A Pho Love Story – Book Review

Title:- A Pho Love Story

Author:- Loan Le

Date published:- June 24th 2021

No. of pages:- 415 pages

Genre:- YA/Romance

Rating:-

Plot:- 4/5

Writing:- 4/5

Overall:- 4/5

All’s fair in love, war and noodles . . .

If Bao Nguyen had to describe himself, he’d say he was a rock. Steady and strong, but not particularly interesting. His grades are average, his social status unremarkable. He works at his parents’ pho restaurant, and even there, he is his parents’ fifth favorite employee.
 
If Linh Mai had to describe herself, she’d say she was a firecracker. Stable when unlit, but full of potential for joy and spark and fire. She loves art, and she dreams of making a career of it one day. The only problem? Her parents rely on her in ways they’re not willing to admit, including expecting her to work practically full-time at their family’s pho restaurant.
 
For decades, the Mais and the Nguyens have been at odds, having owned competing, neighboring pho restaurants. Bao and Linh have resolved never to befriend each other, for fear of pushing too far and bringing on undue heartbreak. But when a chance encounter brings Linh and Bao closer, sparks fly . . .

Can Linh and Bao’s love survive in the midst of feuding families and complicated histories?

This is the classic tale of Romeo and Juliet…in the Vietnamese version. Except (SPOILER ALERT) there’s a happy ending.

Bao Ngyuen is an average student while Linh Mai is a talented artist. Both their families own the Vietnamese restaurant. But there’s a problem–Ngyuen and Mai families had been hating each other over a family issue. So when Bao and Linh get together at school on a project, the two, despite coming from enemy families soon become friends and eventually, a romantic relationship develops between the two.

I actually enjoyed reading this book. The story is told mainly from Bao and Linh’s perspectives so you will get to know each of these characters as well as their family members. It’s also interesting to learn more about the Vietnamese culture, particularly the cuisine. I do like how Bao and Linh they both have friends who actually support their relationship. I also like how the author manage to mix both the American culture as well as the Vietnamese culture together. There are some realistic elements in the story, such as how the family (both the families) often become targets of racism, how the restaurants seem to be competing with each other. Reading about Vietnamese cuisine actually made me hungry. I actually liked the ending and I actually enjoyed reading this book. Worth four stars!

Loan Le is the youngest child of two Vietnamese immigrants hailing from Nha Trang. She holds an MFA degree in fiction from Fairfield University, also her undergraduate alma mater. A Pushcart Prize–nominated writer, her short stories have appeared in CRAFT Literary, Mud Season Review, and Angel City Review. Loan is an editor at Simon and Schuster’s Atria Books imprint and lives in Manhattan. A Pho Love Story is her first novel. Visit her website at writerloanle.com and find her on Twitter @loanloan.

Violet Made Thorns – ARC Book Review

Title:- Violet Made of Thorns

Author:- Gina Chen

Date published:- July 26th 2022

Publisher:- Hodder and Stoughton

Genre:- Fantasy/YA

Rating:-

Plot:- 4/5

Writing:- 4/5

Overall rating:- 4/5

There’s always a price for defying destiny.

Violet is a prophet and a liar, influencing the court as Seer with her cleverly phrased – and not always true – divinations. Honesty is for suckers, like the oh-so-not-charming Prince Cyrus, who plans to strip her of her title once he’s crowned.

After the king asks her to falsely prophesy Cyrus’s love story for an upcoming ball, Violet awakens a dreaded curse about the prince’s future bride. Her wits may protect her in the cutthroat court, but they can’t protect her against fate – nor the doomed attraction growing between her and the prince . . .

Honestly, I am not really a fan of YA or fantasy genre. But I heard many raving reviews about this book and I requested the ARC and I must say…I am NOT disappointed. I actually did enjoy reading the book. The cover itself is appealing and the front cover itself worth five stars.

Violet is a prophet…and a liar. She is a leading Seer at the courts and the not so charming Prince Cyrus vows to remove her. But then Prince Cyrus’s father wanted Violet to falsify the prophecy about Prince Cyrus’s marriage, Violet then faces a curse about the bride and then a romance is slowly developing between Prince Cyrus and Violet.

