What I’m Reading Monday

Lydia Chass doesn’t mind living in a small town; she just doesn’t want to die in one. A lifetime of hard work has put her on track to attend a prestigious journalism program and leave Henley behind—until a school error leaves her a credit short of graduating. Undeterred, Lydia has a plan to earn that credit: transform her listener-friendly local history podcast into a truth-telling exposé. She’ll investigate the Long Stretch of Bad Days: a week when Henley was hit by a tornado and a flash flood as well as its first—and only—murder, which remains unsolved.

But Lydia needs help to bring grit to the show. Bristal Jamison has a bad reputation and a foul mouth, but she also needs a credit to graduate. The unexpected partnership brings together the Chass family—a pillar of the community—and the rough-and-tumble Jamisons, with Bristal hoping to be the first in her family to graduate. Together, they dig into the town’s worst week, determined to solve the murder.

Their investigation unearths buried secrets: a hidden town brothel, lost family treasure, and a teen girl who disappeared. But the past is never far, and some don’t want it to see the light. As threats escalate, the girls have to uncover the truth before the dark history of Henley catches up with them.

Meet Winter Young—rookie backup dancer turned global pop phenomenon. His star power has smashed records, selling out stadiums from LA to London. Now he’s bringing his swoon worthy assets to a whole new arena…

Infamous criminal tycoon Eli Morrison has just one weakness—his daughter, Penelope. And Penelope has just one wish for her nineteenth birthday—a private concert with Winter Young. When covert ops organization The Panacea Group approaches Winter with this once-in-a-lifetime chance to infiltrate Morrison’s inner circle, Winter must use his fame, cunning, and charisma to pull it off—only he won’t be on his own.

Posing as Winter’s bodyguard is the fiery Sydney Cossette, Panacea’s youngest spy. Sydney may be the only person alive impervious to Winter’s charms, but as the mission brings them closer, she’s forced to admit there’s more to this A-lister than slick dance moves and a handsome face. Panacea’s unlikeliest partners just might become its biggest heroes—and maybe even more—if they can survive each other first.

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What I Finish Reading:

I really enjoy this murder mystery on the high seas. It comes out soon, so add it to your TBR.

What I’m Currently Reading:

I always love crazy twisted read by Mindy McGinnis, so I’m excited to be reading this now.

What I’m Reading Next:

I really don’t know. I have some books I’m in middle of I need to finish. I get so sidetracked by the new book.

I Will Find You Again by Sarah Lyu

Summary:

Welcome to Meadowlark, Long Island—expensive homes and good schools, ambition and loneliness. Meet Chase Ohara and Lia Vestiano: the driven overachiever and the impulsive wanderer, the future CEO and the free spirit. Best friends for years—weekend trips to Montauk, sleepovers on a yacht—and then, first love. True love.

But when Lia disappears, Chase’s life turns into a series of grim snapshots. Anger. Grief. Running. Pink pills in an Altoids tin. A cheating ring at school. Heartbreak and lies. A catastrophic secret.

And the shocking truth that will change everything about the way Chase sees Lia—and herself.

My Review:

What happens when someone you love disappears?

Chase and Lia seem to have the best love story. Then, one day, Lia disappeared. Chase life as she knows it come falling a part. Even her magic pills don’t seem to be helping. She starts blaming everyone for Lia being missing. Even Lia’s new girlfriend, which she feels a little off. Soon Chase to discover secrets of Lia she never knew before. Was she blind in their relationship?

This book broke me and it was so good. I could not put it down until I got answers. Chase and Lia story is my favorite and heartbreaking also. This is my second book by Sarah Lyu, and I love it. Her first book was The Best Lies. This book was full of twists and surprises. Some readers must not see coming. There are some triggers warning for this book. It recently came out, so check it out.

Happy Reading!!!

What I’m Reading Monday

Andrea Hannah’s Where Darkness Blooms is a supernatural thriller about an eerie town where the sunflowers whisper secrets and the land hungers for blood.

The town of Bishop is known for exactly two things: recurring windstorms and an endless field of sunflowers that stretches farther than the eye can see. And women—missing women. So when three more women disappear one stormy night, no one in Bishop is surprised. The case is closed and their daughters are left in their dusty shared house with the shattered pieces of their lives. Until the wind kicks up a terrible secret at their mothers’ much-delayed memorial.

