Review: Break to You - Neal Shusterman , Debra Young, Michelle Knowlden - July 2024 There are books you finish and quietly set aside, and then there are books that stay lodged somewhere in your chest long after the final page. This is one of the latter. At its heart, this is an intense yet tender story of two teens, trapped in impossible circumstances and unjust systems, willing to risk everything for love, no matter the consequences. And honestly? It wrecked me in the best possible way. Adriana is simply trying to survive. Seven months at the Compass juvenile detention center - her plan is to keep her head down, do her time, get out. Her journal is her lifeline, the one place where her feelings can spill out without consequence. Until they aren't private anymore. Someone has read her words. And written back. That someone is Jon, a boy living on the other side of the gender-divided facility, and from that first stolen exchange, something quietly electric begins to build between t...

The Sun Frank F. Weber Publication date: December 10th 2024 Genres: Adult, Thriller Taytum Hanson, a determined and alluring attorney, steps into the sunlight, as she relentlessly searches for a loophole in her lover’s conviction. Is freeing Tug Grant the answer or the beginning of a new set of problems? Taytum’s passionate lifestyle and willingness to take on the Minnesota Mafia places her life in jeopardy. Jon and Serena Frederick face hard choices in this intense fast-paced thriller with a fierce pulse-pounding ending. If you enjoyed Scandal of Vandals you’ll love how The Sun warms and then burns. Goodreads / Amazon / Barnes & Noble / iBooks — EXCERPT: TUG GRANT 6:00 A.M., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2021 MINNESOTA CORRECTIONAL FACILITY – LINO LAKES 7525 4TH AVENUE, LINO LAKES The cells in each pod at Lino are dull brown concrete with blue metal doors. I shiver as I glance out the thin side window, waiting for the day to start. Everybody wears two layers because ...

Review: Dark Corners - Book #2 Rachel Krall Series - Megan Goldin - August 2023 We all have those favorite authors who every time they release a book, we know we will read it and enjoy it which is a bonus. For me, one of those authors is Australian author Megan Goldin. After finishing Dark Corners, I now have read all of her books to date - so hurry up Megan, you need to write a new one LOL :). Dark Corners is taken from a quote in the book that you have to watch those dark corners as that's where monsters lie and even more so they can be anywhere. The person who sits next to you on the bus, the person who lives next door to you, or even a family friend. Dark Corners takes Rachel across to the local prison in Florida as her name has come up in an investigation with prisoner Terrence Bailey. He has only had one visitor and now she is missing before she left she was told to find Rachel Krall. Rachel has never heard of either but discovers a voicemail from the missing social media i...

Review: Blindsided - Book #1 The Forgotten Daughter Series - Marguerite Ashton - July 2020 Have you ever read a book that has left you thinking once you have finished, what the heck did I just read? As someone who is a voracious and a big reader, I read a lot of books and more often than not I do fully understand what is happening but then you get a book that something feels off, and to be honest, you don't know how to explain what you have just read or put it into words that resemble something readable. That's how I felt with Blindsided, I felt Blindsided myself as this was a quick read but even as I finished - I sat there and was like how am I going to write this review? So, I am going to try and write what I can for you. This book starts with Lexi Archer waking up in a hospital bed and she is handcuffed. It turns out that her Aunt Tammy has been murdered and Lexi is the prime suspect. The book then jumps to Lexi being diagnosed with BPD aka borderline personality disorde...