Review: The Night of the Party

The Night of the Party by Anna-Lou Weatherley
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Note: I received an advanced copy of this book from Bookouture via NetGalley.

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Review: The Other Family

The Other Family by Wendy Corsi Staub
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

Note: I received an advanced copy of this book from William Morrow and Custom House via NetGalley.

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Review: The Chateau by Catherine Cooper - ARC

The Chateau by Catherine Cooper
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Note: I received an advanced copy of this book from Harper 360 via NetGalley.

Aura and Nick don’t talk about what happened in England. They’ve bought a chateau in France to make a fresh start, and their kids need them to stay together – whatever it costs.  A couple on the brink.  The expat community is welcoming, but when a neighbour is murdered at a lavish party, Aura and Nick don’t know who to trust.

A secret that is bound to come out… Someone knows exactly why they really came to the chateau. And someone is going to give them what they deserve.

This was not what I was expecting from reading this author's first book but I was pleasantly surprised.  The readers got a completely different view and story of the characters from one part to the next making the story a lot more interesting and impactful.  The reader thought they knew the characters in the first part of the book but the point of view was completely different later on.

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Review: From the Dark We Rise

From the Dark We Rise by Marion Kummerow
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Note: I received an advanced copy of this book from Bookouture via NetGalley.

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Review: The London House

The London House by Katherine Reay
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Note: I received an advanced copy of this book from Harper Muse via NetGalley.

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ARC Review: The Corpse Flower by Anne Mette Hancock

The Corpse Flower by Anne Mette Hancock
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Note: I received an advanced copy of this book from Crooked Lane Books (Random House) via Edelweiss+.

A Danish journalist digs deep to uncover a web of lies that stretches back to a grisly murder, but knowing the truth might put an end to her story.

It's early September in Copenhagen, the rain has been coming down for weeks, and 36-year-old journalist Heloise Kaldan is in the middle of a nightmare. One of her sources has been caught lying, and she could lose her job over it. And then she receives the first in a series of cryptic and ominous letters from an alleged killer.

Wanted in connection with the fatal stabbing of a young lawyer three years earlier, Anna Kiel hasn't been seen by anyone since she left the crime scene covered in blood. The police think she's fled the country and have zero clues as to her motive. But homicide detective Erik Scháfer comes up with the first lead when the reporter who first wrote about the case is found murdered in his apartment. Has Anna Kiel struck again, or is there more than one killer at large? And why does every clue point directly to Heloise Kaldan?

Meanwhile, the letters keep coming, and they hint at a connection between Anna and Heloise. As Heloise starts digging deeper, she realizes that, to tell Anna's story, she will have to revisit the darkest parts of her own past--confronting someone she swore she'd never see again.

This one was pretty slow going for me. It took me a while to actually get into the story and even that did not fully capture my interest. My favorite character in the book was Heloise, she stood out among all of the other characters.

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Review: The Weekend Escape

The Weekend Escape by Rakie Bennett
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Note: I received an advanced copy of this book from HarperCollins UK, One More Chapter via NetGalley.

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