The story is told mainly from Violet’s perspective and reading this book made me imagine myself as a reader to be in the fantasy world through Violet’s perspective. The author’s writing was compelling and she did a good job of making the reader feel like they are part of the story. The slow development of romance between Violet and Cyrus was interesting to read. The ending was what actually drew me to the story and wowed me completely. Thus I actually enjoyed reading this fantasy novel. If this is a series, I couldn’t wait to read the next book again!

Worth four stars.

Mnay thanks to Netgalley and Hodder and Stoughton for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.

Gina Chen tells stories about fantastic worlds featuring heroines, antiheroines, and the kind of cleverness that brings trouble in its wake. A self-taught artist with a degree in computer science, she generates creative nonsense in all forms of media and always has a project stewing. She has particular fondness for fairy tales, demon tales, romantic comedies, and quiz shows. Currently, she resides in Southern California, where the sun is as plentiful as its tea shops.

For more info, visit actualgina.com and follow @actualgina on Twitter and Instagram.

The Pink Hotel – ARC Book Review

Title:- The Pink Hotel

Author:- Liska Jacobs

Date published:- will be published on July 19th 2022

Genre:- Thriller

Rating:-

Plot:- 2.5/5

Writing:- 3/5

Overall rating:- 2.5/5

Confined to an opulent Beverly Hills hotel during a raging wildfire, a young couple is caught in the escalating tension between the wealthy guests and the staff, in Liska Jacobs’s blistering, dark social satire, The Pink Hotel.

Newlyweds Keith and Kit Collins can hardly believe their luck when the general manager of the iconic, opulent Pink Hotel invites them to come for a luxurious stay as a bid to hire Keith. Kit loves their small-town life, but Keith has always wanted more, and the glittering, lily-scented lobby makes him feel right at home.

Soon after their arrival, wildfires sweep through the surrounding mountains and Los Angeles becomes a pressure cooker, with riots breaking out across the city amid rolling blackouts. The Pink Hotel closes its doors to “outsiders,” and Keith and Kit find themselves confined with an anxious, disgruntled staff and a growing roster of eccentric, ultra-wealthy, dangerously idle guests who flock to the hotel for sanctuary, company, and entertainment.

The Pink Hotel exposes a tenuous class system within its walls, full of insurmountable expectations and unspoken resentments, which deteriorate as the city burns. In her barbed, provocative new novel, Liska Jacobs explores the corrosive nature of greed and interrogates the notion of true love, while hurtling readers toward certain disaster.

Keith and Kit Collins are newlyweds and luck has it when the manager of one of the opulent hotels in Beverly Hills invites Keith to stay in at the Pink Hotel. But wildfire starts raging followed by riots and blackouts and Keith and Kit find themselves confined inside the hotel with disgruntled staff and wealthy guests while trying to enjoy their honeymoon.

To be honest, the front cover is appealing and beautiful and should be given a five star for the cover. The plot sounded interesting which was I requested the arc for the book. However, it wasn’t great as I expected the book to me.

Though the book is labeled as a thriller, it wasn’t fast-paced or that there were not much OMG moments in the story, and none of the characters in the book didn’t really fall out of for me. I almosted got bored with the story but as a person who doesn’t DNF the book, I kept reading the book, hoping that it will get better somewhere in some part of the story. Overall, this was an OK thriller book–not really great, not really an unputdownable thriller that you would expect in a thriller. I also didn’t really enjoy much but maybe this was just me.

Overall, this book worth 2.5 stars in my opinion.

Many thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.

Liska Jacobs is the author of two acclaimed novels, Catalina and The Worst Kind of Want both published by MCD | FSG. To quote a review in The Believer: “The Worst Kind of Want presents Jacobs at her best: thinking through the fraught ethical problems and pitfalls of desire… Jacobs is establishing herself as a novelist who can probe what it means to be both selfish and vulnerable, asking with bald-faced earnestness: What, in 2019, are adult women allowed to want—and at what cost?” Her essays and short fiction have appeared in The Rumpus, Los Angeles Review of Books, Literary Hub, The Millions and The Hairpin among others. She has an MFA from the University of California, Riverside.

Missing Angel (Agent Tori Hunter series Book 4) – ARC Book Review

Title:- Missing Angel (Agent Tori Hunter Series Book 4)

Author:- Roger Stelljes

Date published:- will be published on June 29th 2022

Publisher:- Bookouture

Genre:- Mystery

Rating:-

Plot:- 5/5

Writing:- 5/5

Overall:- 5/5

Isabella pedals her bright red bike on the familiar route home, admiring her charm bracelet catching the light. But half an hour later, she is nowhere to be seen. All her frantic parents find is an angel-shaped charm discarded on the sidewalk…

When twelve-year-old Isabella Farner disappears, Agent Tori Hunter races to the scene. Witnesses—including her partner’s son who was biking home with Isabella—saw a man throw her into the back of his blue van and speed away. Terrified that a child she loves like her own might be next, Tori knows every second counts in the hunt for the missing girl.

