the "lover's lane" with his then-girlfriend when she was kidnapped and she was never recovered again. He lived with that shadow of suspicion that he had killed her or had done something to her and he even fought in the courts because of that suspicion. Well, when Ryan is on a trip abroad his father calls him with some devastating news, they found Allison's car but they found it with two men dead on the inside.  Poppy was recently discharged from the military, she went back home to live with her dad and become a deputy for the local sheriff's office. When Allison's car was discovered since she is the new deputy and doesn't have any current cases she is placed on the case and to go

Title: Silent Sister Author: Megan Davidnizar Published: August 6,2024 Publisher: Delacorte Press Genre: Mystery/Suspense/Thriller Pages: 352 pages Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review: Grace and Maddy are sisters but they are polar opposites. Grace is very outgoing and lives up to the American Girl persona. Everyone loves her and she's a star athlete with all her friends. Maddy is more reserved, the wallflower who has always felt like she has been in Grace's shadow sho would rather get lost in writing in her notebook than to go out. The girls go on a senior trip with their class, and while all the other students that have gone on that trip have raved the trip changed them for life. That trip did just that for Grace, she was found on the side of the road injured without any memory of what happened to take everything to a new level Maddy is missing and Grace was probably the last person with Maddy. With the Detective hovering over Maddy with suspicions because she cannot remember anything sh

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