At first, I struggled with this book, but as the writer revealed more of her story, I got used to her writing style and found myself immersed in what her life was like, how her past secret influenced her present and future, and how she was finally able to find her true self and happiness. Evelyne Michaut lays bear her trials in life and her struggles with relationships. She tells her story with humor, honesty, and heartfelt warmth and recollections of events. Her story reveal

The Babysitter is a solid mystery with good character development and subplots. A book with a good mystery has the reader second-guessing who they believe the killer is throughout the story, and this one had me guessing until the reveal. I liked Emma's character, and the author portrayed her well in her mannerisms and cognitive capacity. Emma's small remembrances of what happened to her had me on the edge of my seat because I wanted her to remember more or reveal a clue each

Sprinkles of Suspicion (Cupcake Catering Mystery, #1) by Kim Davis is the first book in a new series. I enjoyed reading this book. There were several interesting characters and nuances to the storyline. One favorite character was Tillie, even though she had a very small part in the book, but she was quite feisty and straight forward in her demeanor. I hope to see more of her in future books. I liked the main character, Emory, and I felt she was a solid character who did not m

A closed-off town, a disappearance, and roadblocks left and right. These types of obstacles make for a good mystery in The Fallen Girls. Clara, a Dallas detective, is called back to her family home by a long-time friend who is also a cop because Clara’s sister is missing. Clara is caught between doing her duty and having to straddle the line of the family she left behind and trying to get information about her missing sister. The subplots were done well, moved the main storyl

In the beginning of Water's Edge, I really loved Megan's sarcasm and demeanor, but then it got tiresome, and some of the male characters came across like 1970s character cutouts and not likable. It also found myself tiring on the character interactions around the 55% mark and just wanted the story to end. It seemed like the storyline plodded along to get to the exciting ending, but I did find myself not caring who the killer could be. I felt like the author was hitting me ove