The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

  Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, he feels irritation when people move his things or contentment when ledgers balance down to the penny, but not big, important emotions—like grief. And love. He thinks he’s defective. His family knows better—that his autism means he just processes emotions differently. When he steadfastly avoids relationships, his mother takes matters into her own hands and returns to Vietnam to find him the perfect bride. As a…

The Bride Test by Helen Hoang

Khai Diep has no feelings. Well, he feels irritation when people move his things or contentment when ledgers balance down to the penny, but not big, important emotions—like grief. And love. He thinks he’s defective. His family knows better—that his autism means he just processes emotions differently. When he steadfastly avoids relationships, his mother takes matters into her own hands and returns to Vietnam to find him the perfect bride. As a mixed-race…

My Top Thriller Picks

For me, summer means I read one of two genres, Romance or Mysteries/Thrillers.  I don't what it is, perhaps I want something a little lighter, or something a little more grown-up. Whatever the reason, I love these two genres. If you're like me and love to read thrillers this time of year, or any time of year for that matter, I wanted to share with you a few of my personal favorites.   Abbie…

The Third Mrs. Durst by Ann Aguirre

Thank you to Midnight inc and NetGalley for sending me an electronic copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.     Marlena Altizer Durst lives in her husband’s shadow. He controls her every move—what she wears, the food she eats, and the friends she’s allowed to make. If she disobeys, there are… consequences. And he has all the power, so nobody would believe her.Her Cinderella story has been well-documented and it…

The Perfect Wife by JP Delaney

Thank you to Ballantine Books and NetGalley for sending me an electronic copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.   Abbie awakens in a daze with no memory of who she is or how she landed in this unsettling condition. The man by her side claims to be her husband. He's a titan of the tech world, the founder of one of Silicon Valley's most innovative start-ups. He tells Abbie that…

2019 Mid-Year Wrap-Up

As we are now over halfway through the year, and I am over halfway to my yearly reading goal (yay!) I wanted to share my favorites reads so far this year. I've read a ton of great books:   Best Thriller Abbie awakens in a daze with no memory of who she is or how she landed in this unsettling condition. The man by her side claims to be her husband. He's a…

How to Hack a Heartbreak by Kristin Rockaway

Thank you to Graydon House and NetGalley for sending me an electronic copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.     By day, Mel Strickland is an underemployed helpdesk tech at a startup incubator, Hatch, where she helps entitled brogrammers—"Hatchlings"—who can't even fix their own laptops, but are apparently the next wave of startup geniuses. And by night, she goes on bad dates with misbehaving dudes she's matched with on the…

The Unhoneymooners by Christina Lauren

Synopsis Olive is always unlucky: in her career, in love, in…well, everything. Her identical twin sister Ami, on the other hand, is probably the luckiest person in the world. Her meet-cute with her fiancé is something out of a romantic comedy (gag) and she’s managed to finance her entire wedding by winning a series of Internet contests (double gag). Worst of all, she’s forcing Olive to spend the day with her sworn enemy,…

Changeling (Oddmire Book 1) by William Ritter

Thank you to Algonquin Young Readers for sending me an electronic copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.   Magic is fading from the Wild Wood. To renew it, goblins must perform an ancient ritual involving the rarest of their kind—a newborn changeling. But when the fateful night arrives to trade a human baby for a goblin one, something goes terribly wrong. After laying the changeling in a human infant’s crib,…

Vacation Reads – Wrap up

So last week I went on vacation and while I didn't manage to read all the books on my list I read 6, which is great for a week I think.  Below are the books I read a quick review.  I will be doing full reviews of each of these books one later this month. Overall: 5 A fun enemies to lovers book, with the typical Christina Lauren charm   Overall: 4 A…