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Review: Volition - Lily Paradis

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Review: Volition - Lily Paradis - January 2015 After a string of books that didn’t quite capture my interest this morning, I found myself scrolling through my Kindle, searching for the next potential gem. That’s when the cover of Volition by Lily Paradis caught my eye, featuring the iconic Empire State Building. Something about it stood out, and without knowing anything about the book or the author, I decided to dive in blind. What followed was an emotional journey filled with heartbreak, unrequited love, and the difficult choices that life and fate sometimes demand. Volition tells the story of Tate McKenna and Jesse Elliott, two souls seemingly destined to be together but constantly kept apart by circumstances and timing. Their relationship begins in childhood, but tragedy strikes, and the two are separated. Years later, they reconnect as teenagers, but their timing is once again off—Tate is in a relationship with Casper, and Jesse begins dating Jasmine. Despite their feelings for...
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Review: In Their Shadows - Briana Cole

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Review: In Their Shadows - Briana Cole - October 2023 As a mood reader, I love the freedom to scroll through my Kindle library to find books that resonate with my current vibe. It’s also a great way to weed out titles that aren’t clicking and discover hidden gems. One such gem was In Their Shadows by Briana Cole, a thrilling and suspenseful read that hooked me from the start. The story centers around April, a woman living a high-stakes double life. Under one identity, she’s known as Erin, and under another, as Michelle. Each identity comes with its own husband, and neither man knows about the other. But April’s carefully constructed world begins to crumble when, in her life as Erin, she receives a parcel addressed to her real name, April. Inside the package is an item from her past—a past she’s desperately tried to leave behind. Things take an even darker turn when a figure from her history resurfaces, threatening to expose her secrets and shatter the precarious balance she’s worke...
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Review: Hidden in Shadows - Viveca Stern

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Review: Hidden in Shadows - Book #2 Aremorden Series - Viveca Sten - October 2021 While scrolling through my Kindle, I stumbled upon Hidden in Shadows by Viveca Sten, a thriller set in Sweden. As a fan of Nordic crime fiction and authors like Camilla Läckberg and Jo Nesbø, I was eager to dive into this gripping tale. Viveca Sten delivers a captivating mix of murder, secrets, and forbidden love that kept me turning the pages late into the night. The story begins in 2020 with a shocking murder: Johan, a former Olympic skier turned plumber, is found dead on the side of the road, execution-style. This crime rocks the local community, as Johan was not just a skilled tradesman but also a beloved celebrity. Who would kill Johan, and what could possibly motivate such a brutal act? The police face immense pressure to solve the case as the narrative takes us back to 2012, unraveling a web of events that lead to Johan’s tragic death. In the 2012 timeline, we meet Rebecca, a young woman enteri...
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Review: This Might Hurt - Stephanie Wrobel

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Review: This Might Hurt - Stephanie Wrobel - February 2022 Two sisters, Kit and Natalie Collins, are differently grieving the loss of their mother. Natalie focused on her high-power position at work, while Kit joined a six-month self-improvement program at Wisewood. Wisewood is set on a remote island with no contact with the outside world including family. Natalie receives an ominous email about Kit and goes to Wisewood to bring her home. When Natalie arrives at the island though, it looks like no one was expecting her especially not Kit, but when Natalie discovers that Kit is more invested in Wisewood, will she be able to separate her from this place and bring her back to reality, or are their more suspect things happening that will lead Natalie and Kit in danger? The other storyline in this book was a flashback of a young girl who grew up with a controlling and abusive father, she found her outlet in the art of magic and fell head over heels in love with a boy named Gabe who loved ma...
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Review: Dating Mr. Dil - Nisha Sharma

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Review: Dating Dr. Dil - Book #1 If Shakespeare was an Auntie - Nisha Sharma - March 2022 To clear my physical bookshelf as I had 412 unread books sitting on it, I have been alternating between my physical books and my ebooks. Dating Dr. Dil was one of the books that had been sitting on my bookshelf and I was looking forward to it as I had read a couple of Desi-American reads and I loved the humor as well as the culture in the books. Kareena aka Rina is the eldest daughter in her family and took after her mother, when her mother died - she felt alone and now she has turned 30 years old and her whole world is crashing. Her grandmother and father have decided to sell her mother's house and move away and her younger sister is getting married the family expects Kareena to do everything for her at the drop of the hat otherwise she is called "selfish" and to top it off they have forgotten her 30th birthday. Kareena now has four months to save up enough and try and find the mone...
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Review: (in)visible - Talie D Hawkins

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Review: (in)visible - Talie D. Hawkins - 1 January 2015 As a reader, one of the things I love to do is discover books that are hidden gems and share them with others, these are the books that aren't popular in bookstores and are ones that not many readers would have heard of. (in)visible by Talie D Hawkins was one of those books that gave me Matilda vibes at the end. For years, after her brother Noah died Megan managed to stay invisible as her parents had disconnected from each other, and she kept her head down and went about school with the goal in mind, that as soon as she graduated she could get out of this small town and the memories it holds and not look back. That changed though when one night just before graduation, Megan is approached by someone from her past - he is the boy she thought she would love forever but after her brother Noah died they went their separate ways. If that wasn't enough, she has also captured the attention of Jake who has been her classmate since ...
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Review: Little Does Show Know - Pamela Crane

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Review: Little Does She Know - Book #1 If Only She Knew Series - Pamela Crane -June 2022 As someone who is a true mood reader, it can be hard to find a book that just clicks with you and makes you want to continue with it. I find that as a reader, there are a few authors who I know that I will tend to be more favorable of their books and enjoy them. One of those authors is Pamela Crane with her mystery thriller stories. In Little Does She Know, we start back in the 1980s and Ginger is a single mother to her two boys Benny and Cole.  One day, they are at the beach when her youngest disappears. The newspapers report that he has drowned but Ginger knew her boys when it came to water and that he never would have drowned. With nobody found, it became a cold case. Years later, she is browsing in the newspaper and sees the mayor with a baby boy - she knows her baby anywhere. Did they kidnap him or is she mistaken as they claim that Chris is their child? The family then moves away and ch...
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