The Perfect Girlfriend

Analysis:  The story of a woman who goes to extreme lengths to get back the relationship that she's lost.  

Reaction:  Somebody needs to tell this girl when enough is enough.  She keeps pushing and pushing and you're thinking "would you just stop already".  But, I suppose we would all go to extreme lengths for the person we love.  The problem it takes two and if the other person doesn't do it too, it's like beating your head against a brick wall.  On the plus side, the background of this story is the airline industry, which the author has a background in and she does a very nice job of taking the reader behind the curtain to see behind the scenes without dumbing it down so much that you feel like an idiot.  As Hemingway once said, write about what you know about, and in this case Karen Hamilton, certainly does.

Courtesies:  Thank you to the author, Karen Hamilton, and the publisher, Graydon House, for the chance to read and review this book.  It was very enjoyable.

Sets Sail: March 26, 2019 (Still trying to play catch up but this one has only been out a couple weeks so get it if you see it .)

Beautiful Bad

(A note:  I am seriously behind on my ARCs and am trying to rectify that.  Some of the books posted might already be out)

Analysis:  How far would you go to save the one you love most in this world?  Would you even recognize the person you would have to become if you looked in the mirror?

Reaction:  One of the things that makes a good enjoyable book (at least to me) is if you can relate to it.  Yep, been there.  Oh, I've done that.  etc.  So, full disclosure, I have  a brain injury (as I mention in my About Me, so no need to rehash it. ) So it's interesting to see the similarities and differences, since symptoms vary from case to case.  Yep, got that.  No, don't do that.  I don't THINK I've plotted anybody's demise today =P

Courtesies: Thank you to the author, Annie Ward, and the publisher, Harlequin-Trade Publishing, for the opportunity to review this wonderful book.  It is a fascinating tale for anyone who loves a good puzzle.

Sets Sail:  March 5, 2019...aka this is one of the ones that's already out.  HIGHLY worth the money so get your copy today. 

Out Of The Dark

Analysis:  The newest, and thus most recent, edition to the Orphan X series.  Evan has to handle two missions at once, one personal and one professional, on opposite sides of the country.  Can he do them both justice or will he neglect one in favor of the other?  Will he succeed at them both?  The consequences for letting either slip are dire and far reaching.

Reaction:  You know that feeling when you've just spent time with someone and it's time to say goodbye, and you don't know when you're going to see them again?  Yeah, that.  I knew going into it that this was the newest book in the series, so maybe I'm guilty of trying to make it last.  But, as I'm going through it I'm thinking to myself "something is missing" and then it dawned on me it was a character from the last book, that I absolutely love.  Then, as soon as I thought that, she appeared and it got a lot better for me.  Not that it was bad before, it wasn't.  It was just that feeling of something, or in this case someone, was missing.  Fans of the series will know who I'm talking about.  No spoilers. =P

Courtesies: Thank you to the author, Gregg Hurwitz, and the publisher, St. Martin's Press, for the opportunity to read and review this.  As always with his work, it was a pleasure.

Sets Sail:  January 29, 2019...so it's out this week.  Get your copy as soon as you can :)