I Can't Wait for... Green Monsters!

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released.

I met Nicky Shearsby through the Twitter #WritingCommunity and she is such a wonderful writer to interact with! 

Green Monsters

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by Nicky Shearsby
eBook, Hardcover, Paperback 372 Pages
September 6, 2022 by SRL Publishing

Blurb:

I knew what love was. Love was sex. And I was most definitely going to make Jason love me today. Love me as if his life depended on it.

Green Monsters is told completely from the viewpoint of the antagonist, delving deep into the mind of a narcissistic psychopath.

Stacey Adams had not set out with the intention of hating her sister, Emma. In fact, she was convinced, at some point, she must have loved her once. Over the years, however, Emma had taken that love, twisting it into something bitter, until Stacey had no choice but to act on her impulsive instincts. After seemingly finding it easy to steal her sister's husband, Jason, Stacey's life appeared complete. All she needed now was her sister gone, out of the way. Forever freeing the man she believed had been drawn into Emma's control for too long.

Green Monsters tells the tale of a sister's jealousy for a life that was not her own. She only wanted to be happy, of course. And Jason would become her happiness. He was her one true love. She would save him and save herself in the process.

Little did she know what her actions were about to uncover.

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Why I Want To Read Green Monsters:

It's been a long time since I read a book in the antagonist's sole perspective and this one sounds really good! I'm sensing that Stacey might learn something dark about either her sister Emma or Emma's husband in her quest and I'm dying to find out what it is.  

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Will you be checking this book out? What upcoming releases are you looking forward to?

Book Review: SHIVER by Allie Reynolds

 

Shiver

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by Allie Reynolds

Thriller

Release Date: January 19, 2021 from G.P. Putnam's Sons

ebook, Hardcover, Audiobook, 400 Pages

Blurb:

In this propulsive locked-room thriller debut, a reunion weekend in the French Alps turns deadly when five friends discover that someone has deliberately stranded them at their remote mountaintop resort during a snowstorm.

When Milla accepts an off-season invitation to Le Rocher, a cozy ski resort in the French Alps, she's expecting an intimate weekend of catching up with four old friends. It might have been a decade since she saw them last, but she's never forgotten the bond they forged on this very mountain during a winter spent fiercely training for an elite snowboarding competition.

Yet no sooner do Milla and the others arrive for the reunion than they realize something is horribly wrong. The resort is deserted. The cable cars that delivered them to the mountaintop have stopped working. Their cell phones--missing. And inside the hotel, detailed instructions await them: an icebreaker game, designed to draw out their secrets. A game meant to remind them of Saskia, the enigmatic sixth member of their group, who vanished the morning of the competition years before and has long been presumed dead.

Stranded in the resort, Milla's not sure what's worse: the increasingly sinister things happening around her or the looming snowstorm that's making escape even more impossible. All she knows is that there's no one on the mountain she can trust. Because someone has gathered them there to find out the truth about Saskia...someone who will stop at nothing to get answers. And if Milla's not careful, she could be the next to disappear...

My Review:

Five arrive for a reunion, but they won't all leave it alive.

It's been ten years since Milla gave up snowboarding. Ten years since the cruel, yet magnetic Saskia disappeared. Ten years since Milla has seen any of the people she spent that winter with. But when Curtis, Saskia's brother and Milla's crush from back then emails her inviting her back to Le Rocher for a reunion she jumps at the chance to see him again.

Also arriving are Brent, the talented snowboarder Milla warmed the sheets with that winter, Dale - another of their snowboarder friends, and Heather, now Dale's wife, who was a bartender Dale was sleeping with that winter. They've all changed so much and gone their separate ways. Because of the tragedy of that winter? Or because someone doesn't want the others to know what they did?

Shiver is a locked-door thriller perfect for fans of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None. The tension is high as the group of five realize someone brought them there for a much more sinister reason than they could have imagined. Someone who will stop at nothing to uncover the truth about what happened that winter. But is it one of them? Or is there a sixth person hiding in the shadows waiting to strike as the others turn on each other? Could Saskia still be alive?

I loved this book! It alternates between the present and the events of ten years ago, explaining the events that lead up to Saskia's disappearance on the morning of the British Championship. Saskia was not a good person, and a lot of people had a reason to want her out of the way and the reader will constantly question which of the characters could have killed her. And the ending was definitely a twist worth waiting for. This is the kind of story where nobody is truly innocent, everyone is kind of morally gray, and I really didn't want to put it down. 

My Rating:

🌟🌟🌟🌟.75

4.75 of 5 Stars!

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I Can't Wait For... You're Next!

Can't-Wait Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Wishful Endings, to spotlight and discuss the books we're excited about that we have yet to read. Generally they're books that have yet to be released.

I've rediscovered my love for thrillers this year and this one has been on my radar for a few months now...

