Double Blind by Sara Winokur

This is a semi- police procedural based in Iceland. I knew nothing about the deeper issues between Denmark and Iceland, but I got a full lesson here! The story itself was interesting but felt like a second book type material instead of a first. Every person we encounter has a back story that we only…

The Confessions of Jonathan Flite and the Release of Jonathan Flite by Matthew J. Beier

This is the oldest book on my NetGalley list, and I finally got around to reading it. The strange fact is not how long it took for me to get to this and read it thoroughly but that the deeper I got into the story. It went from a book I almost gave up on…

The Forbidden Promise by Lorna Cook

This is a dual timeline story, one is of WWII, and the other is in present-day Scotland. I preferred the current day's timeline of our leading lady (Kate) is working towards making an old Scottish castle more lucrative for its owners. The other is of a girl on the brink of adulthood who doubts her…

The Rearranged Life of Oona Lockhart by Margarita Montimore

On a completely unrelated note to the rest of the review, it is strange how many books I am getting approved on NetGalley of late. Previously I would request a ton and only get half the books, and now that that has changed I need to vet my requests because my lists are out of…

Willa and the Whale by Chad Morris; Shelly Brown

I may not read a lot of books targeting a younger audience, but I do try and pick up the ones I feel interested in. I recently really enjoyed one but did not gel entirely with it. We have a precocious main character who is well versed in Marine Biology because of her mother. The…

A Miss Underhay Mystery #1 #2

I am a big fan of cozy mysteries set in the historical fiction mode. I had requested and received the first a while ago, but as I saw its sequel up for release later this month, I decided to read it back-to-back for maximum impact. This last sentence will be used again for a few…

Bitter Falls by Rachel Caine

Narrated by: Emily Sutton-Smith, Michael Crouch, Dan John Miller, Lauren Ezzo, Will Ropp This is the kind of series that the general public feels has run its course with regards to the storyline. This particular visit to stillhouse lake shows how persecution does not end when we put a book away. Every time Gwen and her family feel they have…

Only Lies Remain by Val Collins

This is a semi-police procedural based in Ireland. I say semi because the police end of the investigation is not revealed directly but by the interactions between the family of the deceased. I did not know that this was the second in a series, and that was mildly detrimental to my reading of this in…