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Here's my book haul from today! 📚 I actually planned on stopping at two other bookstores as well, but I spent HOURS in Barnes & Noble so I figured I might as well save the other bookstores for a different day! 🤭 I'm really excited that the Barnes & Noble special edition of Intermezzo is a different color from the regular edition! That's super fun!

I‘m sad this book has gotten so many bad reviews. I liked it. It was different and I liked how things all fit together in the end even though it didn‘t always make sense while reading it. It wasn‘t the best flowing story and left a lot open to interpretation but to me it was unique and still enjoyable without being perfect.

My current read is:?️??

My next read is either going to be "shit, actually" or heir of fire.

I strongly recommend Tess gerritsen, Kathy Reichs, and, now, Alex North.

#wondrouswednesday

“The blood splatters from where he had been stabbed repeatedly. And the larger pool of blood, in the gutter, where Michael Hyde had begun his desperate attempt to cut off her brother‘s face.”

Well, Mr. North, I dare say you caught my attention with the last lines of the prologue. 🩸💀🩸

Both, both, both, depends, tea, physical, both #wondrouswednesday

I had a little trouble following some of the details with this one (North did some interesting/funny things with time), but I enjoyed it nonetheless.

DNF @ 43%

I just wasn‘t feeling this one and wasn‘t invested in the story at all🤷🏼‍♀️

Oh, this is a creepy good story about some sort of connection of a long dead serial killer to a current day disparate cast of characters and clues keep dropping to each of the them. But it is only you, Dear Reader, that is fed all the clues to know just what danger lurks ahead. And it didn‘t matter how fast I read - those clues would not congeal until the story‘s end!

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I was SO STOKED to receive Alex North's newest book as an ARC from Celadon Books. 👏🏻 Let me tell you, it did not disappoint. This is the story of a man who, through death, brings together a web of characters, events, and crimes. One might say it was all written in stone. But what do YOU believe? Come for the gruesome details, stay for the heartbreaking reveals. 🩷

Always love an Alex North read. There's always an element of fantasy, in my opinion, but still as creepy as some of his others. Lots of twists and turns learning about how the characters were all connected, and I definitely appreciated the ending.

5/2023

📙Ｍａｒｃｈ░Ｗｒａｐ－Ｕｐ 📘

📖 𝐋𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐲 by 𝘓𝘪𝘴𝘢 𝘚𝘤𝘰𝘵𝘵𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
📖 𝐍𝐨 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐬 by 𝘒𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺 𝘓𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘭𝘦 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
📖 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐚𝐫 by 𝘒𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯 𝘙𝘰𝘴𝘦 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
📖 𝐃𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 by 𝘑𝘶𝘭𝘪𝘦 𝘎𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘵 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
📖 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 by 𝘈𝘭𝘦𝘹 𝘕𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘩 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
📖 𝟑 𝐃𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 by 𝘑𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘗𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This is a tough one for me to review. On one hand I feel like the plot was very unique which I appreciate. On the other hand I was confused through much of the book and still am after reading it. A lot of characters and timelines and storylines along with a complicated premise made this not super enjoyable for me. ⭐️⭐️

I loved Alex North's last 2 books. And this one just fell apart for me. I was uninterested and sooo confused. There are so many characters. And it's following some theory dealing with philosophy. I just honestly didn't care. Really was a pity. Also since there was so many characters that when you found something out from one person's point of view, you'd have to read about the other povs discovering that same thing. Very annoying. 2/5

I loved this book as I have loved all of Alex North‘s books. Can all of time exist all at once? For this novel, apparently it can. Two bothers who are influenced by a truly evil father: one who obeys the rules, one who does not. One who believes he is the true heir, one who does not. But, all is not as it seems. The ending caught me off guard. Scary, but not freezer worthy. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The next Stillhouse Lake novel is not available in audiobook form so I have to read it on the kindle app. So I‘ll listen to this one as I read ‘Trapper Road‘ on kindle. “From the New York Times bestselling author of The Whisper Man and The Shadows comes a dark, suspenseful new thriller about the mysteries of fate, the unbreakable bond of siblings, and a notorious serial killer who was said to know the future.”

The third Alex North novel doesn‘t disappoint! Ever since devouring THE WHISPER MAN (letter openings in doors will forever haunt me now), I feel like I‘m always anxiously awaiting more from this talented author! I couldn‘t put down this fast-paced and almost cyclical thriller that spans decades. Plus I can‘t wait to find a spot for my pins from the publisher for pre-ordering a copy! I saw some twists coming but overall really enjoyed this!

Weekend reading!!

While I enjoyed The Angel Maker, it didn‘t live up to the expectations I had based on North‘s prior two novels. The basic story was intriguing and twisted, but it didn‘t have me on the edge of my seat. I also expected a little more about the actual Angel Maker. Craig does a fabulous job narrating. Her tone, speed and inflection were spot on and she did a great job building suspense at just the right moments.

I was very excited for this thriller by Alex North yet I caution the reader that the plot line jumps around A LOT. With the time shifts, numerous characters and view points it took me time to wrap my head around where I was in the plot and distracted me from enjoying the great thriller this could have been.
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I thank Netgalley and Celdaon Books for giving me an advanced copy in return for my honest review.

For full review and themed recipe match, click here:

https://bakingthroughbookclub.com/2023/01/31/some-books-are-not-good-audiobooks/

The Angel Maker has several twists and turns, which makes it very difficult to follow on audiobook if your attention drifts. My attention drifted A LOT.

Although I liked Alex North's previous two novels (The Whisper Man and The Shadows) better than his newest novel, The Angel Maker, I did enjoy this book. Overall I really enjoyed this book. Included in the narrative was a bit of true crime, a bit about the mysteries of fate and pondering about if our future is really set in stone.

🎧 This is my favorite of the 3 Alex North novels that I‘ve read & The Doctor read the first one!

A great serial killer story!! A serial killer who can see into the future? 😱

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️3/4 … available 2/28/2023

#TheAngelMaker #AlexNorth #WinterReadathon #BookSpinBingo

Bell, present, believe, candle - 20 pts
Book read - 15 pt
Total pts - 95

This book is about the mysteries of fate, the unbreakable bond of siblings, and a notorious serial killer who was said to know the future. Katie Shaw lived a charmed life until the day a violent stranger changed the fate of her family forever.

Just got this gorgeous ARC in the mail today!