Out of Season- Antonio Manzini

I’ve been trying to read more books based out of countries other than the U.S. But for some reason I just can’t stop reading mysteries!

Out of Season takes place in the seasonal beauty, Alpine Aosta in Italy. This small, and usually quiet, town doesn’t typically have a lot of action but today a girl has been kidnapped. Detective Rocco Schiavone has been contacted by friends of the girls family rather than the family themselves. Rocco finds this to be very suspicious and will break everyone involved until he finds the girl and her kidnappers.

Out of Season is 342 pages long and took me 3 days to read.

Im giving this book a 2.5 out of 5. As much as I wanted to like this book, I just really disliked Rocco Schiavone. I’m not sure if his personality is intentionally prickly and rude but I wasn’t a fan. I think if he would have been even a little more human I would have enjoyed this book more.

Thank you Harper for sending me this copy!

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

Lacey

Small Spaces- Katherine Arden

I’ve recently become a big fan of middle-grade novels. There’s just something so comforting and easy about them that makes me enjoy them so much.

Ollie is the sad girl in her 6th grade class. She didn’t used to be but after her mother passed away last year she hasn’t been quite the same. She has become isolated and sunken into her love of reading. After she finds a book under strange circumstances, the story within the book starts to show up in her real life by way of a school field trip to a local farm. Can Ollie make it through her field trip unharmed by the story, or will she be trapped in something far more unnerving than the farm’s scarecrows?

Small Spaces is 220 pages long and took me 2 days to read.

This book was so much fun to read! I’m giving it a 4 out of 5 because it honestly gave me the creeps and I love Ollie’s tough exterior attitude. She feels like a real 6th grader that’s going through a difficult time. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys some creepy vibes but not enough to give them nightmares!

Thank you so much Penguin Young Readers for sending me this copy!

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

Lacey

Three Little Lies-Laura Marshall

Ellen has admired her best friend, Sasha since they first met. They’ve gone through more than most and when Sasha goes missing, Ellen is beside herself. She knows that Sasha wouldn’t leave without letting her know where she was going. Especially when they receive several letters from their past threatening to expose them as liars.

Three Little Lies is 341 pages and took me 4 days to read.

I’m giving this book a 3 out of 5 for this entertainingly woven story! I had a very love/hate relationship with Ellen and I would absolutely recommend this story!

Thank you Grand Central Publishing for sending me a copy!

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

Lacey

Pieces of Her- Karin Slaughter

Andrea and her mother are extremely close. When a chance counter at a local diner turns Andrea’s life down a different path, she realizes that the life her mother has made for them is a lie.

Pieces of Her is 480 pages long and took me 6 days to read.

I truly enjoyed reading this book. I’m giving it a 4 out of 5. While it is a slow burning book, it is absolutely worth the satisfying end!

Thank you William Morrow for sending me a copy!

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

Lacey

Cross Her Heart-Sarah Pinborough

Ever since I read Sarah Pinborough’s, Behind Her Eyes, I became a fan.

Lisa is doing her best to raise her daughter Ava on her own but it is no easy feat. She tries her best to keep Ava on the right track and on a tight leash. When Ava makes the newspaper for her heroic action, Lisa’s past comes shooting forward and rocks her entire world.

Cross Her Heart is 340 pages long and took me 3 days to read.

I loved this book and am giving it a 4 out of 5! Sarah’s characters are so rich and intriguing! I look forward to reading all of her books and would highly recommend this one!

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

Lacey

Zack-Mons Kallentoft & Markus Lutteman

I cannot turn down a crime story.

Zack is, least to say, a cop that doesn’t play by the rules. He parties hard in illegal clubs and may or may not have a drug problem. When young Asian women on his beat are getting brutually murdered, he will use all of his shifty back channels to find the perpetrators of these horirble crimes.

Zack is 464 pages long and took me 5 days to read.

I’m giving this story a 3.5 out of 5. I really enjoyed the plot and characters in this story. They seemed like real people with real problems and not the “hero cop” that can do no wrong.

Thank you Atria for sending me this copy!

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

Lacey

Jane Doe-Victoria Helen Stone

I haven’t written a review in what feels like forever but I had to share this book with you!

Jane Doe is a sociopath and she knows it. She has used it throughout her life to become obnoxiously successful in her career. But she decides to use her talents, if you will, to bring down a man that has destroyed the only thing she has ever loved.

Jane Doe 268 pages long and took me two days to read.

Omg I loved this book. Stone’s writing of Jane is so believable and you want to hate her but can’t because she’s such a badass! I’m giving this book a 4 out of 5!

I highly recommend this book!

Thank you Lake Union Publishing for sending me a copy!

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

Lacey

The Bad Guys- Aaron Blabey

Crime novels are some of my favorite things to read so when I saw this guy on Amazon I knew I had to get it!

Mr. Wolf is tired of being the bad guy. So he rounds up his friends Mr. Piranha, Mr. Snake and Mr. Shark to form the “Good Guys Club”. Their first mission: save the dogs from the pound!

The Bad Guys is 139 pages long and took me one day to read.

This is such a cute book and I’ll absolutely be getting the rest in the series! I’m giving this a 3 out of 5 and will be recommending it to all of my mom friends out there for their kiddos.

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

Lacey