My SPOILER ALERT Book Reviews!

  👼 Book Review (Spoilers!): The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels by Janice Hallett ⭐️ 3.5 out of 5 stars | Genre: Mystery / Epistolary Thriller 🚨 Major spoilers ahead! If you don’t want to know who lives, who dies, and who’s actually the Antichrist (or not), look away now. 📍 The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels — A Wild Ride of Cults, Conspiracies, and Confusion I’ll just say it: this was a tough book to follow. Not because the story isn’t interesting — because it is . But the format? Oof. ➡ Emails. ➡ Text messages. ➡ Transcripts. ➡ Drafts of articles. ➡ More emails. It’s like trying to solve a mystery by reading someone’s messy inbox. And on top of that, you have to figure out: ✔️ What’s important? ✔️ What’s total nonsense? ✔️ Who’s lying? (Spoiler: everyone lies at some point.) That said — once you piece it all together, the payoff is pretty satisfying. 🧵 The Full Plot — All the Spoilery Details 👼 The Cult So here’s the setup: back in 2003, a cult cal...

  💐 Book Review (Spoilers!): The Wedding People by Alison Espach ⭐️ 4 out of 5 stars | Genre: Literary Fiction / Dark Humor / Contemporary 🚨 Spoiler alert! If you want to read this without knowing who falls in love with who (or who saves a life), stop right here! 📍 The Wedding People — The Book You Read When You Have Time (Or Wish You Did) This is one of those books where I kept thinking: 👉 If I were lying on a beach with nothing but time, this would be perfect. But alas, life is busy , and this slow, beautifully written story had me both appreciating the writing and checking the clock. That said — I still really enjoyed it. 🧵 The Full Plot — Spoilers Galore 🕊 Meet Phoebe Phoebe is in a bad place at the start of the book: ✔️ Her husband cheated on her with her friend. ✔️ Her marriage fell apart. ✔️ Her cat died (because apparently life wanted to kick her when she was down). So Phoebe books herself a stay at the Cornwall Inn , planning to end her life there quietly. 💍...

  🌸 Book Review (Spoilers!): Darling Girls by Sally Hepworth ⭐️ 4 out of 5 stars | Genre: Domestic Thriller / Psychological Fiction 🚨 Big spoilers ahead! If you want to be shocked by all the Amy-related reveals yourself, stop reading now! 📍 Darling Girls — Twisty, Dark, and Totally Hooked Me This book had me glued. I needed to know what happened at Wild Meadows. And let me tell you — Sally Hepworth delivered twist after twist after twist. It’s dark, it’s layered, and it kept me guessing the whole time. 🧵 The Full Plot — Clear on the Two Amys! 👧 The Foster Sisters We meet Jessica , Norah , and Alicia — three foster sisters who grew up together at Wild Meadows. ➡ Their foster mother, Miss Fairchild , was absolutely awful. ➡ She emotionally and physically abused the girls and manipulated them in terrifying ways. When they lived there, there was also a foster baby — a 2-year-old girl named Amy . 👉 The older girls adored her and felt responsible for protecting her. 🚨 The...

  📚 Book Review (Spoilers!): The Giver by Lois Lowry ⭐️ 3 out of 5 stars | Genre: Classic YA / Dystopian Fiction 🚨 Full spoilers ahead! If you don’t want to know how Jonas saves a baby and discovers his community is the worst, look away now. 📍 The Giver — A Dystopian Classic That Was… Just Okay for Me I know, I know — this is one of those books that’s been in English classrooms forever and gets called deep and thought-provoking . And maybe it is. But for me? 👉 It read like a pretty standard dystopian story. Don’t get me wrong — it wasn’t bad. It just didn’t blow me away. Maybe if I’m ever stuck in a waiting room with nothing else, I’ll pick up the sequel. 🧵 The Full Plot — All the Spoilers 🌟 Welcome to the “Perfect” Community The story takes place in a future society where: ✔️ Everything is safe. ✔️ Everything is orderly. ✔️ No one feels sadness, or joy, or love. ✔️ There’s no war… or color… or individuality. Basically, it looks like a utopia at first glance — but s...

  💌 Book Review (Spoilers!): Expiration Dates by Rebecca Serle ⭐️ 5 out of 5 stars | Genre: Contemporary Fiction / Magical Realism / Romance 🚨 Spoiler alert! I’m about to tell you all the things. If you want to experience the twists on your own, stop here! 📍 Expiration Dates — A Shockingly Great Read I went in fully expecting not to love this one . Romance isn’t usually my jam. But this was our book club pick, it was free on Libby, and I figured — why not? And WOW — I’m so glad I read it. 👉 Expiration Dates is sweet, sad, smart, and totally pulled me in. 👉 It made me think about life, love, and fate in ways most books don’t. 🧵 The Full Plot — Spoilers and All 📝 Daphne and Her Mysterious Notes Daphne Bell has two big things shaping her life: ✔️ A genetic heart condition that could shorten her life. ✔️ And a strange, magical thing — before every relationship begins, she mysteriously receives a note . ➡ The note tells her exactly how long the relationship will last —...

