Bibliophile Amber's Book Reviews

​ Title: The Mayfair Dagger Author: Ava January  Expected Publication: April 23,2024  Publisher: Dreamscape Media Genre: Mystery/Historical Fiction/ Romance  Pages: 304 pages  Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review:  Albertine in 1894 is in between a rock and a hard place. She finds out unfortunately her father did not leave her any provisions in his will, already devastated her cousin who inherited everything is trying to force her to marry a local farmer with fifteen children that she will be looking after. She flees to London with Joan to escape this fate and becomes a private detective. She creates a new life for herself as Countess Dagga and a fictional husband who is out of the country so that she can live independently and basically won't be shunned.  However, the rich and powerful have many more mysteries than she originally thought and finds herself right in the middle of a murder investigation and she is investigating in an attempt to clear the suspicion from he...

​ Title: Heartless Hunter  Author: Kristen Ciccarelli Published: February 20,2024 Published by: St Martins Press/ Wednesday Books Genre: Fantasy/Romance/Young Adult Pages: 426 pages  Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review:  What a wild ride!!!  I loved the love triangle but Gideon is going to turn into a heartless hunter! This is one full of adventure, secrets, lies, and action!  Witches are hunted and killed. Someone betrayed Rune's grandmother and to save Rune's life her grandmother has Rune go tell the people her grandmother is a witch. By doing this Rune feels an intense grief and decides to try and save as many witches as she can.  Gideon hunts and kills witches and is well known however, his complete opposite brother Alex aids Rune in any way he can. Rune is also a witch in hiding. Gideon is obsessed with finding the Crimson Moth (Rune in hiding),  and he begins to suspect Rune. Rune determined to save all the witches she can tried to court Gideon in the atte...

​ Title: The Reappearance of Rachel Price  Author: Holly Jackson  Published: April 2,2024 Published by: Delacorte Press  Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Young Adult  Pages: 441 pages  Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  Review:  Wow! What a wild journey! Those twists though are whiplash-worthy!  Rachel Price was last seen on security footage with her then-toddler Bel never to be seen again. Rachel's car was on the side of the road running with the heater on and Bel buckled in the back seat but no sign of Rachel. It's been sixteen years since the disappearance and Bel along with her family are working with a producer to do a documentary about the disappearance of Rachel Price.  Bel is having a hard time with the documentary because there is always speculation about her father. Upset she takes off and on the way home she finds her, she finds Rachel. Thinking she is seeing a ghost she runs home without looking back, and soon there is a knock on the door, and it's Rac...