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The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Rating:  6 🌟 s

Sensitive Themes:
drug usuage/addiction, mental health, emotional abuse, violence, obsession and dark side of passion.

Review:
This was my second book by this author and let me just say, I thought I had this story figured it out but guess what? I didn't and now I'm just speechless on what to say other than this totally messed with my mind towards the end and that's normally what I look for in a psychological thriller and Alex Michaelides totally delievered once again on his promise to totally blow your mind with his writing and I believe he's becoming one of my new favorite thriller authors along with Riley Sager and I couldn't have been more happier to have found him when I read his newest release The Fury last year before he dropped it this January and so I decided to give this backlist book a try and like I said earlier in my review what a mindbending novel this was. Highly recommend you take a chance on this book and not to mention this was 2nd 6 star book I read this year.

A Vicious Proposal by Kristy Marie

dark emotional funny hopeful inspiring fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Rating: 6 🌟 s

Sensitive Themes:
foul language, mention of past abuse, alleged rape, parental death and descriptive sexual encounters.

Review:
Kristy Marie pushed the envelope with this one and I got to say that this is the best one she has written so far even though I am always saying that with every new book of hers that gets released, but this one really is amazing x10 (move over Tim becase Van Gogh just took your spot 🤪). So if you love dark characters especially psycho ones then I highly recommend reading this book. And by the way, I have to say that this is my first 6 star read of 2024 so far, hopefully by the end of the year this will still be one of my favorite books of the year.

The Woman in Me by Britney Spears

dark emotional hopeful informative inspiring sad tense fast-paced

5.0

Rating: 6 Stars

Review:
Let me first start off by saying that Britney deserves a gold medal for dealing with the people and the situations throughout her life because I couldn't have did what she did so now on to the non spoiler review I have for this memoir. I felt rage at times and emotional at others but overall I enjoyed choosing this as my final read of 2023 because I needed to know what happened during those times in the conservatorship even though I knew some things about Britney's life because I am a fan afterall. But I kinda knew what a horrible person her father and mother as well as her sister, Justin Timberlake and Kevin Federline was a people in her life. Some Justin fans are gonna be mad at me but he was the worst relationship she could have had (there I said it) but so was her father and what he was doing to her was just wrong on so many levels and I'm so happy that Britney is now a brave and free woman to do with her future as she sees fit even though most people would disagree with her choices now and how she acts on social media but I still love her as the non apologetic person on the planet whether you agree with me  or not but at least she's living her truth and that's what I love most about her. Lastly I want to thank Britney for finally telling her story because in this point in time could help others going through conservatorships at this time. So to anyone who feels as hopeless as Britney did at that time, maybe you can read her read her story and be motivated to never give up because there is light at the end of the tunnel even if you don't see it yet. My rant is now over and I hope my review will help you through this difficult time.

Sealed With A Kiss by Willow Winters, Amelia Wilde

adventurous emotional hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

What a ride this was. I loved Graham and Maddie so much that I swooned during all the sweet moments and the spicy scenes were quite spicy and I couldn't put this book down until the very end. I highly recommend this book if you looking for something that will melt your heart and fall for these characters from page one then you should definitely give this book a shot.

Stolen By The Boss by Logan Chance

dark emotional funny hopeful tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Rating: 6 Stars

Triggers: Sex Trafficking (mentioned/described) & Attempted Rape (on page).

On to my review: The reason I gave this book 6 stars instead of the normal 5 that I usually give is because it kept me engaged throughout and the MCs Dean & Sophia's interractions in the beginning is that they don't trust each other but throughout the story that enemies to lovers thing between them goes out the window once they start trusting one another and work together to bring down Bishop and his operation and by the end which made me cry happy tears by the way finalizes me into loving the story so hard. If you're looking for a book that has you intrigues you from page one then give it a try. Also I want to mention this was my first book by this author and I hope to read more of his backlog as well as his future releases. So you can tell I'm a big fan since giving one of his books a chance and I'm so glad that this was the  first book that introduced me to his writing. 

My Sinful Santa: Three Naughty Tales by J.C. Jaye

lighthearted fast-paced

4.0

If you're looking for smut with a little plot to it then this is for you.

Delicate Condition by Danielle Valentine

dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

What can I say about this book other than I'm at a loss for wordsat how shocked I am after reading this, but here goes nothing... The story has so many twists and turns that it was unable to predict meaning my brain had a hard time figuring out what was what and the timeswhen I thought that I had it figured out, I didn't. And the ending I didn't see coming and how I'm still sitting here thinking about it after just closing the book. I can honestly say now that I'm done thinking of how much it surprised me that this is definitely a contender for my favoite thrillers of 2023.

Would I recommend reading this if you love thrillers that mess with your mind? Yes I would so I want you to go out and either purchase it or borrow it from your local library because I highly recommend that you give this book a chance and go into it with an open mind and keep on reading until you get to the end because it's so worth the read.

The Fury by Alex Michaelides

adventurous dark emotional hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book kept me intrigued from beginning to end even though it kept on going back and forth and in between. But in the end , I gotta say that I truthfully enjoyed it even though I'm not really that much into murder mysteries, but this one took me by surprise and I can definitely say that I will read more by this author in the future.

Wounded Kiss by Willow Winters

dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Such a good paranormal love story. The characters and storyline was so well written that I couldn't put it down until the last page. Highly recommend.

Ruthless Rival by L.J. Shen

funny hopeful mysterious relaxing tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

For my first book by L. J. Shen Ruthless Rival was really good. I loved Arya and Christian as characters and their past and present love story was interesting and what Arya's dad did was messed up and tried lying until he was caught and he finally admitted to everything he did. Christian's friends were entertaining and Arya's friend Julian was an okay friend. If you want something fun to read and not to mention I did listen along as the audiobook narrators narrated the characters and their voices for all these characters were really good too.