The Safest Lies
The Safest Lies
Author: Megan Miranda
Published: May 24, 2016
Audiobook
Reviewed By: Jessica
Dates Read: November 18-27, 2019
Jessica’s Rating: 2 stars
Book Description:
Can fear be inherited?
Kelsey has lived most of her life in a shadow of fear, raised to see danger everywhere. Her mother hasn’t set foot outside their front door in seventeen years, since she escaped from her kidnappers with nothing but her attacker’s baby growing inside her—Kelsey.
Kelsey knows she’s supposed to keep a low profile for their own protection, but that plan is shattered when she drives off a cliff and is rescued by volunteer firefighter and classmate Ryan Baker.
A few days later, she arrives home to face her greatest fear: her mother is missing. She and her mother have drilled for all contingencies—except this one. Luckily, Ryan is as skilled at emergency rescues as Kelsey is at escape and evasion.
To have a chance at a future, Kelsey will have to face all her darkest fears. Because someone is coming for her.
And the truth about the past may end up being the most dangerous thing of all.
Jessica’s Review:
This one had the making of a 5 star read at the beginning to about a third of the way through. OMG, Kelsey’s mother had lived through a nightmare that changed her whole life… And then Kelsey experiences a terrible car accident and then is saved by someone in her class. Let me keep on reading!
This is not a spoiler as the book description mentions it, but then Kelsey’s mom goes missing. From there the book goes at a snail’s pace and becomes repetitive. The direction it went was not expected or interesting. There are a few reveals and for the most part they were not anything extraordinary. I was shocked a Kelsey’s reaction to a particular reveal: I was expecting the opposite reaction as my mouth dropped with that reveal.
Though it had promise, in the end this one did not work for me.
The Tenth Girl
Today Kim brings you a video review of The Tenth Girl by Sara Faring. Please note that there WILL be spoilers (she warns you first) and she also becomes very passionate about the last 60 pages……
The Tenth Girl
Author: Sara Faring
Published: September 24, 2019
458 Pages
Reviewed By: Kim
Kim’s Rating: 2 stars
Book Description:
Simmering in Patagonian myth, The Tenth Girl is a gothic psychological thriller with a haunting twist.
At the very southern tip of South America looms an isolated finishing school. Legend has it that the land will curse those who settle there. But for Mavi—a bold Buenos Aires native fleeing the military regime that took her mother—it offers an escape to a new life as a young teacher to Argentina’s elite girls.
Mavi tries to embrace the strangeness of the imposing house—despite warnings not to roam at night, threats from an enigmatic young man, and rumors of mysterious Others. But one of Mavi’s ten students is missing, and when students and teachers alike begin to behave as if possessed, the forces haunting this unholy cliff will no longer be ignored.
One of these spirits holds a secret that could unravel Mavi’s existence. In order to survive she must solve a cosmic mystery—and then fight for her life.
Kim’s Video Review:
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Someone We Know
Someone We Know
Author: Shari Lapena
Published: July 30, 2019
Audiobook
Reviewed By: Jessica
Dates Read: October 7-16, 2019
Jessica’s Rating: 2 stars
Book Description:
Maybe you don’t know your neighbors as well as you thought you did . . .
“This is a very difficult letter to write. I hope you will not hate us too much. . . My son broke into your home recently while you were out.”
In a quiet, leafy suburb in upstate New York, a teenager has been sneaking into houses–and into the owners’ computers as well–learning their secrets, and maybe sharing some of them, too.
Who is he, and what might he have uncovered? After two anonymous letters are received, whispers start to circulate, and suspicion mounts. And when a woman down the street is found murdered, the tension reaches the breaking point. Who killed her? Who knows more than they’re telling? And how far will all these very nice people go to protect their own secrets?
In this neighborhood, it’s not just the husbands and wives who play games. Here, everyone in the family has something to hide . . .
You never really know what people are capable of.
Jessica’s Review:
Yet another thriller that had an intriguing premise that did not deliver for me. The beginning definitely pulls you in with a brutal murder, but from there the book just did not work for me. I really did want to like this novel. The idea of a teenager sneaking into homes and getting on people’s computers and possibly finding out things…. Oh yeah! But I was not attached to any of the characters or care about them in any way. I just know one thing: I would not want to live in this neighborhood as everyone has secrets. This one was ultimately forgettable for me.
Do yourself a favor and read Lapena’s first novel The Couple Next Door. I LOVED IT! Other than her first novel, Lapena may be another author I need to steer clear from as all of her other novels have fallen short for me.
My review for The Couple Next Door is here.
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