  ⚡ Book Review (Spoilers!): Gray After Dark by Riley West ⭐️ 5 out of 5 stars | Genre: Thriller / Survival / True Crime-Inspired Fiction 🚨 FULL SPOILERS ahead! If you want to go in blind, stop right here. 📍 Gray After Dark — A Dark, Gripping, And Shockingly Good Read Oh. My. Gosh. 👉 I LOVED this book. 👉 And the fact that it’s inspired by a true story ? That just took it to a whole other level. Gray After Dark hooked me right from the start and didn’t let go. It’s tense, emotional, horrifying — but also filled with hope. 🧵 The Full Plot — Here’s Exactly What Happens 🎯 The Setup Our heroine, Miley Petrowski , is a pro biathlete training at Hidden Springs Resort — a place with a dark past. ➡ Four years earlier, a girl named Rayna vanished there. ➡ Torn, bloody clothing was found. The police said: bear attack. Case closed. Fast-forward: Miley goes for a run one day and is abducted by father-son duo Fred and Hamish — two terrifying, unhinged men. 🕳 Welcome to the Night...

  🏚️ Book Review (Spoilers!): We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer ⭐️ 4 out of 5 stars | Genre: Psychological Horror / Paranormal / Mind-Bendy Fiction 🚨 Spoilers ahead! If you want to unravel this one yourself, stop reading now. 📍 We Used to Live Here — Old House, New Problems, Timelines Messed Up Imagine LOST crashed into Mulholland Drive and decided to haunt a crumbling house that flips your entire reality upside down. That’s We Used to Live Here in a nutshell. It started life as a Reddit horror serial (because the internet is a wild place), then blossomed into this debut novel that’s equal parts spooky, confusing, and addictive. 🧵 The Full Plot — Hang on, It Gets Weird 🏡 Eve and Charlie Move In Meet Eve Palmer and her girlfriend Charlie , a pro house-flipping duo who’ve just bought an ancient, falling-apart house. Their plan? Fix it up, sell it, profit. But this house? It’s got issues . Like, “wait, why is the floor creaking on its own?” and “why is the bathroom d...

  🐢 Book Review (FULL SPOILERS!): The Coworker by Freida McFadden ⭐️ 4.5 out of 5 stars | Genre: Psychological Thriller / Office Revenge / Corporate Chaos 🚨 SPOILER WARNING: If you don’t want the twists ruined (and oh boy, there are a lot), stop reading here! 🏢 The Coworker — When Office Drama Goes FULL PSYCHO Let me just say: this is my second favorite Freida McFadden book so far (after The Teacher ). The Coworker is like if The Office had a baby with Gone Girl — a dark, twisty, wild ride where the HR violations are the least of anyone’s worries. 📌 The Plot (All the Juicy Spoilers!) 🐢 Dawn Schiff: Turtle-Lover, Accountant, Revenge Mastermind Dawn is that coworker you barely notice… until she goes missing and the cops are knocking on your door. She’s quirky (read: obsessed with turtles), socially awkward, and very into emailing her best friend, Mia Hodge . Except — Mia’s been dead for years . Mia had cerebral palsy and was Dawn’s best friend (and Caleb’s half-sister) in...

  📖 Book Review: Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah ⭐ 2 out of 5 stars | Genre: Friendship Drama / Women’s Fiction / 1970s-2000s Saga 🚨 Firefly Lane : A Lifelong Friendship... That I Didn’t Really Care About I really wanted to love this book, especially since it’s so widely praised and beautifully written. But honestly? The story just didn’t grab me. It’s one of those books I kept reading out of curiosity (“Okay, what’s going to happen next?”) rather than any deep emotional investment. And I really don’t love terminal illness stories — it feels like an easy way to force tears. 📝 The Plot (All the Spoilers You Need) Firefly Lane follows Tully Hart and Kate Mularkey , two girls who meet as eighth graders in 1974 and stay friends for over 30 years. 👉 Tully : Gorgeous, driven, desperate to be loved. Dealt a terrible hand with a flaky, drug-addicted mom (Cloud) who’s in and out of her life. 👉 Kate : Smart, sweet, wallflower type who’s happy to have one friend at all. Their friend...