With secrets come the lies each of the girls is forced to confront. After caring for the other girls, Delilah would like to move on with her boyfriend, Bennett, but she can’t bear his touch. Whitney has already lost both her mother and her girlfriend, Eleanor, and now her only solace is an old weathervane that seems to whisper to her. Jude, Whitney’s twin sister, would rather ignore it all, but the wind kicks up her secret too: the summer fling she had with Delilah’s boyfriend. And more than anything, Bo wants answers and she wants them now. Something happened to their mothers and the townsfolk know what it was. She’s sure of it.

Bishop has always been a strange town. But what the girls don’t know is that Bishop was founded on blood—and now it craves theirs.

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What I Finish Reading:

This creepy read was mind-blowing. Review to come soon.

What I’m Currently Reading;

I’m still in the middle of this book. I have been getting sidetracked a lot.

What I’m Reading Next:

Some birthday books might dive into next.

Remind Me to Hate You Later by Lizzy Mason

Summary:

Seventeen-year-old Jules grew up in her mother’s spotlight. A “parenting influencer,” Britt shares details of her daughter’s life-pictures, intimate stories, insecurities, all-to a point that becomes unbearable to Jules.

And suddenly she’s gone.

Natalie has only barely begun to grieve her best friend Jules’s death when Britt announces her plans to publish a memoir that will dissect Jules’s life and death. But Nat knows the truth behind Britt’s “perfect” Instagram feed-Jules hated the pressure, the inauthenticity, the persona. There’s so much more to Jules than Britt and her followers could ever know. As Nat connects with Jules’s boyfriend, Carter, and their shared grief and guilt bonds them, she becomes determined to expose Britt, to understand what really happened, and who is to blame.

In a world that feels distorted by celebrity and the manipulations of social media and public opinion, Natalie and Carter need something real to hold onto. Remind Me to Hate You Later is a moving account of grief, depression, complex relationships, love, and the search for truth.

My Review:

What happens when your mom YouTube famous?

All of Jules life she been dealing with her personal life being online, thanks to her mom. She has one best friend and the sweetest boyfriend. Mostly, she keeps to herself a lot and is very depressed. Her mother mother posted something very personal, and the next day, she is gone. Now her best friend Natalie is left to pick up the pieces.

This was an emotional read dealing with someone taking their life. Natalie whole life was around Jules, and she never knew what she was really into. She tries hard to accept her feelings and the changes around her. I really did love this book and the storyline. There are trigger warnings for those who want to read it. I thought it handled the grief stuff very well. There are so many emotions until the very end. This is a must-read for those who are interested in mental health books.

Big 40th Birthday Celebration

Sorry I have not posted any reviews in over a week. I have been having fun on vacation. Hardly got any reading done. So I’m home now, ready to go back to my books and play with my dog. Here are some photos.

The Buired and the Bound by Rochelle Hassan

Summary:

As the only hedgewitch in Blackthorn, Massachusetts—an uncommonly magical place—Aziza El-Amin has bargained with wood nymphs, rescued palm-sized fairies from house cats, banished flesh-eating shadows from the local park. But when a dark entity awakens in the forest outside of town, eroding the invisible boundary between the human world and fairyland, run-of-the-mill fae mischief turns into outright aggression, and the danger—to herself and others—becomes too great for her to handle alone.

Leo Merritt is no stranger to magical catastrophes. On his sixteenth birthday, a dormant curse kicked in and ripped away all his memories of his true love. A miserable year has passed since then. He’s road-tripped up and down the East Coast looking for a way to get his memories back and hit one dead end after another. He doesn’t even know his true love’s name, but he feels the absence in his life, and it’s haunting.

Desperate for answers, he makes a pact with Aziza: he’ll provide much-needed backup on her nightly patrols, and in exchange, she’ll help him break the curse.

When the creature in the woods sets its sights on them, their survival depends on the aid of a mysterious young necromancer they’re not certain they can trust. But they’ll have to work together to eradicate the new threat and take back their hometown… even if it forces them to uncover deeply buried secrets and make devastating sacrifices.

My Review:

The Buired and the Bound was such a good supernatural book. It was such a fun magical read with three main characters to fall in love with. Also, I was drawn to the pretty cover of this book.