Isabella’s distraught parents insist no-one would want to harm their perfect family. But soon a photo of Isabella looking terrified is discovered, holding a copy of today’s newspaper. Why would the Farners conceal information about their own missing daughter? And what else do they have to hide?

Then, while searching a stretch of road where the van was last seen, Tori finds a tiny clue: an angel-shaped charm. Isabella was here. But what chance is there that she is being kept alive?

Unable to trust Isabella’s parents, as Tori closes in on the truth she realises someone already known to police must be involved: and she herself is in terrible danger. But even if Tori makes the ultimate sacrifice, will it be enough to find this innocent girl before she disappears forever?

Agent Tori Hunter is back with another case–this time it involved the disappearance of a girl named Isabelle.

The story starts with Isabelle being kidnapped by a masked man in front of her friend Quinn, who happened to be Braddock’s son. Agent Tori Hunter along with Braddock sets to investigate the case–to find out that two more children also had gone missing few years ago and one man might be responsible for their disappearances. With time running out, Tori must find Isabelle before it’s too late.

This was such a page turner!!! From start to finish, I was literally engrossed into the story, feeling like I was also a part of the story. The part where Isabelle was getting kidnapped was the starting point of the story and where the reader was actually made to dwell into the story. There were some twists and turns, some of them surprising and it was a fast paced thriller with me wanting to know, what is going to happen next. Will it be too late for Tori to save Isabelle? Is some sort of ring going on in the town? The ending left me…speechless! It was completely unexpected ending! Tori would forever be one of my favorite detectives as she is the eiptome of a courageous woman!

Overall, if you are looking for a police procedural, which is fast paced, twisty and unputdownable, then this book is one for you–worth five stars!

The Boyfriend – ARC Book Review

Title:- The Boyfriend

Author:- Kerry Wilkinson

No. of pages:- 334 pages

Date published:- will be published on June 16th 2022

Publisher:- Bookouture

Genre:- Psychological Thriller

Rating:-

Plot 4/5

Writing:- 4/5

Overall:- 4/5

He went missing when you were sixteen. Was it all your fault?

Trembling with shock, Jodie picks up the old T-shirt. She hasn’t seen it for twenty years. Her boyfriend had been wearing it – her Ben – the day he went missing. The last time anyone saw him alive.

After her dad’s funeral, all Jodie wants is to clear out her childhood home as quickly as possible and get back to life with her son. But a terrifying discovery changes everything she knew about her kind, loving father.

Her boyfriend Ben went missing when they were just teenagers. His parents still stare out the window desperately waiting for him to come home. So how did the T-shirt he was wearing when Jodie saw him walk away from their last date end up in her father’s attic?

The search for answers leads Jodie to an old family friend who knows all her father’s secrets. She can’t shake his questions about her older brother, and the real reason their dad left everything to Jodie, not him. But when a stranger begins to follow her around their little town, and a deadly fire breaks out in her home, it’s clear someone will do anything to stop Jodie finding the truth about Ben’s disappearance. Has Jodie unknowingly put her own son in terrible danger?

Jodie’s boyfriend Ben went missing when Jodie was sixteen years old. But while cleaning out her father’s attic, Jodie finds the old T-shirt that belonged to Ben. Did her father do something to Ben?

This book was a bit slow burn but soon it got interested by the middle of the book. There were some twists and turns along the well that will leave the reader intrigued and put the reader at the edge of the seat. The quest to find the truth with Jodie discovering more about her father’s secrets was a nail biting twist. The plot was interesting and by the middle of the book, it became unputdownable. The ending was what was unexpected but at the same time it was a bit sad as well. The characters in this book seemed to be secretive and mysterious which actually made this book more interesting and intriguing as well. Nonetheless, this was the first book I have read from this author and I will look forward to read more books from this author.

If you like a slow burn thriller, then this one is for you–worth four stars.

Many thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.