You're Next

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by Kylie Schachte
YA Mystery/Thriller
eBook, Hardcover, Audiobook, 480 Pages
July 7, 2020 by Jimmy Patterson


Blurb
When a girl with a troubled history of finding dead bodies investigates the murder of her ex, she uncovers a plot to put herself---and everyone she loves---on the list of who's next.
Flora Calhoun has a reputation for sticking her nose where it doesn't belong. After stumbling upon a classmate's body years ago, the trauma of that discovery and the police's failure to find the killer has haunted her ever since. One night, she gets a midnight text from Ava McQueen, the beautiful girl who had ignited Flora's heart last summer, then never spoke to her again.

Just in time to witness Ava's death from a gunshot wound, Flora is set on a path of rage and vengeance for all the dead girls whose killer is never found. Her tunnel-visioned sleuthing leads to valuable clues about a shocking conspiracy involving her school and beyond, but also earns her sinister threats from the murderer. She has a choice---to give up the hunt for answers, or keep digging and risk her loved ones' lives. Either way, Flora will regret the consequences. Who's next on the killer's list?

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What do you think? Will you be checking this one out?

Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Books on my Spring TBR

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and The Bookish and currently hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.

Top Ten Tuesday: Spring TBR

 This week's TTT is about our Spring TBR. Since I, as usual, am way behind on my ARC reading this season I’ll be catching up on some ARCs and continuing on my Thriller binge - both backlist and new releases...

1. Hideaway by Nora Roberts

2. Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel 

3. The Invited by Jennifer McMahon

4. Abigale Hall by Lauren A. Forry

5. The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley

6. A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

7. Redemption Prep by Samuel Miller

8. The Return by Rachel Harrison

9. They Wish They Were Us by Jessica Goodman
10. The Assistant by Marni Mann

Have you read, or do you plan to read, any of these? What books do you want to read this spring?Let me know  in the comments & drop me a link to your TTT!

Happy Reading Bookdragons!

Top Ten Tuesday: Book Cover Freebie

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and The Bookish and currently hosted by Jana @ That Artsy Reader Girl.

Top Ten Tuesday: Ten of My Favorite Thriller Novel Book Covers

 This week's TTT is a Book Cover Freebie so I think I'll do some of my favorite Thriller covers. I've been in a mood to read nothing but thrillers lately so why not...

1. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie

2. Lie to Me by Kaitlin Ward

3. Cryer's Cross by Lisa McMann

4. The Bride Collector by Ted Dekker

5. Six Little Secrets by Kaitlyn Duncan

6. Bonfire by Krysten Ritter (Hardcover and Paperback)

7. See How She Dies by Lisa Jackson

8. Ten by Gretchen McNeil

9. After the Woods by Kim Savage

10. Sadie by Courtney Summers

What books did you pick for the book cover freebie?
 Let me know  in the comments & drop me a link to your TTT!

Happy Reading Bookdragons!

Waiting On Wednesday: Moonlight Sins by Jennifer L. Armentrout

I finished all of the January-early February eARCs I received and jumped back into Bonfire by Krysten Ritter while I wait for another eARC I'm receiving from an author friend. Since I'm in the waiting mood and still 50 pages from finishing Bonfire this week's WIR-Wednesday has turned into a Waiting on Wednesday...

Moonlight Sins by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Blurb:

New York Times bestselling author Jennifer L. Armentrout delivers the unforgettable story of a woman whose new life has just begun—but may end in murder . . . 

Julia Hughes has always played it safe until she learned a very painful lesson. Now Julia’s starting over with a job in the Louisiana bayou, working for the infamous de Vincent family, the massively wealthy brothers who are haunted by a dark reputation and whispers of misdeeds. Hired to care for their troubled sister, Julia can't afford any distractions, but the menacing presence in the mansion and the ever-present temptation of the handsome Lucian de Vincent isn't something anyone can ignore. 

Julia knows better than to get wrapped up in Lucian. He’s from a world she can’t relate to. Plus, he’s her employer. But his wicked touch and sensual promises are too much deny. What starts with a kiss ends with so much more. 

Lucian is the youngest brother—the wildest, most unpredictable one. He’s the unrepentant bachelor of the family, known for his escapades in and out of the bedroom, and he wants Julia. There’s something about her that makes Lucian want to lay himself bare, but some secrets are better left buried, right along with a past that could not only bring down a dynasty but destroy Julia in the process.

Why I'm Waiting:

Jennifer L. Armentrout is one of my favorite authors and I'm surprised that I only learned about this book last week. Once I read the blurb I preordered a copy. I love thrillers, I'm obsessed with Louisiana, and this book is giving me slight Midnight Bayou flashbacks, plus Moonlight Sins sounds like a really sexy read and I never turn those down! This should keep my happy until I get my copy of Till Death from the ApollyCon Virtual Signing.