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The Reckoning at Gossamer Pond By: Jamie Jo Wright
A dueling POV timeline going from 1907 to present day, set in Gossamer Grove, Wisconsin. Two main characters seemingly unconnected yet all the signs point to they are. Both trying to uncover the secrets of their town to hopefully save themselves from the upcoming disaster. Hard book to describe as much as it was a…
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The Girls on Floor 13 By: Helen Phifer
Maria and Frankie are back on the case when 2 girls are found dead in the infamous ‘haunted’ hotel, The Parker. Multiple situations, shall we say, happen in this murder mystery that will test the duo personally and professionally. My feelings are I didn’t feel anything one way or another. I didn’t hate it, I…
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Wellness By: Nathan Hill
A story about marriage, relationships, hopes and life in the 90s Chicago area. This book exhausted me. There were two books inside this one novel and maybe I didn’t give it a real chance once the second book started … but at 75% I realized I was dredging picking this monster of a book up.…
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Never Lie By: Freida McFadden
A house showing of a missing psychiatrist, a snow in, a secret room full of tapes of people’s deepest secrets … what more could you ask for? Oh, maybe some muurrrdddeeerrrr? Everyone has secrets and the house of a missing psychiastrist is holding too many to count. Allow McFadden to take you on another twisty,…
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The Lost Story By: Meg Shaffer
Inspired by C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia, two boys who society would never expect to be friends get ‘lost’ in the woods together. After being miraculously found, no one knows how they survived, why they came back or where they were while they were missing. I was excited to read another Meg Shaffer book after…
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Throne of Glass By: Sarah J. Maas
A wronged assassin is given a chance to free herself from a death camp, but she stumbles on way more than a simple competition. My biggest question is where is the throne in Throne of Glass? To give you a quick background of where I am at with this viral author, Sarah J. Maas. I…
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The Mystery Guest By: Nita Prose
I’m sure we can all agree that when we read The Maid no one was expecting a second. Yet, Molly returns to save the day once again at another unfortunate event at the hotel. We dive back to her past and get a glimpse at what made Molly, the Molly we know and love. And…
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