Kerry Wilkinson has sold two million books – and had No.1 crime bestsellers in the UK, Australia, Canada, South Africa and Singapore. He has also written two top-20 thrillers in the United States. His book, Ten Birthdays, won the RNA award for Young Adult Novel of the Year in 2018 and Close To You won the International Thriller Award for best ebook in 2020.

As well as his Jessica Daniel series, Kerry has written the Silver Blackthorn trilogy – a fantasy-adventure serial for young adults – a second crime series featuring private investigator Andrew Hunter, plus numerous standalone novels. He has been published around the world in more than a dozen languages.

Originally from the county of Somerset, Kerry spent way too long living in the north of England, picking up words like ‘barm’ and ‘ginnel’.

When he’s short of ideas, he rides his bike, hikes up something, or bakes cakes. When he’s not, he writes it all down

A Home at Cornflower Cottage – ARC Book Review

Title:- A Home at Cornflower Cottage

Author:- Tilly Tennant

No. of pages:- 361 pages

Date published:- will be published on 1st July 2022

Publisher:- Bookouture

Genre:- Romance

Rating:-

Plot:- 3/5

Writing:- 3/5

Overall:- 3/5

Escape to the flower-filled fields and hedgerows of the Cotswold countryside, to a tiny cottage and a summer that could change everything….

Amelie has lived in Cornflower Cottage since she was born. She did her homework at the scrubbed kitchen table and helped her mum hang washing from the line on the old oak tree in the garden. And when her beloved parents died, Cornflower Cottage became Amelie’s armour against the world.

The trouble is that Cornflower Cottage is too big for just her. With a broken boiler and a leaking roof, Amelie knows she must do something to make ends meet. When she meets Xander, a scruffy, brown-eyed nature documentary maker living out of his backpack in a nearby hotel, Amelie rents him a room, hoping a lodger will solve her problems.

She soon realises that her troubles are only just beginning. Xander’s muddy clothes all over the cottage and early morning jaunts to photograph otters are going to take some getting used to. But when an argument turns into a heart-to-heart, she finds herself confessing how lonely she has been.

Before long, laughter echoes round the cosy farmhouse kitchen once more and sparks begin to fly. But when a face from Xander’s past appears at Cornflower Cottage Amelie’s happy home is shaken once more. Xander has changed Amelie’s quiet country life forever. Should she open her heart to someone who has hidden things from her? Or let him leave, and lose the love that makes her house a home?

I think this might be the sixth book I have read written by Tilly Tennant. This wasn’t really her best but it was sort of OK.

Amelie grew up most of her childhood in Cornflower Cottage. But the cottage was too big for her and soon, at the inn where she is working, she meets Xander who had come for otter sight seeing with his posh and arrogant girlfriend Imogen. Amelie suggests Xander to move into the cottage with her and then slowly, they become friends and eventually a romance develops.

I wouldn’t say this was boring but I didn’t really enjoy much like I normally do with her previous books. None of the characters in the book really appealed to me, although the author’s style of writing made me feel like I was in the countryside as well. The ending was far too predictable as I knew that the story might end in such a way. It felt like you are watching a Hallmark romance movie with predictable plot line and story. However, even though I didn’t enjoy this book doesn’t mean that it will prevent me from reading her other books.

Overall, if you like a heartwarming romance novel set in the countryside, then this one is for you–worth only three stars.

Many thanks to Netgalley and Bookouture for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.

Tilly Tennant was born in Dorset, the oldest of four children, but now lives in Staffordshire with a family of her own. After years of dismal and disastrous jobs, including paper plate stacking, shop assistant, newspaper promotions and waitressing (she never could carry a bowl of soup without spilling a bit), she decided to indulge her passion for the written word by embarking on a degree in English and creative writing. She wrote a novel in 2007 during her first summer break at university and hasn’t stopped writing since. She also works as a freelance fiction editor and part-time lecturer.

Hopelessly Devoted to Holden Finn was her debut novel; published in 2014 it was an Amazon bestseller in both the UK and Australia. In 2016 she signed to the hugely successful Bookouture and is currently working on her fifteenth Tilly Tennant novel. Christmas bestseller A Very Vintage Christmas has just been made into a movie for Lifetime Channel.