Aziza is a witch. She tries to keep the balance between both worlds. Her grandfather is very protective of her and hiding some family secrets also. I like her in the book she seems fearless and wants to protect all creatures.

Leo is so cute in the book. All he wants to do is break this family curse and find his true love. When he sees Aziza saving people from hounds, he is willing to team up with her to get answers.

Tristan is the mystery bad boy. He bounded himself to a powerful witch. He is ordered to bring Aziza in or else. He is very conflicted with his emotions on doing what is right. He is a big mystery ready to be solved.

This book is told in three points of view. I love reading the characters’ back story. This book was so much and have even cute hell bounds and magical creatures. This is full of twists and turns, and I’m looking forward to a book two. So, looking for a new fantasy series, check out The Buried and the Bound.

Happy Reading!!!!!

Take A Bow, Noah Mitchell

Summary:

There Are No Cheat Codes for Showmance

Seventeen-year-old gaymer Noah Mitchell only has one friend left: the wonderful, funny, strictly online-only MagePants69. After years playing RPGs together, they know everything about each other, except anything that would give away their real life identities. And Noah is certain that if they could just meet in person, they would be soulmates. Noah would do anything to make this happen—including finally leaving his gaming chair to join a community theater show that he’s only mostly sure MagePants69 is performing in. Noah has never done anything like theater—he can’t sing, he can’t dance, and he’s never willingly watched a musical—but he’ll have to go all in to have a chance at love.

With Noah’s mum performing in the lead role, and former friends waiting in the wings to sabotage his reputation, his plan to make MagePants69 fall in love with him might be a little more difficult than originally anticipated.

And the longer Noah waits to come clean, the more tangled his web of lies becomes. By opening night, he will have to decide if telling the truth is worth closing the curtain on his one shot at true love.

My Review:

Take a Bow, Noah Mitchell was such a delightful read. I’m usually not a romance reader. If you add role-playing playing computer games and musicals, then count me in. Some of the characters will with hate or liked. This was a cute cheesy romance with a lot of drama.

I liked Noah in the book. At times, I’m just shaking my head at him. Noah comes of a loner gamer. Also, he is very shy in person. Always doubt and say the wrong stuff. When he role plays online, he becomes more confident and himself. He just has to learn to do that in real life also. You just want to root for Noah on getting the guy.

I really enjoyed this book. The cover is so good-looking. I was hooked from the beginning to the end. Looking for a light, cozy read, then check out Take A Bow Noah Mitchell.

Happy Reading!!!!!

What I’m Reading Monday

Inspired by Moulin Rouge! and set on an island in a magical version of Prohibition-era New York, Revelle is a breathtaking YA stand-alone fantasy full of dazzling magic, romance, and mystery from debut author Lyssa Mia Smith.

On the island of Charmant, magic flows like bootlegged champagne, and fantasies can be bought for the price of a gemstone.

Luxe Revelle, star of her family’s fantastical show, knows the splendor is just an illusion. With Prohibition threatening their livelihood, her family struggles to make a living, watering down champagne and patching holes in their sequined costumes. So when the son of Charmant’s wealthiest family makes her an offer—everything the Revelles need to stay in business, in exchange for posing as his girl and helping him become mayor—she can’t refuse.

The moment Jamison Port sets foot in Charmant, he can’t shake the feeling of familiarity. An orphan with as few memories as gemstones, he’s desperate to learn what happened to his parents. But as he delves into the island’s secrets, he risks angering the wrong person and discovering a truth that just might break his heart.

When Luxe and Jamison accidentally meet, the sparks that fly are more than her magical enchantments. But keeping secrets from powerful people is a dangerous game . . . one that could destroy them both.

Two couples, two close friends, one missing husband…

Jake Hayes is missing. This much is certain. At first, his wife, Nina, thinks he is blowing off steam at a friend’s house after their heated fight the night before. But then a day goes by. Two days. Five. And Jake is still nowhere to be found.

Lily Scott, Nina’s friend and coworker, thinks she may have been the last to see Jake before he went missing. After Lily confesses everything to her husband, Christian, the two decide that nobody can find out what happened leading up to Jake’s disappearance, especially not Nina. But Nina is out there looking for her husband, and she won’t stop until the truth is discovered