Bibliophile Amber's Book Reviews

​ Title: Something Wilder  Author: Christina Lauren  Published: May 17,2022 Published by: Gallery Books Genre: Romance, Contemporary  Pages: 384 pages  Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review:  Omg! She has done it again but this time she added Flare!  Lily is the daughter of an esteem father Duke Wilder. Duke was known around the world in different circles as a treasure hunter. When he died he kind of left Lily in the cold because of all his treasures, he left her without anything. Lily had been making it by giving wild tours with her friend. Now, Leo used to date Lily but they had an abrupt ending to their fling. So when Leo is on an adventure with his buddies and they end up on one of Lily's Wild West type tours it is absolutely crazy!  This is a slow burn love, and they are getting a new chance at the love they missed out on!  I literally read this in one sitting because its that good!! I loved the slow burn, plus the mystery and the puzzles added to the story line! This is something that I th

​ Title: Murder in the Neighborhood  Author: Ellen J Green  Expected Publication: April 28,2022 Publisher: Bookouture Audio Genre: Non-Fiction, True Crime  Pages: 352 pages  Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review:  Oh, man! This story is sad all the way around!  On September 6, 1949, Howard, a 28-year-old shot thirteen people in less than 12 minutes in his neighborhood in East Camden, New Jersey. While this is the story of the first recorded mass shooting in the united states, this is a story as a true-crime lover that I have not heard of until now. This story is one that was kind of brushed under the rug.  Howard was bullied in the neighborhood, and he was also a soldier that had PTSD. Then on top of that, he was a guy living in the closet and he didn't want his mother to find out about all that. Back then that was a big deal, and he was shunned for a lot of reasons. However, this story was sad all the way around because Howard was misunderstood. He was bullied in his neighborhood by many people

​ Title: The Summer We Buried  Author: Jody Gehrman  Published: September 7, 2021 Publisher: Dreamscape Media/ Crooked Lane Books Genre: Thriller/Suspense  Pages: 336 pages  Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review:  I loved the mystery side of this!  Tansy is successful and she has an amazing career! While she did have a rough time about 20 years ago, she has definitely made lemonade out of the lemons she was handed.  20 years ago something happened and while she didn't know how to handle it her best friend Selene helped her out, and because of what happened Tansy moved away and went to college never looking back and never contacting Selene again. Back in the present time, Tansy was having a normal day and Selene just shows up at her office out of nowhere and is basically blackmailing Tansy to interfere with Selene's daughter Jupiter's relationship with a boy named Colton. Tansy does not want to get involved, but since Selene is blackmailing her she sets up an appointment with Jupiter and

​ Title: The Wrong Woman  Author: Leanne Kale Sparks  Published: February 8,2022 Publisher: Dreamscape Media  Genre: Mystery/ Thriller  Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review:  Omg, this one was amazing! I had a hard time putting it down!!  Kendall has a dark history involving a serial killer but she is also an FBI Special Agent. While she deals with her demons and ghost of her past, she is determined never to let anyone down again!  So while she is searching for a young girl, they are worried that she was kidnapped they end up finding her in her neighbor's garage.  So while she is working on her own case, she ends up letting the father of the victim have it in the hospital and is sent home. When she is sent home she is talking to her roommate/best friend Gwen. Then Gwen borrows Kendall's car and goes to work. In a couple of days, Gwen doesn't come home and Kendall starts to worry. So, to get the police to actually listen to her about Gwen being missing she eventually reports her car as m

​ Title: The Darkest Web  Author: Kristen Wright  Expected Publication: April 22, 2022 Publisher: Thomas & Mercer  Genre: Mystery  Pages: 320 pages  Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review:  Jane Knudsen, a private, cold, and workaholic attorney, finds her boss shot in the office one morning. So of course, because she found the body she is suspect #1. So while she doesn't want the police digging into her past, she hires an old roommate Allison as her lawyer. Now, Allison does what Jane does not want to be done and she digs into Jane's past and now is left second-guessing herself and wondering how well does she really know Jane. Now, while I was on the edge of my seat for a good portion of this book. I enjoyed the writing and I really admire how the author is able to tackle challenging subjects very ingeniously.  I enjoyed that as the reader we were knowing who was narrating the different chapters, sometimes authors will switch POVs, and it's confusing but this one was a great setup! Th

​ Title: Good Girl Complex  Author: Elle Kennedy  Published: February 1, 2022 Publisher: Macmillan Audio  Genre: Romance/ Contemporary  Pages: 368 pages  Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review:  So this was new to me author! Let me tell you that this one did not disappoint at all!  I kinda got the 90's teen movie vibe from this book!  Let's start with Mac! She is a huge people pleaser, she has basically been groomed from childhood to become her parents. Mac is supposed to become her mother to sit on charity boards and focus on her future children with her long-time boyfriend and become a homemaker. Well, Mac is an entrepreneur creating websites and working on restoring a hotel. She wants more from life than what her boyfriend and family want from her.  Cooper is very rough around the edges, he is a twin and does whatever he wants. At first, he gets fired from his job because of Mac's long-time boyfriend so he and his buddies create this plan to get Mac to break up with her boyfriend and c