The New Husband
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Just because you love someone doesn’t mean you know them. Nina Garrity learned that the hard...
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Goodbye to the Dead (Jonathan Stride, #7)
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Detective Jonathan Stride's first wife, Cindy, died of cancer eight years ago, but her ghost hangs...
The Perfect King: The Life of Edward III, Father of the English Nation
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He ordered his uncle to be beheaded; he usurped his father's throne; he taxed his people more than...
The Time of My Life
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Denver is determined to realize his lifelong dream of becoming a singer. That's why entering in The...
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Her Pretty Face
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The author of the bestselling novel The Party—lauded as “tense and riveting” by New York Times...
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Because You're Mine
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An “insidious, suspenseful tale” (J.T. Ellison) with a “shocker of an ending you won’t see...
Rose is a character with very little self confidence as it is, and when a world famous pop star, Milo Jax, shows an interest in her, she can’t believe it. Why would he want to see her? Well, it seems that he has a nose for a willing victim. He has recognised an easily coerced, shy young woman and he sexually assaults her.
This is a very introspective novel, and we see a lot of Rose’s inner thoughts where she constantly argues with herself: did something happen, did Jax rape her, or did she allow it? She’s a young woman who is obsessed with the way she looks - as are most of her peers. The scenes at the hen party honestly made my toes curl.
This should probably come with trigger warnings for sexual assault, rape, domestic violence, eating disorders and suicide. There may be more, because everything was thrown at this book.
I did somewhat enjoy Gold Rush, and especially the character of Minnie (Rose’s boss), who took no nonsense from anyone. I read it really quickly, due to the fact that I didn’t want to put it down, in the hope that Rose would tell someone or report Milo Jax as a sexual predator, I think.
This didn’t quite hit the mark for me, and I think it may well be that I’m not the right demographic for it.
Threads of Fate (Fated in the Stars #1)
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Destiny weaves a tale of unbreakable bonds. Nix’s life has been one quiet struggle after...
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ClareR (6256 KP) rated And So I Roar in Books
Feb 3, 2025
Adunni is forcibly taken back to her village by the Chief and the person who brought her to Lagos, so that she can atone for the suspected murder she has fled from in TGWTLV. The village has been affected by drought, and the sins of a number of girls is apparently to blame.
At the same time, Tia’s mother is dying, and Tia has argued with her about something that happened when Tia was a teenager.
But all that pales in the face of what Adunni and the other women and girls go through at the tribal court.
There are themes of rape, child brides, baby factories, FGM and women as second class citizens, resigned to a life of domestic drudgery.
And then there’s the reason for the tribal court. Drought, caused by climate change and deforestation.
This is a really hard-hitting novel, and even in its darkest moments the strength of the female characters shines through. I loved this book as much as the first.
And before you ask, you DEFINITELY need to read the first book before you read And So I Roar!
Hazel (2934 KP) rated The Life She Wants in Books
Nov 21, 2021
Now, whilst at first this might seem to be a negative, let me reassure you that if you stick with it, everything falls into place very nicely and the confusion was well worth it in the end.
Told from different perspectives over different timelines, this is a complex storyline which deals with various unsavoury but important and contemporary themes; coercive control, domestic abuse and loss. These are hard-hitting subjects but Mel deals with them with respect.
There are a number of characters and all have a part to play but I found I didn't really focus on them that much as I was more interested in the story and how it was going to play out. That's not to say they weren't great characters, far from it, it's just that the story was so engrossing that they felt secondary to me somehow.
Full of secrets, lies and manipulation, this is a book that makes you angry and sympathetic all at the same time. It's definitely one that kept me totally engrossed and I couldn't read fast enough.
With atmosphere, suspense and tension aplenty, this is a book that I would definitely recommend to lovers of psychological thrillers and I have to thank Bookouture and NetGalley for my copy in return for an honest, unbiased and unedited review.