  📖 Book Review: The Overnight Guest by Heather Gudenkauf ⭐ 1.5 out of 5 stars | Psychological Thriller / Mystery 🤨 Did I Read a Different Book Than Everyone Else? I just don’t get it. This one came highly recommended, but The Overnight Guest dragged so much and felt unnecessarily confusing. The “twists” felt like withheld info rather than surprises, and the pacing was slow. 📝 The Plot — Full Spoilers Ahead The story bounces between three timelines: 1. The year 2000 Josie Doyle, a teenage girl living on a farm with her parents and older brother Ethan, spends a summer day with her best friend Becky Allen. After some tension between Ethan and their dad, the day turns horrific when gunshots ring out at the farm. Josie is grazed by a bullet but escapes. She finds her parents dead and both Ethan and Becky missing. Police suspect Ethan at first because of his violent behavior and fights with his dad. But when Josie finds Ethan’s body, the police shift their focus to Jackson Henley, ...

  📖 Book Review: Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica ⭐ 3.5 out of 5 stars | Psychological Thriller / Mystery 🚪 Kept Me Turning the Pages, But That Twist... Local Woman Missing definitely kept me hooked from start to finish. The writing was engaging, and the mystery pulled me in. But when the big twist hit? Let’s just say I found it hard to suspend my disbelief. 📝 The Plot — Full Spoilers Ahead The story begins with the disappearance of Shelby Tebow. Shelby is cheating on her husband Jason and sneaking out to meet her lover when she goes missing. Soon after, another neighbor, Meredith Dickey, and her six-year-old daughter Delilah also vanish without a trace. The investigation heats up. The police eventually find Shelby’s body, and Jason becomes the prime suspect. He’s arrested for her murder. Meanwhile, Meredith’s body turns up later in a motel room alongside a suicide note, but Delilah is nowhere to be found. A Child Found... But Not the Right One Some time after the disappeara...

  📚 Keep It in the Family by John Marrs – Full Review ⭐ 2.5 out of 5 stars | Thriller / Psychological Mystery 🚨 Spoiler Warning! If you want to read this book without knowing the twists (even if I saw them coming from a mile away), stop now! This review spills everything . 🤷‍♀️ Not My Favorite Marrs This was my first John Marrs book, and while it wasn’t awful, I just couldn’t get into it. The timeline jumping between decades, the rotating narrators , the secret voices — it felt like the only reason the story kept me turning pages was because I was trying to untangle who was talking and when. The twists? I spotted them early, so they didn’t pack much punch. 📝 The Plot (Spoilers Galore!) The story centers around the twisted Hunter family , where generational trauma really takes on a whole new meaning. 👉 Decades ago , siblings Debbie and George Hunter lived in a house of horrors. Their parents lured children to the house ... and murdered them. But when Dad thought Mom might ...

  📚 The Liar’s Wife by Kiersten Modglin – Full Review ⭐ 1 out of 5 stars | Psychological Thriller / Domestic Suspense 🚨 Spoiler Alert! If you’re hoping for surprises, stop reading now — I’m laying it all out for you. Because honestly? The twists weren’t exactly earth-shattering anyway. 🤦‍♀️ What Did I Just Listen To? Yikes. This was laughably bad . I don’t say that lightly. The storyline had potential , but between the repetitive writing , endless filler , and what felt like zero proofreading (seriously, I cringed for the poor narrator of the audiobook), I was left wondering how this one made it to print. 📝 The Plot (with all the spoilers!) We’ve got Palmer , a young mom who suspects her husband Ben is cheating on her. Naturally, she does what any good thriller protagonist would do — she starts snooping for evidence. And what happens? BOOM — Ben, their baby Gray , and the supposed side chick all go missing. Palmer spirals, and we’re off to the races. 👉 The Big Twist: Turns ...

  🔥 Don’t Let Her Stay by Nicola Sanders – Full Review ⭐ 4 out of 5 stars | Domestic Thriller / Psychological Suspense 🚨 Spoiler Alert! If you’re hoping to go into this one blind, stop right here — I’m spilling all the secrets and twists! 😲 My Thoughts This book? Kept me on the edge of my seat more than once! The first twist truly caught me off guard, and even though I definitely saw the final twist coming, I still enjoyed the ride. Sure, it felt familiar — like a mashup of thrillers we’ve all read before — but that didn’t stop it from being a fun, fast-paced read. 📝 The Plot (Spoilers galore!) We’ve got Joanne , a real estate agent, married to Richard , and they’re living that newborn-parent life with baby Evie (just four months old). Richard has an adult daughter, Chloe , from his first marriage. Richard paints Chloe as sweet but... possessive — the type who doesn’t want to share daddy with anyone. 👉 Out of the blue, Chloe writes to say she wants to come stay during he...

