One Fatal Mistake-Tom Hunt

Joshua Mayo is involved in a hit and run and kills a stranger. When he can’t shake the dread after fleeing the scene, he goes back in the middle of the night. His mother tracks his phone because he’s been acting so strange and she unknowingly follows him to the crash site. When they both arrive, Joshua has to explain to her what happened. They didn’t expect to run into two criminals that will change everything.

One Fatal Mistake is 310 pages long and took me one day to read.

I enjoyed this book so much! I’m giving it a 4 out of 5! I wasn’t expecting this to be a non-stop thriller but that’s what I got. I flew through it because it’s fast passed rhythm. Highly recommend this book!

Thank you, Berkley Publishing, for sending me a copy!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey

Bone Music-Christopher Rice

Charlotte Rowe has a very dark past. She was kidnapped and raised by two serial killers until she was seven. Now in her 20s, she is still trying to cope with her past by seeing a psychiatrist, Dr. Thorpe. When Dr. Thorpe gives her medication to help her fall asleep, something besides tiredness creeps in. Something like a superhuman power that she names Bone Music. When the makers of this drug try to use her new found power for their own use, will Charlotte be able to resist the temptation to fight those of the likes that raised her?

Bone Music is 450 pages long and took me four days to read.

I am giving this book a 4 out of 5! I enjoyed it so much! It’s action packed with a bit of mystery. I can’t wait to read the follow-up and highly recommend this suspenseful and entertaining read!

Thank you, Thomas and Mercer, for sending me a copy!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey

The Wild Robot-Peter Brown

I’ve wanted to read this book for such a long time but always was hesitant that is be disappointed because I love the cover so much. Needless to say, this is one of my favorite books I’ve ever reviewed and have been recommending it to everyone that loves a heartwarming story.

Roz is a robot, that much she knows. She doesn’t know how she got to the island but she will now call it home. The local animals are wary of Roz until she proves herself helpful and kind. Roz makes a unique family of her own with the animals on the island until her past before her ”on button” was pushed, comes back for her.

The Wild Robot is 269 pages and took me two days to read.

I’m giving this book a 4.5 out of 5. Words really cannot describe the feelings this book gave me. I laughed, I cried and I ordered the second book as soon as I turned the last page. It truly is a book for all ages and I highly recommend it to everyone!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey

The Suspect-Fiona Barton

Two teenage girls go on a trip of a lifetime to Thailand after graduation. Their parents are nervous but feel their daughters are responsible and trustworthy. When the parents don’t hear from the girls after they promised to check in, they start to become panicked. Has something happened to their lovely, innocent children, or did they really know them at all?

The Suspect is 402 pages long and took me four days to read.

I really enjoyed this book with its fascinating perspective changes and compelling characters. I’m giving this a 4 out of 5. This is a really great thriller/mystery even up until the last page.

Thank you, Berkley Publishing, for sending me a copy!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey

As Long As We Both Shall Live-Joann Chaney

It’s hard not to get wrapped up in a good thriller and As Long As We Both Shall Live is no exception.

When Matt’s wife, Marie, falls off a cliff while hiking in Colorado, the police initially aren’t suspicious. Accidents like this happen in Estes Park. That is until they find out that Matt’s first wife died under suspicious circumstances as well. Is Matt truly an unlucky spouse or a brutal killer?

As Long As We Both Shall Live is 324 pages long and took me one day to read.

Domestic thrillers have become my jam and I really enjoyed the twists this book provided. I’m giving it a 3.5 out of 5. There were several times where my jaw literally dropped and I really enjoyed the ending!

Thank you Flatiron Books for sending me this copy!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey

Half of What You Hear-Kristyn Kusek Lewis

Looking for a juicy, summer time-feeling read to hold you over during winter? Well, look no further!

Bess has moved to her husband’s small, old money, the hometown of Greyhill, Virginia. Where the summers are hot but the gossip is even hotter. Bess would love to fit in comfortably but immediately feels like an outsider. When the opportunity to interview the town’s eccentric billionaire, who is also treated as an outsider, for her friend at Huffington Post, she feels like she shouldn’t pass up a chance to get something right after her failed previous job as a White House event coordinator. But digging into the town’s past and Susannah Lane will have more consequences than Bess expected and could end up ruining the life she has worked so hard for.

Half Of What You Hear is 350 pages long and took me 3 days to read.

I really enjoyed reading this book and give it a 3 out of 5. The ending is perfect and had me questioning everything I had previously read.

Thank you, Harper, for sending me this copy!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey

Girl Waits With Gun- Amy Stewart

Talk about independent women who don’t need a man!

Constance Kopp and her two sisters live outside of town in the early 1900s. While driving one day with their horse and buggy, they are hit by an erratic automobile. Luckily they are all relatively unharmed, their buggy, however, is destroyed. Constance is not one for nonsense and demands the driver pay for the damages done to their buggy. But as it turns out, the man who hit them is a dangerous man who does not take kindly to being ordered and embarrassed by a woman. He starts harassing the sisters and becomes violent quickly. Thankfully, the Kopp sisters don’t back down from a fight and will see justice done for themselves.

Girl Waits With Gun is 404 pages long and took me seven days to read.

I’m completely in love with this book and am giving it a 4 out of 5! The Kopp sisters are so badass and I absolutely cannot wait to read the rest of the series!

Here’s to the adventure of finding a novel novel!

Lacey