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Read only The Unwanted. Supernatural isn’t my favorite element. The idea of the plot was interesting but I didn’t love the supernatural addition. The twist at the end was intriguing. The book was an easy read but wasn’t “can’t put it down”.

Just ok. Couldn’t really get into it.

The book was interesting but I didn’t much care for the ending. The body jumping was weird and didn’t feel like it fit with the rest of the book. I couldn’t figure out what the bike shop had to do with anything. The death of the murderer was anticlimactic. I was looking for more resolution and answers.

Didn’t finish. There was no mystery about who the killer was. And all of the descriptions of the diamond industry were boring. And there were two cases being worked. Just not into this book.

Michael’s style of writing is easy to read and chapters are short. There were a couple big surprises at the end. The Harry Bosch character irritates me- he is an egomaniac who thinks he is always right. I was surprised that his ex-wife was killed off. I would still read more by this author, even though the Harry character is annoying.

Doris went into way too much detail about the art world for my taste. We did learn who killed Isabelle’s father at the end but not nearly enough explanation was provided. The relationship with Izzy’s sister Nina was also abruptly resolved at the end. This was a very long book that bounced between Spain, NY and NM. Didn’t love it.

Could not keep track of characters, plots, motives or story. Sue was too descriptive and didn’t develop the characters or the solving of the two mysteries enough (wife shot through peephole and investigator killed - possibly murdered by mushroom laced pastry). Mystery solved in one paragraph at end of book and book did not tie up pieces very well. I need to quit reading these.

Another good read by Emily that takes place in MI, although not as good as Funny Story. The two writers storyline bugged me a little and there was a little too much deep stuff with parents dying and abandoning and having second families and dying. The romance build up didn’t do it for me either.

Author did a good job with keeping me guessing. There was a good twist at the end that I sort of saw coming but not enough to figure it out. It was a nice change of pace to have a setting in Key West and have the story set around tennis and boats. The characters and dialogue were on point. It was a good read.

Nice change of pace from the cop/lawyer books. Well written. She tried to work a surprise in, but it was fairly obvious who was behind harming the newborns at the hospital. Would probably read more by the author.

Ended up liking this more than I thought I would. There was lots of Harlem and cop history included, which was rather interesting. The story was about more than just the trial, it touched on dirty cops, politics and race relations.

The idea behind the story was good but I didn’t think the execution was very strong. The secret at the end was obvious. I was hoping the love story back story would have had more substance. The main character romance also was lacking development. The book was just ok.

It was a good book. Easy to read, no annoying characters, the plot moved right along. Not so much a who dunnit as it was a story about this crazy guy named Pilot who was kind of a Charles Manson type. There was a lot of killing and some were rather graphic but that wouldn’t deter from reading more. Lots of actio took place in the UP.

Maps, islands, love, adventure, mystery, gold, scandal, murder. This book had it all. A girl discovers a map and a journal in a closed off room in her house. This kicks off a series off events that lead her on an adventure to search for her brother who went looking for the secret Paradise Island. Enjoyed it.

Enjoyed this. Good dialogue, characters weren’t too annoying, plot wasn’t too complicated. Nice little surprise at the end. It had twists and turns. Liked the idea of someone getting another person’s old phone number and the complications that can develop from it.

Too much blogging in the book for my taste. The ending was unexpected. Would have appreciated more clues to help reach the conclusion at the end. The whole book was just so so.

Didn’t get very far into it. It seemed very familiar, I think I’ve read it before.

Didn’t even start it. Opened it to about chapter 17 and read a little bit and it was too sexually graphic for my taste. Too dark.

Enjoyed the book but it was hard keeping track of all the different theories of who killed the presidential candidates. The dialogue was good and the chapters were short. In the end, the outcome was almost too unpredictable. I would give this author another shot.

Written like it was trying to be a deep book, a classic. Very wordy. The plot hooked me from the start, boy allegedly kills girlfriend, but did he really? And then the attempted cover up. It was really a novel about how tragedy affects a family. I didn’t are for it too much.

The dialogue was entertaining but the character development was weak. Didnt care for Holly, the FL police chief. There were too many characters involved in too many confusing conspiracy plots. The ending was lackluster. Too many government agencies.

Wow. A news publisher seeks revenge on a leacherous politician. Thoroughly enjoyed this book and the ending was definitely a surprise.

Enjoyed the dialogue (playful banter that reminded me a bit of Janet), the relationships were pleasant, not too racy. The Who-dunnit was a surprise. The plot followed two different timelines as the main character tried to connect the dots to locate gangster gold. I would read more by this author.

The plot had me hooked from the beginning. Spoiled rich kids go on an extreme birthday party where they get to play cops and robbers. The party gets high hacked and it all goes downhill from there. It was difficult keeping track of characters at first but got easier as the story progressed. I would read more by this author.

Lots of twists and turns. Grace finds an old picture in some processed photos. Her husband goes missing. There is a concert stampede, memory loss, family, mobsters, hired killers, peeping toms and lots of secrets. The whole book is wrapped up in the last couple chapters. Would read more.

I thought I had it all figured out, but the twist at the end got me. Peyton has a cyber stalker and real life stalker. One minute you think it’s the husband, then the mistress and then the old boyfriend. Which is it? You don’t know til the end the whole story of who is doing what.

Started but couldn’t finish

This book kept me riveted the whole time. I even gasped and commented out loud a couple times. It was very visceral. Beyond that, I loved the short chapters, dialogue, characters and scene setting. I normally wouldn’t enjoy a historical type story involving lawyers and slavery but I loved this. Ben Corbett was betrayed by his best friend, his school boy crush, and his president and was almost hanged.

Meh. It could have been a better book. Lots of loose ends left, probably to queue up for a next book. There is a stabbing, a mysterious lady with lots of aliases who seems to have killed her man and chopped him up with an axe, and a mysterious storyline with the main character’s young sister who is dead.

Didn’t finish. Too much rambling of scientific terms for me.