The Word Is Murder-Anthony Horowitz

Anthony Horowitz is one creative son of a gun!

A woman walks into a funeral home to plan her own funeral. The next day she is found murdered. Anthony Horowitz uses his incredible skill to write this “faux” non-fiction story from his point of view as though he is working with the detective on the case. Together Anthony and former detective Hawthorne are on the case!

The Word Is Murder is 387 pages long and took me four days to read.

I loved this book so much! I’m giving it a 4 out of 5. The mystery itself would be enough to keep me interested but Mr. Horowitz just has a way with words!

Highly recommend this book!

Thank you Harper Publishing for sending me an advance copy!

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

Lacey

Never Let You Go-Chevy Stevens

Eeekkkkk domestic thrillers!!!!

Lindsey barely escaped her abusive ex-husband. She made a choice to do whatever she could to save her daughter, at whatever cost. When her ex is released from jail and he wants a relationship with his daughter, things become very strange. She feels like her ex is stalking her but is she just paranoid after what he put her through, or could someone else be messing with her head?

Never Let You Go is 404 pages and took me 4 days to read.

I’m giving this book a 3 out of 5 because it truly kept me guessing until the last few chapters!

Thank you St. Martin’s Griffin for sending me a review copy!!

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

Lacey

What The Hell Did I Just Read- David Wong

Omg this book. The title perfectly reflects the plot of this story.

Dave, John and Amy are… different. They have a way with supernatural/unbelievable/otherworldly creatures and situations. When a supernatural child predator is on the loose in their small town, the gang must try to defeat and destroy the creature before all of the children are taken. This sounds pretty horrifying and it is but with these three, hilarity often ensues.

What The Hell Did I Just Read is 371 pages long and took me 4 days to read.

I’m giving this book a 4 out of 5. I freaking loved this book. I had never read anything quite like it and as weird as it is, I want everyone to read it.

Thank you St. Martin’s Press for sending me a copy!

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

Lacey

The Mermaid Handbook-Carolyn Turgeon

Attention merpeople! Or those of you who are big fans like me! You’re going to want to grab a copy of The Mermaid Handbook asap! It’s super hard to review a book like this because it’s a collection of tales (and tails), recipes and projects. So instead of rating this like I normally would, I’m going to just tell you that the artwork, stories and crafts need to be a part of your mermaid collection because it is so cool! This will take you awhile to get through because you’ll want to throughly look at every picture and read every story. I had so much fun “flipping” through!

Thank you Harper for sending me this copy!

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

Lacey

The Gauntlet-Karuna Riazi

I’ve tried to start reading more young adult novels to expand my reading palate, if you will. I’ve read YA when I was young but I feel like it’s gotten more inventive the older I’ve gotten.

Farah is a lonely girl who feels as though she has no friends because she isn’t “cool enough”. When she has two friends over for her birthday party, which turns out to be more for the adults than the kids, they stumble upon an unusual board game. Unknowingly the game has taken Farrah’s younger brother and now Farah and her friends are in for an adventure of a lifetime. They must save Farrah’s brother and beat the game or they will be trapped inside the game forever.

The Gauntlet is 294 pages and took me 3 days to read.

This book is so much fun! I’m giving it a 3 out of 5 for the unique experience the book provides. I could picture everything the kids went through and enjoyed their triumphs!

Thank you Simon and Schuster Kids for sending me a copy!

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

Lacey

The Perfect Mother-Aimee Molloy

When I heard Kerry Washington was going to be in an upcoming movie based on a book I was, naturally, pretty damn excited.

The Perfect Mother follows a group of new first time moms. When baby Midas goes missing on the night the moms go out for a night on the town, all of the mothers lives turn upside down.

The Perfect Mother is 317 pages long and took me 4 days to read.

I’m giving this book a 3.5 out of 5. I really enjoyed this story and the twists in this story genuinely kept me guessing. I’m definitely recommending this to anyone who enjoyed The Couple Next Door!

Thank you Harper for sending me an advance copy!

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

Lacey

Be Prepared-Vera Brosgol

When I heard about this graphic novel I was so excited. A tale of a young girl who doesn’t quite fit in, decides to have a go at summer camp.

Vera is different than the other girls at her school. She is Russian, loves to draw and her single mom can’t provide everything brand new like the girls she knows. Her birthday party is even different. When Vera hears of an all Russian summer camp from her church, she begs her mom to go. Maybe there she will make friends and finally fit in! When Vera arrives at camp she fears that camp is just like her normal life, but without indoor plumbing.

Be Prepared is 244 pages long and took me one day to read.

I’m giving this graphic novel at 4.5 out of 5. Oh my gosh, I loved this so much! An honest tale of life not quite on the inside! The artwork is perfect and I will be sharing this with everyone I know!

Thank you so much First Second for sending me an advance copy!

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

Lacey

River of Teeth-Sarah Gailey

When I heard Liberty Hardy from BookRiot talking about this book I immediately added it to my wish list.

The year is 1890 and there are feral hippos in the Mississippi River. In this alt history, Gainey explores what might have been if the US followed through on their plan of bringing hippos to the country as a food source. Needless to say, there are cowboys riding hippos and that was enough to sell me this book.

River of Teeth is 166 pages long and took me 1 day to read.

I’m giving this story a 4 out of 5. I REALLY REALLY LOVED THIS STORY. It’s so much fun to read and you don’t want it to be over when you hit the last page. LUCKILY, it’s a series!

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

Lacey