Tilly also writes young adult fiction as Sharon Sant. Find out more about Tilly and how to join her mailing list for news and exclusives at http://www.tillytennant.com

Cinder Nanny – ARC Book Review

Title:- Cinder Nanny

Author:- Sariah Wilson

No. of pages:- 330 pages

Date published:- will be published on June 21st 2022

Publisher:- Montlake

Genre:- Romance

Rating:-

Plot:- 4.5/5

Writing:- 4/5

Overall rating:- 4.5/5

What could come between a nanny and an earl in a fairy-tale love story? A reality check—in an endearing and witty romance by Sariah Wilson, the bestselling author of Roommaid.

With her sister’s medical bills mounting, Diana Parker can’t say no to a high-paying opportunity like this: accompany a wealthy couple to Aspen and nanny their precocious five-year-old son for three months. Necessary qualifications? She must know how to ski and teach math, speak fluent French, excel at social graces, and hold a master’s degree in childhood development. Who’ll be the wiser that Diana’s only skill is packing for Colorado?

So far, so good—having a con woman for a mother has turned out to be a benefit, even if Diana has complicated feelings about telling lies. But she’s doing this for her sister. And the perks—like a ticket to a lavish charity fundraiser, a new gown, and a Prince Charming–adjacent earl named Griffin Windsor—are pretty irresistible. Diana can’t deny the Cinderella vibe.

Wary of gold diggers and scandal, England’s most eligible bachelor is nevertheless falling for Diana, and sweeping the not-quite princess off her feet.

The warmer their relationship becomes, the slipperier the slopes are for Diana. Sooner or later, she’ll have to come clean. When that happens, does an honest-to-goodness happy ending stand a chance?

A classic Cinderella story set in the modern period–a love story between a nanny and a British earl.

Diana fakes her own way to becoming a nanny to a very wealthy family. While doing her job, she meets Griffin, an eligible British bachelor who is an earl. Griffin has to look after his niece Sophie while Diana is nannying Milo and while they were both looking after the children, soon, their relationship turns into romantic relationship. But Griffin has no idea about Diana’s background and will Diana’s happily ever after be ruined if she then tells him the truth?

I actually enjoyed reading this book, even though I am very skeptical on romance novels. Though this was very typical romance novels, nevertheless, I was hooked into the story and really rooted for the chemistry between Diana and Griffin that I actually wanted them to end up together. There were some funny parts in the book that will make you laugh out loud and the author did a good job of making the reader feel like they are part of the story. Overall, if you like a happily ever after themed story with a Cinderella theme, then this book might be the one for you–worth five stars!

Many thanks to Netgalley and Montlake for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.

USA Today bestselling author Sariah Wilson has never jumped out of an airplane, never climbed Mt. Everest, and is not a former CIA operative. She has, however, been madly, passionately in love with her soulmate and is a fervent believer in happily ever afters—which is why she writes romance. She grew up in southern California, graduated from Brigham Young University (go Cougars!) with a semi-useless degree in history, and is the oldest of nine (yes, nine) children. She currently lives with the aforementioned soulmate and their four children in Utah, along with her cats Pixel, Callie, and Belle, who do not get along. (The cats, not the children. Although the children sometimes have their issues, too.)

Her website is http://www.sariahwilson.com.

The Ohana Cottage – ARC Book Review

Title:- The Ohana Cottage

Author:- Megan Reinking

No. of pages:- 192 pages

Date published:- June 2nd 2022

Genre:- Romance

Rating:-

Plot:- 3.5/5

Writing:- 4/5

Overall rating:- 4/5

When Mia Taylor finds herself fresh off of a breakup and in desperate need of a getaway, she escapes the harsh Minnesota winter and embarks on a solo trip to Hawaii. There, she rents an Ohana Cottage, the perfect little place to call home for the next month while she recharges and gains clarity on the next steps of her life.

John Byrd is an Army veteran, dealing with his fair share of trauma from his time in the war. He’s hell bent on keeping to himself and shutting everyone out. That is, until his new tenant, Mia Taylor, shows up to rent his cottage.

She’s outgoing, adventurous and chatty.

He’s broody, quiet and standoffish.

Can he successfully manage to avoid her too? Or could she be the one person to finally break down his walls?

This is a cute romance novel set in the shores of Hawaii.

Mia Taylor is from the cold freezing state of Minnesota and after her break up with her boyfriend, she goes to Hawaii on a solo trip. She rents out the Ohana Cottage, where she will stay for a month till she decide her next step in life. Meanwhile, John Byrd, a former Army Veteran, is shutting nearly everyone out but when Mia Taylor rents out his cottage, things began to turn differently.

