The Dilemma is full of so many secrets and so much heartache that this reader couldn’t help but completely immerse herself in this book to see how it would all unfold. Continue reading “Book Review: The Dilemma by B. A. Paris”
Historical fiction is usually not the genre I seek out. But this is Amy Harmon, whose book Making Faces is one of my all-time favorites, so I had to give it a try. Continue reading “Book Review: Where the Lost Wander by Amy Harmon”
The New Husband, the second novel I’ve read by Palmer, has him becoming an author I’ll need to stalk! I mean, search Amazon and Goodreads accordingly, for the next new book 🙂
Nina Garrity’s husband Glen is presumed dead. A year and a half after the accident, Nina considers herself a widow, even though the police never found a body. Following a chance encounter with Simon Fitch, a teacher from her daughter Maggie’s middle school, Nina finds love again and has hopes of putting her shattered life back together. But it’s never that easy is it? This is a thriller after all!
The New Husband is intense throughout despite certain mysteries being solved for the readers fairly early on. However, I kept turning the pages because while the reader has the answers, the characters in the story do not. I needed to know how it would all be revealed and how the cast of characters would react.
I really did enjoy this book, but thought that things came together a little too quickly in the end. There was one question I would have liked a solution to. It’s not a major plot line, but one I would have liked resolved because I simply don’t like not knowing for certain.
The New Husband has left me eagerly looking forward to Palmer’s next book. If thrillers are your thing, then add this book to your list immediately!
My thanks to St. Martin’s Press and NetGalley for the advanced copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.
Rating: 4 stars
Reviewer: Jennifer
Title: The New Husband
Author: D.J. Palmer
Release Date: April 14, 2020
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A Million Dreams, the latest from Dani Atkins, isn’t perfect but it did give me all the feels.
Pete and Izzy’s eight-year-old son Noah is their whole life. When they receive a surprise phone call from the fertility center that helped them have Noah, it’s surely nothing to worry about. But what they learn from that call sends their dreams for their son crashing down around them.
While I didn’t find the plot new or particularly fascinating, Atkins created characters that I needed to see through their circumstances. Atkins wrote a story that I could see from both sides and more than a week after finishing the book, still don’t know which side I would choose. The choices and the emotions are packed into this aspect of the story.
As I mentioned, this book isn’t perfect. I can’t fully explain that statement because that would involve giving spoilers, but there were two things that bothered me. First, I would have liked to see more exploration of a relationship between two characters and secondly, the ending needed an epilogue. As far as the relationship, I needed more details, more something to make it feel real. Regarding the ending, if you follow my reviews, you know I’m that reader that wants the author to spell it ALL out. This was one of those cases. The story ends well, but I needed that epilogue to give me that last scene. How did it go? I needed those details.
Again, without trying to give spoilers I could really relate to another portion of the story. As a mom with a child with medical issues, this part of the story gutted me. The feels, y’all!
This is the third book that I’ve read by Atkins and she has yet to fail in telling a great story. Add this one to your list. May it give you all the feels too.
Copy of A Million Dreams provided by NetGalley.
Rating: 4 stars
Reviewer: Jennifer
Title: A Million Dreams
Author: Dani Atkins
Release Date: February 19, 2020
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Dear Edward seemed to pop up everywhere I turned. When this happens, I usually don’t read those books right away because they have been so hyped up that I’m ultimately disappointed when I read them. Unfortunately, that held true with Dear Edward. Continue reading “Book Review: Dear Edward by Ann Napolitano”
Two of my favorite things are books and cats. When I saw the cover of What Holds Us Together, the cat immediately grabbed by attention. Continue reading “Book Review: What Holds Us Together by Sandi Ward”
I know when I pick up a Colleen Hoover book I’m going to FEEL and that was definitely the case with Regretting You. Continue reading “Book Review: Regretting You by Colleen Hoover”
Diane Chamberlain has done it again! She drew me so tightly into the story, it was hard to let go of it in the end. Continue reading “Book Review: Big Lies in a Small Town by Diane Chamberlain”
Versions of Her was not what I expected but it was exactly what I needed it to be. Continue reading “Book Review: Versions of Her by Andrea Lochen”
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