Megan Crane: The Reveal

The first in a new series, Megan Crane shows that the future is held in the cards:

This is the first book that I have read by Crane so I was not sure of her writing style or anything like that going in. Alright to be totally honest, I thought that this book was going to have tarot card magic and I was wrong on that front. Crane was very nice when i had posted about reading this book on Instagram that the card were Oracle card and not Tarot Cards. I don't know much about Oracle cards but I think both have the ability to see the future but i think the oracle ones are more accurate. 

On the cards in general, I think this aspect took way to long to get there, it is in the latter half of the book and Tarot cards or not, this was the aspect that drew me into the book. I think the overall plot of the book took it's time to be known and there were times when i was bored while reading the book and then when it does happen I found it predictable.

I don't mind spice in book, but I want there to be a purpose for it and while in this book the purpose and attraction are explained (once again in the latter part of the book) at the time of reading it, it felt like Crane was just putting spice in as that was what readers want these days. I don't always want a slow burn book, but I think I am not one for just instant lust and hop into bed kind of reader.

Ariel is a tenacious character, who knows how to adapt to survive and I like that she has an acceptance of the Others but at the same sense knows that she is at the bottom of the food chain and needs to have a weapon on hand. Also her loyalty to her brother is commendable but you cant help but also feel hurt when she does with the life choices that he has made. Also the power of the cards aspect in this book was not fully developed for me, and really had me a bit confused especially in the battle at the end. 

I don't think that I will continue on in the series, I just didn't feel a connection to the characters at all and felt that the plot of the story was secondary to the spice.

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Simone St. James: The Broken Girls

In The Broken Girls Simon St. James show that the voices of the dead will not be silenced:

This is the second book that I have read by St. James and I really enjoyed this book. I thought that St. James did a great job of developing the storyline for both timelines and keeping the reader interested and entertained for both. I think this in part with the slight paranormal aspect of the book (ghost) as well as wondering haw St. James is going to bring the two timeline together.

I was completely engrossed while reading this book and mystery surrounding the murders in this book. This book is dealing with colder cases which are some of the hardest to figure out. In the 2014 timeline, the person who murdered Fiona's sister has gone to jail but how he was able to murder her sister has never sat right with her. There are aspects of it that don't work out and don't make sense that she wonders if they do have the right person. It all appears to be connected to the boarding school, that is now closed in her timeline.

I loved the setting for this book, small town, where everyone knows each other and for the 1950s timeline an all girls boarding school, where people send their problem girls. Each has this darker gray feeling to them that helps keep you on the edge of your seat.

Fiona is a fine character, and a great journalist that knows how to dig up information. I would just say that this book is not character driven but plot driven. We don't really get to know Fiona as a character, other than her obsession with her sister's murder, but I think that is the point. That is really the only thing that matters to her, especially when she get the opportunity to tell the story of the abandoned boarding school.

This book is all about setting and atmosphere and if this is something that you are looking for in a book, you need to check this book out. I can't wait to read more by St. James.

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Emily Henry: People We Meet on Vacation

Emily Henry takes readers around the world and shows that just one more trip may just change everything:

This may be shocking but this is the first Henry book that I have read and it is easy to see why she is such a popular author. This book was a fun and easy breezy read that not only give your heart warm feelings but make you want to travel as well.

For me this book is very much a palate cleanser from the darker book I read as well as changing up the genres. I have found that by changing genres every few books makes reading as whole more enjoyable for me.

As what is typical with the romance genre you know how this book is going to end but it is really not the ending that matters but the journey the characters take to get there. Oh and what a journey Poppy and Alex go on, one that spans years and countries.

Right from the beginning you want to know what happened two years ago to cause a rift between Poppy and Alex and you’re going to have to be patient to get there. As the reader you don’t really understand why they didn’t see what was right in front of them with each other.

Poppy and Alex are a fun friendship and I love how different they are from each other but it just works. Their inside jokes are cute and there are some funny moments along their journey. I just really enjoyed them and the friendship that they have with each other.

I think my main complaint about this book is that this books starts to feel long as you get to the end. I feel like their relationship with each other has been established and Henry did not have to go back so many years or have as many vacation trip to get to what happened.

This was a good read, that made me want to travel. I would read another book by Henry.

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