The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James Genre : Thriller Stand alone About the Book  : Upstate NY, 1982. Every small town like Fell, New York, has a place like the Sun Down Motel. Some customers are from out of town, passing through on their way to someplace better. Some are locals, trying to hide their secrets. Viv Delaney works as the night clerk to pay for her move to New York City. But something isn’t right at the Sun Down, and before...

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Rebel Rising by Beth Revis Genre : Science Fiction, YA Series : Star Wars About the Book  : When Jyn Erso is eight years old, her mother is murdered and her father taken from her to serve the Empire. But despite the loss of her parents, she is not completely alone. Saw Gerrera, a man willing to go to any extremes necessary to resist Imperial tyranny, takes her in as his own daughter and gives her not only a home but all the abilities and...

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I first read the Shadow and Bone series about six years ago, and I wanted to refresh my memory before watching the Netflix series, so earlier this year I started my reread of all of the Grisha books. It’s been a lot of fun! This will mostly be about my observations between then and now, rather than a review. Shadow and Bone / Siege and Storm / Ruin and Rising by Leigh Bardugo Genre : YA, Fantasy Series : The Grisha My Rating...

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Pretty Little Wife by Darby Kane Genre : Thriller Stand alone About the Book  : Lila Ridgefield lives in an idyllic college town, but not everything is what it seems. Lila isn’t what she seems. A student vanished months ago. Now, Lila’s husband, Aaron, is also missing. At first these cases are treated as horrible coincidences until it’s discovered the student is really the third of three unexplained disappearances over the last few...

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Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi Genre : Fiction, Magical Realism Series : Before the Coffee Gets Cold, book 1 About the Book  : In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time. In Before the Coffee Gets Cold, we meet four visitors, each of whom is...

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A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas Genre : Fantasy, Romance Series : A Court of Thorns and Roses, book 3 About the Book  : She has left the Night Court – and her High Lord – and is playing a deadly game of deceit. In the Spring Court, Tamlin is making deals with the invading king threatening to bring Prythian to its knees, and Feyre is determined to uncover his plans. But to do so she must weave a web of lies, and one slip...

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  Little Secrets by Jennifer Hillier Narration : Kirsten Potter Genre : Thriller Stand alone About the Book  : Marin has the perfect life – up until the day her son Sebastian is taken. A year later, Marin is a shadow of herself. The FBI search has gone cold. She and her husband rarely speak. The only thing keeping her going is the unlikely chance that one day Sebastian reappears. She hires a P.I. to pick up where the police left off, but...

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Ember Queen by Lauren SebastianGenre : YA, FantasySeries : Ash Princess, book 3 About the Book  : Princess Theodosia was a prisoner in her own country for a decade. Renamed the Ash Princess, she endured relentless abuse and ridicule from the Kaiser and his court. But though she wore a crown of ashes, there is fire in Theo’s blood. As the rightful heir to the Astrean crown, it runs in her veins. And if she learned nothing else from her...

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