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items These are all 5 Star Reads I would recommend to anyone who will listen to me. As an avid reader, I am a multi-genre reader.
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Sections
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Thrillers
Romantasy
Romance
Spicy & Dark Romance
Whimsical Fantasy
A Little Bit of Everything
Thrillers
If you love thrillers, you need to read these books!
This book had the best plot twist I’ve read in a long time. It was sooooo good. I loved this whole book…start to finish. Just when I thought I knew what would happen next, I was wrong. Will definitely read another book by this author!
Kill for Me, Kill for You: A Novel
This books had a serious plot twist that I never saw coming. It was so good in the way it was set up followed by the reveal. I will definitely read more books by her!
Local Woman Missing: A Novel of Domestic Suspense
This book was awesome! I loved how you learned the truth of what happened at the same time the main character did. I also loved how almost every chapter ended with an excerpt of the podcast. Lucy was a flawed but a hilarious main character trying to ...
Listen for the Lie: A Novel
This book was intense and totally messed up! The storyline was tragic and also mesmerizing at the same time. Paris paints the perfect picture that we never know what happens in another person’s life, even if that life appears perfect on the outside. ...
Behind Closed Doors: A Novel
This book, like The Teacher, was bonkers! I read this one in only a few hours and I never saw the twist coming. So dark, so twisted and so hard to put down. I will recommend McFadden to anyone who wants to get lost in a book because her books make yo...
Never Lie
This book was bananas!! It was also my first McFadden book and it won’t be my last. I read this book in a day. The characters were so messed up but I also couldn’t put it down. It was like watching a train wreck. Pure insanity and I loved it!
The Teacher
I absolutely loved this book. The main characters were flawed but I loved them nonetheless. Elston wrote a wonderful thriller that also felt like a spy novel because this reader didn't figure out how all the pieces fit together until the very end!
First Lie Wins: Reese's Book Club: A Novel
This book was awesome; an excellent thriller. While I was correct in predicting most of it, the author had me doubting myself time and time again thinking I was wrong and many times, I was. I figured out the who and the why but not the how or when. T...
No One Can Know: A Novel
This book was brilliant! A story within a story. The premise is a family moves into an old mansion that they learn has a dark past. Eventually, the family leaves the house and the father writes a best selling horror novel about their experience. Fast...
Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
This was one of the best thrillers I have ever read. There were so many twists that I never saw coming that I was left speechless by the end. While I kind of predicted one of the twists, kind of but not entirely, the rest of the twists floored me. I ...
The Only One Left by Riley Sager
Romantasy
I love a good Romantasy novel! If you like a little spice and a lot of action, these books are for you!
This book was phenomenal. It had an original plot, characters I loved as well as loved to hate, it was a little spicy a little terrifying, and a little mysterious, with a total WTF twist - a perfect blend!
Phantasma (Wicked Games, 1)
I loved this as much as Phantasma and I am really looking forward to the third book in the series. I also love that you can read each book as a standalone but if you read the other books in the series it makes the plot even better. Dark and twisty an...
Enchantra (Wicked Games, 2)
This book was really good. I’m definitely going to have to read the next one to find out what happens. The characters played a game of cat and mouse and I was hooked. Great plot!
Heartless Hunter: The Crimson Moth: Book 1
Such a great ending to the duology! Although the ending was a bit predictable, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It definitely made my heart happy to read. There is just something about a romantasy novel.
Rebel Witch: The Crimson Moth: Book 2
This was a phenomenal romantasy read. An absolute epic storyline with the right amount of spice, slow burn, and heat pumping action…and that ending! Holy moly!
Fourth Wing (Standard Edition) (The Empyrean, 1)
Just do yourself a favor and buy the whole series now…you will regret it if you don't because it is THAT GOOD! If you love a good kick ass heroine, then Celaena Sardothien is your girl. She is a fierce female who won't take crap from anyone and I am ...
Throne of Glass Paperback Box Set
Romance
These characters will steal your heart!
If you love a great romantic comedy with some spice and action, this series is for you! I was hooked within the first few pages of the Dead Guy Next Store and there was no looking back. Riley Thorne is down on her luck and moves in with a bunch of hi...
Riley Thorn Complete Series: 4 Cozy Mysteries
Lucy Score does it again in this bingeable series. The setting, the characters, the plot, the romance - all so good! If you need to escape into a good book, I would recommend any Lucy Score novel but there is just something about Knockemout and those...
Knockemout Series Boxset: Complete Collection
This was such a cute story - a little more spicy than some of the others - but that is not a bad thing! The town, the character, the whole story made me want to live in Story Lake. This book will give you all the feels!
Story of My Life (Standard Edition) (Story Lake 1)
This was a super fun read! It was filled with adventure, great characters, treasure hunting, lost love and happy endings!
Something Wilder
This book was so much fun! The entire time I read it, I thought, this is just like I’m watching a romantic comedy! Great premise, great plot, great characters. This book made my heart happy 😊
The Paradise Problem
Spicy & Dark Romance
If you like it dark, this section is for you!
This book was excellent. A cross between Criminal Minds, Dexter and Revenge. I loved how strong the female character was and how her relationship with Logan evolved. Highly recommended!!!
The Mindf*ck Series
This book is dark, seriously spicy, and absolutely amazing. I loved every single second of this series even though I was blushing 99% of the time. What makes this series unique is all three books follow the same timeline/story but it is told by diffe...
The Ruinous Love Trilogy 3-Book Set by Brynne Weaver
Whimsical Fantasy
These books are all in my top reads of all time. Epic, timeless, just amazing!
I loved this book! A story of never settling, finding your true self and acceptance. Such a unique story with unforgettable characters. This book is in my top 10 most loved reads.
Invisible Life of Addie Larue - Illustrated
This was a wonderful book filled with magical realism and the perfect amount of whimsy. Told by multiple narrators over two different timelines, Woods paints a world similar to those imagined by Erin Morgenstern. I loved this story from the first pag...
The Lost Bookshop: Charming Uplifting Novel
This novel was so unique. When I finished reading it, I stared off into space not fully comprehending what I just read. I loved it and hated it all at once but the fact I’m still thinking about it makes me think it is probably one of the best books I...
The Starless Sea: A Novel
Excellent book that makes you really think about the millions of different decisions you make during your lifetime and how each of these decisions, both big and small, make you who you are today. It has you explore the “what if” only to discover you ...
The Midnight Library: A GMA Book Club Pick
I love this book so much! Each character was absolutely wonderful but my favorites were Talia, Chauncey and Lucy. The story just made my heart happy. It was a story of redemption, acceptance, kindness, found family and friendships. I will 💯 read mor...
The House in the Cerulean Sea
This book was a perfect way to wrap up the story that was first started in The House in the Cerulean Sea. The story followed the same family and added a fun new character, David, the Yeti. Through Klune’s magical realism and whimsy, the story was muc...
Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune (Paperback)
A Little Bit of Everything
These are books I loved but don't necessarily fit into one category.
This book had my jaw drop to the floor. A little confusing at first, it was completely unique and I was hooked. I will forever and a day recommend anything Turton writes!
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
This book will stay with me for a very long time. It was so good! It was a story of humanity, societal flaws, empathy, kindness, sacrifice, injustice and fear. It laid all of humanities problems on the floor and asked, what if it didn’t have to be th...
The Last Murder at the End of the World: Novel
This book was sad, from start to finish. While it had a realistic ending, I wanted nothing more than Frankie to get her happy ending. It breaks my heart the reader never saw that happen but at the same time, I know she was doing so much better. I hat...
The Women: A Novel
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