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This was a pretty intense ride. The main character Chloe's struggle with her own psyche adds depth to the plot. The writing is engaging, maintaining a pace that kept me on the edge of my seat. The end seemed a bit messy with all the players involved but I definitely did not see the plot twist coming -and that‘s what I love.

I still liked her first book more but this one kept my mind off things for a few days. Most of the characters were a bit unlikable. I do like that Audrain is not afraid to highlight the difficult parts of raising kids. The hard part of being a mom but wanting to have a successful career. How parents sometimes don‘t know how to navigate a relationship with their child when their child is not what they expected. The difficulties of marriage, feeling

2-20-25: My 14th finished book of 2025! Fantastic concept but a fizzled ending. Alfred Smettle, a Hitchcock super fan, has bought a house by his old college campus, redone it, and turned it into the Hitchcock Hotel. On the 1st anniversary of its opening he invites his friends from college for a weekend of fun, and murder. ⭐️⭐️⭐️📖#️⃣1️⃣4️⃣

A novel filled with lots of different elements. We meet Frankie as she‘s called in the visit with a death row inmate. Frankie wanders around finding missing persons. This time she looking for the missing/kidnapped younger sister of the inmate. Frankie goes to Hawaii and then onto an atoll where the sister is going to be. The death row sister escapes from prison and comes to the atoll. People are being murdered. What happens next? 4/5 🌟

This book had a hold on me from beginning to very end. As always, Sager's writing is impeccable, creating characters with depth, a detailed and storied setting, and a storyline that leaves you guessing (and more often than not, completely wrong), until the very last page

3.75⭐
•The premise of this story is rather compelling and it pulled me in immediately. Where the story goes from there was even rather interesting…but the ending left me underwhelmed. Overall though, I would still say it was a worthwhile book.
•Johanna Parker‘s narration was decent at times and atrocious at others…her whiny, pitchy, crying was super annoying.

I loved Mr Ripley years ago, and I‘ve wanted to read more by Patricia Highsmith ever since.

This one reminds me of Ripley in its setting: rich ruthless people living a lazy life and hating each other.

Melinda and Vic are married but she‘s having lovers on the side all the time. It‘s a matter of time until Vic is fed up with the situation.
I wanted to know what happened but it wasn‘t such a rewarding read as Ripley. A light pick.

Ethan and Sutton don‘t have the perfect marriage. They‘ve each kept secrets, then a tragedy drives a deeper wedge. Then one morning Ethan awakes and Sutton is gone. Thus starts the twisty novel where we eventually get multiple perspectives. I really enjoyed this.

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Some #Hearts titles from my Kindle/ebook TBR. Someday I will get to these, especially the tagged for #SeriesLove2025
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