  🌼 Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman – Full Review ⭐ 4.5 out of 5 stars | Contemporary Fiction / Dark Comedy / Feel-Good 🚨 Spoiler Alert! If you haven’t read this one yet and want to stay in the dark, stop right here — I’m spilling all the spoilers! 🤔 My Thoughts What a refreshingly unique book! I genuinely enjoyed this one. It’s not your average feel-good novel — instead, it blends dark themes, emotional depth, and laugh-out-loud humor in a way that really works. Eleanor’s quirks kept me hooked, and while some parts broke my heart, the book ultimately left me smiling. 📝 The Plot (Spoilers ahead!) Meet Eleanor Oliphant , a socially awkward young woman living in Glasgow. Eleanor leads a rigid, isolated life — same job, same routine, weekends spent alone with frozen pizza, vodka, and crosswords. Her co-workers find her odd. She’s fine with that. Or at least she tells herself she is. 👉 Eleanor’s childhood? Horrific. We slowly learn she survived an abusive...

  💉 She’s Not Sorry by Mary Kubica – Full Review ⭐ 5 out of 5 stars | Psychological Thriller / Domestic Suspense / Twisty AF 🚨 Spoiler Alert! Don’t say I didn’t warn you. I’m about to spill all the twists and turns. Proceed at your own risk. 🤩 My Thoughts Y’ALL. I LOVED THIS BOOK. It’s that perfect mix of easy to follow , super bingeable, and just the right amount of twists to keep you hooked without making your brain hurt. It’s like Mary Kubica said, “Here, have a thriller that actually delivers.” 📝 The Plot (Spoilers ahead!) Say hello to Meghan , a single mom and ICU nurse in Chicago who’s just trying to do her job and keep her kid alive. Things kick off when Caitlin is wheeled into the ICU after jumping off a bridge. Suicide? Maybe. But also… maybe not . 👉 Meghan gets assigned as Caitlin’s nurse after bonding with Caitlin’s super sweet, super present parents. Everything seems normal (or as normal as caring for someone who tried to off themselves can be). Meanwhile, th...

  🏠 The Housemaid by Freida McFadden — Full Review ⭐ 3 out of 5 stars | Domestic thriller | Trapped, tortured, and twisted 🚨 Spoiler Alert! We are going FULL SPOILERS here. If you haven’t read it yet and want to be surprised, turn back now! 💭 My Take Okay, The Housemaid was a fast, wild ride — one of those books you tear through because you need to know what happens. But plot holes? Oh, they’re there. Big ones. Still, I stayed up late flipping pages, so it gets credit for that. 📝 The Plot — Let’s break it down 👋 Meet Millie Millie Calloway’s fresh out of prison and desperate for work. She lands a live-in housekeeper job with the mysterious, wealthy Winchesters — Nina, Andrew, and their bratty daughter, Cecelia. 👉 Millie gets a creepy little attic room that locks from the outside . Red flag much? 👉 Nina is a hot mess — one second, she’s sweet, giving Millie her old clothes. The next, she’s screaming, accusing Millie of stealing and making her clean up insane messes Nina...

  🔪 Kill for Me, Kill for You by Steve Cavanagh — Spoiler-Filled, No-Confusion Review ⭐ 5 out of 5 stars | Revenge thriller | Murder swap madness | Twists galore that’ll fry your brain (in the best way) 🚨 MASSIVE SPOILERS AHEAD 🚨 💭 My Take Let me be honest: 👉 I went into this book with sky-high expectations because my book club hyped it like it was the twistiest thing ever. 👉 I started reading... confused . Didn’t feel grabbed at all. Timeline hopping? Presidents’ speeches? What’s happening?! 👉 But THEN... I hit the end. I put down the book. And I couldn’t stop thinking about it. It’s brilliantly layered , and once the puzzle pieces click? Chef’s kiss . 📝 The Plot — Finally Clear 💔 Amanda’s pain + plan 👉 Amanda White loses everything: Her 6-year-old daughter Jess is murdered. Her husband Luis dies by suicide soon after. 👉 Amanda is convinced Wallace Crone (wealthy family, sketchy history) killed Jess, but Crone walks free thanks to daddy’s money. 👉 Aman...

  🪨 Stone Maidens by Lloyd Devereux Richards — Detailed Review & Plot (Spoilers Galore!) ⭐ 3 out of 5 stars | Serial killer thriller | Twisty, but not perfect | Rituals, twins, and a dash of romance 🚨 MAJOR SPOILERS BELOW 🚨 💭 My Take Alright, friends — this one was okay . It had a decent mystery, but it didn’t blow me away. Some parts felt overly complex , and others had me like, “Wait...what?” Still, if you’re into serial killer procedurals with a quirky forensic angle and a hint of FBI drama, this might work for you. 📝 The Plot — In All Its Detailed, Wild Glory 👉 Christine Prusik , our FBI forensic anthropologist heroine, is on the hunt for a serial killer in Chicago. This killer isn’t just murdering young women — he’s shoving creepy little stone figurines down their throats as his sick signature. 👉 Naturally, Christine has to fight off the usual suspects at work: Bruce Howard (fame-hungry rival) Roger Thorne (the boss who thinks she’s not up for the job) 👉 ...