Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

The Hawthorne series is one of my favorites. I find Horowitz’s writing to be funny, engaging and clever and this one is no exception.

I found the beginning of this story a bit slower to move and I had a hard time keeping track of all the neighbors at first. And it got more complicated before it started to unravel so I found the pacing to be a bit less engaging than the others in the series.

But I loved the meta nature like in the others and I loved jumping in and out of the story. I also loved to find out a bit more about Hawthorne’s past which I assume will be more of a plot line in upcoming stories.

As always, the ending and how it all comes together is very clever and so fast that I had to read it twice! I can’t wait for the next one!

with gratitude to netgalley and Harper for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

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Betting on You by Lynn Painter
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

3.5 stars. knew where this was going the whole time and still really enjoyed it.

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Annie Bot by Sierra Greer
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was surprisingly good and insightful. I almost didn’t read it twice but wanted to give it a chance and I am glad I did. I think in this case the blurb doesn’t actually do justice to the book. It’s not as sensational as it might seem, instead it’s more clever and thought-provoking in my opinion.

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Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Fast-paced interesting mystery that was a fun read. Not too twisty but still kept me interested. Was what I needed.

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Gone for Good by Harlan Coben
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I went on a Coben journey after watching some of his Netflix movies. I think the books are good but I don’t seem to enjoy the narrator and I like these more as miniseries. They are still great for twisty stories if you enjoy those!

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Margo’s Got Money Troubles by Rufi Thorpe
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Wow, what an unusual story. I don’t even know where to begin with this one.

The truth is that it took me a while to get into this story. Margot made so many poor decisions, one after the other that I wasn’t sure I wanted to keep going because I was frustrated. But then I slowly started to fall in love with her tenacity. I fell in love with her ability to forgive and her willingness to give others chances and her demands that she, too, be given chances.

This book full of oddball characters and collection of poor choices and misfortune will fill your heart when you’re not paying attention and leave you in tears, proud of these characters for all the growth and tenacity they experience over the course of the story.

I started on the fence and ended up loving it.

with gratitude to netgalley and William Morrow for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review.

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