More and More and More…

… I don’t know where we’re going to… oh wait, yes I do, more book reviews!

–Marissa

Hello Stranger by Katherine Center is just… happy. I put Katherine Center into the same category as Emily Henry, Jennifer Weiner, Trish Doller… automatic reads that are guaranteed to give me all the feels and have a happy ending.🙂 This time, we have portrait artist Sadie, who, after a freak accident… has face blindness. A hunky vet, a cast of furry characters, a sexy neighbor, and a race against time for an art show, and this was just a delight from start to finish. Happiness for Beginners is still my fave of hers (and is going to be on Netflix soon!) but they are all great.🙂

The Last Word by Taylor Adams is a bananapants follow-up to the equally bananapants Hairpin Bridge – total suspension of disbelief, lots of red herrings and derring-do, and total implausibility, but you know what? It was a fun audiobook listen! Emma lives in an isolated house on an isolated beach when she begins being terrorized by… someone she might have pissed off online. And…. go!

Between Two Strangers by Kate White was a good enough suspense novel – a mystery fortune left to a starving artist with no explanation – but I’m glad I zipped through listening to this one, as I’m afraid I won’t remember much in a few days about it. Fine, it was fine.

My Husband by Maud Ventura is a weird (but short!) novel about an unnamed French narrator and the lengths she goes to in order to keep her husband – keep him engaged, off balance, in love with her, everything. This was just filled with tension and that creepy feeling throughout as know things aren’t going to stay bucolic. A fascinating glimpse into a relationship, but its hard to categorize this novel. Overall, I enjoyed it, though!

Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood was a romance audiobook listen, and it won’t be my last Hazelwood title, because I loved it! Physics nerds, witty banter, tension both academic and sexual, smexy scenes, a happy ending… I was here for all of it! Smart and sexy – what we dig in a romance.🙂

A Twisted Love Story by Samantha Downing was just the palate cleanser I needed… a quick suspense novel to get into without much in the way of high stakes, just two people in a toxic relationship who can’t seem to stay away from each other… and that involve both long-hidden secrets and present-day feuds, both of which involve the police. Ivy and Wes are toxic and hot for each other, and tangled and tangled with the law. This was fast and satisfying, if not groundbreaking.