Bibliophile Amber's Book Reviews

Title: Booked For Murder Author: P.J. Nelson Expected Publication: December 10.2024 Publisher: Dreamscape Media/ Minotaur Books Genre: Cozy Mystery/Mystery/Fiction/Mystery Thriller Pages: 336 pages Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review: It's a small town with an interesting start. Madeline is taking a break from acting and she returns to her hometown because she inherited a bookstore after her Aunt Rose passed away. From the beginning as soon as she arrives there is a fire in the Gazebo. When the first responders can turn it off they decide to investigate it because the fire happens under suspicious circumstances and they believe arson was a great possibility.  To add to the whole scenario Madeline starts receiving threatening phone calls, telling her to leave or they would burn down her home and bookstore. When a younger college student asked her if she could stay the night Madeline agreed, unfortunately, that night another fire was started, and when Madeline was trying to get her new friend ou...

Title: We Solve Murders Author: Richard Osman Published: September 17, 2024 Publisher: Pamela Dorman Books/Viking Books Genre: Mystery/Fiction/MysteryThriller/ Crime/ Cozy Mystery Pages: 400 pages Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review: It is a thrilling adventure that will keep you on the edge of your seat and make you suspect everyone. The characters are intriguing, with sharp wit and many laughable moments!  Amy works for a private security company and is currently working with a well-known author Rosie D'Antonio on an island. When someone tried to murder them, thinking on her feet after receiving a voicemail from her boss she calls her father-in-law Steve. Steve is a retired police officer, who works on solving local mysteries and would much rather stay at home caring for his cat Trouble. When he receives the call from Amy he hesitantly boards a private plane to go help her.  I went into this book blind but I am really glad that I did because this is the first novel that I've had the ple...

Title: Dial A for Aunties Author: Jesse Q. Sutanto Published: April 27,2021 Publisher: Berkley Publishing Genre: Cozy Mystery/Fiction/ChickLit/Mystery Pages: 299 pages Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review: Wow!  I love this book! The aunties are awesome! I love how the family works and how they all protect one another and go to bat for each other!  However, there is a part when where the mother was messaging a male for her daughter on a dating website however she does not know what the eggplant emoji means, and then she thinks that the guy is good because she believes that he means that he would cook eggplant for her lol 😂  However, she was wrong and tried to place his hands on Meddelin in a provocative way she asked him to stop the car and then he didn't so she tazed him. When she wakes up she realizes she killed him, so she puts him in the trunk and drives back home where her mother and aunties make a plan to put him in the cooler and freezer. However, the next day they started w...

Title: Lenny Maris Gets Away With Murder Author: Kerry Mayne Published: July 9,2024 Publisher: St. Martin’s Press Genre: Mystery/Fiction/MysteryThriller Pages: 343 pages Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review: Lenny has issues with her memory, and she has issues remembering what happened on the day that her mother left her when she was a child. She does remember the words her stepfather told her that she was at fault. She does have a connection with her foster mother that is unfailing, and her foster mother did go to the bat for her several times. Her foster mother also encourages her to make friends and to go out with other people.  Lenny does have a different thought process with her inner dialogue, although at times her thought process is rather strange. I believe she is on the spectrum, and that can cause her thought process to be different.  Throughout the story, Lenny has different flashbacks of her childhood which is a traumatic childhood, to say the least. My only complaint is that t...

Title: Beneath the Poet’s House Author: Christa Carmen Expected Publication: December 10,2024 Publisher: Christa Carmen Genre: Gothic/Mystery/Horror/Thriller/Supernatural Pages: 336 pages Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review: This one was rather odd. It was interesting but odd at the same time.  As a grieving widow, Saoirse moved into Providence, and not only that into the home of Sarah Helen Whitman the spiritualist who once was involved with Edgar Allen Poe. However, on the night that she is moving in she makes some peculiar new friends that are performing seance to try to communicate with Whitman, and while she does see it as odd she welcomes them as friends.  After she went to a career fair she meets Emmit and soon she starts dating him. While in the relationship Saoirse pushes the limits on not taking her medications on time, drinking alcohol, and participating in some questionable behaviors and actions with him. I understand discovering yourself and how you fit into a new lifestyle, ...

Title: A Crack In Everything Author: Ruth Frances Long Published: November 1,2024 Publisher: Belinda Audio Genre: Fantasy/YA/Urban Fantasy/Romance Pages: 400 pages Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review: This one was interesting! I read a lot of supernatural-type books, then with this one about angels and demons was really interesting! Let's start with Izzy, who is a normal teenager. Her whole life was turned upside down when she noticed a graffiti angel. She meets a Jinx, a dark and mysterious individual. After receiving her destroyed phone from a homeless man the Jinx insists on walking her to the place where her friend's band is going to play. Now this Jinx is basically doing what she wants and Izzy is thrown into a world that she doesn't understand. A world within another world! However, Jinx and Izzy's relationship is a whirlwind rollercoaster. First, it's friendly then it's not so much then it goes back to being friendly.  Making it difficult to know who to trust and who...

Title: Anatomy: A Love Story Author: Dana Schwartz Published: January 18,2022 Publisher: Wednesday Books Genre: Historical Fiction/Romance/Fantasy/Fiction Pages: 352 pages Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Review: "Every one of us deserves to die", Dr. Beecham said. "It is our only birthright."  Hazel is smart and strong-willed, and she’s not afraid to tell anyone what she thinks. She also has dreams of becoming a surgeon, however in the 1800's women having actual careers was something men seemed to think women could not handle. Hazel disagrees and decides to use her deceased brother's clothes and dress like her brother so she can attend class. I love that she has so much determination to not only finish her class but once she leaves the class study on her own. She is practically betrothed and has been since she was a baby. She meets Jack, an undertaker, and he helps supply her with bodies so she can go study through the body parts and identify and study all the parts becaus...