This was a predictable romance novel, and you do feel like you are watching a Hallmark movie. However, nearly all romance novels are having predictable story line so this was no different. The story is told from Mia’s and John’s perspectives each has conflicting feelings towards each other. Nevertheless, the author manage to take the reader to the shores of Hawaii so thus makes the reader feel like they are in Hawaii. Of course, the ending is predictable with the couple ending up together and living happily every after.

If you like a story based in Hawaii, and a romance novel, then you can try this book out. Worth 3.5 stars.

Many thanks to Netgalley and Publisher for the ARC. The review is based on my honest opinion only.

Megan Reinking is a wife and mother who lives in Minnesota, where she spends her days reading, writing, or chauffering her three children around town. She’s a homebody who loves quiet, lazy days and connecting with family and friends.

An Honest Lie – Book Review

Title:- An Honest Lie

Author:- Tarryn Fisher

Date published:- April 26th 2022

No. of pages:- 335 pages

Genre:- Psychological Thriller

Rating:-

Plot:- 3.5/5 stars

Writing:- 3/5 stars

Overall rating:- 3/5 stars

They’ve taken your friend, but only to get to you. What do you do?
 
Lorraine—“Rainy”—lives at the top of Tiger Mountain. Remote, moody, cloistered in pine trees and fog, it’s a sanctuary, a new life. She can hide from the disturbing past she wants to forget.
 
If she’s allowed to.
 
When Rainy reluctantly agrees to a girls’ weekend in Vegas, she’s prepared for an exhausting parade of shots and slot machines. But after a wild night, her friend Braithe doesn’t come back to the hotel room.
 
And then Rainy gets the text message, sent from Braithe’s phone: someone has her. But Rainy is who they really want, and Rainy knows why.
 
What follows is a twisted, shocking journey on the knife-edge of life and death. If she wants to save Braithe—and herself—the only way is to step back into the past.

Trigger warning:- Cult, Abuse

This is the third book I have read of Tarryn Fisher. After reading The Wives, I never missed a single book of hers. But her two latest novels, The Wrong Family and this lates one An Honest Lie, did not live up to the expectations of The Wives. Though An Honest Lie is better than The Wrong Family, still I thought this novel was OK and not as great as The Wives.

This book is a cocktail mixture of girls’ night out in Vegas with a cult which gives you…well a weird cocktail. And of course, her plots are very unique and weird. The story starts with Lorraine, known as Rainy settling into Tiger Mountains with her boyfriend Grant. Reluctantly, she agrees to go on a girls’ night out in Vegas. Then one of the women, Braithe goes missing and Rainie receives a message from Braithe’s phone…which makes Rainie confront with her past.

The story divides between past and present–Past is told by Summer who is actually Rainie during her teenage years when Summer’s father died and Summer and her mother moved into a cult organization in a remote area. To be honest, Summer’s part was what really drew me into the story and made it interesting, which actually increased my rating. The present is told in Rainie’s perspective, who is also Summer. To be fair, the present is a bit boring. The ending was predictable and kind of feel like watching some mundane action movie that is far too predictable and unrealistic.

Overall, if you like cult based thriller, then this book is one for you. Worth three stars in my opinion.

Thriller Books with Serial Killers background – Part 1

Hey all! I have decided to do my top picks of thriller books with a serial killer setting. Here are my top picks.

  1. A Flicker in the Dark – Stacy Willingham

A story of a girl, whose father was accused of killing girls in the small town of Lousiana. Twenty years later, the same killings seemed to be happening once again, although her father is in jail.

My rating:- 5 stars

2. Jar of Hearts – Jennifer Hillier

A story of a woman who was sent to prison for helping her ex-boyfriend bury the body of her best friend, only to find her ex-boyfriend was actually a serial killer

My rating:- 5 stars

3. Survive The Night – Riley Sager

Set in the 1990’s, the story tells of a girl who hitches a ride with a stranger, who could very well be the killer who is responsible for killing three girls on campus.

My rating:- 4 stars

4. Pretty Girls – Karin Slaughter

A disturbing thriller about girls being kidnapped and raped and brutally murdered.

My rating:- 4 stars (one star low due to disturbing things in the book)

5, The Family Tree- Steph Mullin and Nicole Mabry

A girl does a DNA test and finds that she is connected to a serial killer that the FBI has been trying to track for years

My rating:- 5 stars