The Suicide House by Charlie Donlea–368 pages ARC from Kensington Books for an honest review. Book Blurb: Inside the walls of Indiana’s elite Westmont Preparatory High School, expectations run high and rules are strictly enforced. But in the woods beyond the...
The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix – 404 pages ARC from Quirk Books for an honest review Book Blurb: Patricia Campbell had always planned for a big life, but after giving up her career as a nurse to marry an ambitious doctor and become...
There’s Something She’s Not Telling Us by Darcey Belle – 320 pages ARC provided by Harper Paperbacks for an honest review Book Blurb: Charlotte has everything in life that she ever could have hoped for: a doting, artistic husband, a small-but-thriving flower shop, and...
Woman on the Edge by Samantha M. Bailey – 272 pages Finished copy from the author in exchange for an honest review Book Blurb: A moment on the platform changes two lives forever. But nothing is as it seems… ‘Take my baby.’ In a split second,...
The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James – 327 pages ARC from Berkley in exchange for an honest review. Book Blurb: The secrets lurking in a rundown roadside motel ensnare a young woman, just as they did her aunt thirty-five years before, in this new atmospheric...
My Dark Vanessa by Kate Elizabeth Russell – 384 pages ARC courtesy of William Morrow for an honest review Book Blurb: 2000. Bright, ambitious, and yearning for adulthood, fifteen-year-old Vanessa Wye becomes entangled in an affair with Jacob Strane, her magnetic and...
The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters is a novel not to be missed. I went into the book completely blind, and it served me well. I still can’t believe this is a debut.When Ruthie, the youngest in a large Mi’kmaq family from Nova Scotia goes missing, her family is wrought with grief. Joe, one of the protagonists suffers the most as he was the last person with Ruthie. His life is shattered in many ways, both physically and emotionally. Not a day goes by where he doesn’t feel guilt and/or shame for his behavior. We learn early on that Ruthie was taken by a woman unable to hold a pregnancy. She is overprotective to a fault for fears of Ruthie (now Norma) getting hurt or recognized. Norma has dreams that relate to her family, but she was too young at four years old to have any real memories of her earlier family. Norma’s parents completely ignore her dreams by shushing them away.There is a lot of grief in this book, but there is also many lessons about forgiveness and hope. Peters also touches on alcoholism, discrimination, and terminal illness. At its heart, this book centers around the meaning of family, the hope of reunion and the ties that bond one person to another.I will be first in line to pick up Peters next book. The writing was exquisite.@amandapetersauthor #Catapult 📘 Have you ever been berry 🫐🍓 picking? #newbookreview#bookreview#bookreader#TBR #addtoTBR #booklover#bookstagram#goodbookfairy#goodbookfairybookreview ... See MoreSee Less