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Mark @ Carstairs Considers (2434 KP) rated Death of a Mad Hatter (A Hat Shop Mystery, #2) in Books

Mar 9, 2018

With Mim's Whims hired to design hats for an Alice in Wonderland themed tea, Scarlett has to interact with the Grisby family, who are hosting. They can hardly hide all the animosity they feel for each other, so it is hardly shocking when one of them is killed at the big event. But who could have done it?

Once again the characters are charming and the plot is strong with many real suspects and motives. I did find that the romantic sub-plot was annoying and slowed the book down overall, however.

Read my full review at <a href="http://carstairsconsiders.blogspot.com/2014/05/book-review-death-of-mad-hatter-by-jenn.html">Carstairs Considers</a>.

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Chrissie-ann (78 KP) rated I will not kill myself, Olivia in Books

Jun 19, 2018

I will not kill myself, Olivia

Danny Baker. | 2018 | Health & Fitness, Mind, Body & Spiritual

10.0

(1 Ratings)

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Raw, emotional, outstanding

From the second I started this book I couldn't put it down, what an emotional rollercoaster of a book. Following the story of a man's journey with mental illness and his romantic relationship with his first love.
I fell in love with the characters, I felt their pain, their joy and their love. I cried, alot, happiness and sadness. This book was written with so much insight and knowledge showing the reality of mental health issues and the impact on the individual their lives and their relationships. Danny baker is an author I admire and who can really create an intense and a read that you just can't put down.

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Jessica Erdas (463 KP) rated The Killing Dance (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #6) in Books

Oct 4, 2018

interesting characters, plot development, romantic progression (0 more)

repeat dialogue and grammatical errors (0 more)

I honestly think this book has been the best in the series. I'll repeat my normal complaint that the dialogue repeating from book to book and numerous grammatical errors are rather irritating but the story progresses very well. Pretty fast paced compared to some of the others so far. Not as predictable, although some aspects I called pretty early on. Not to mention, quite a bit more relationship progress. I'm a little torn with how it ended up but excited to read on. I had no idea when I started this series that there were already 27 in the series but I'm hooked enough to continue on.

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Raelucie (4 KP) rated Everything I Never Told You in Books

Jan 25, 2019

Everything I Never Told You

Celeste Ng | 2014 | Fiction & Poetry

7.7

(14 Ratings)

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Written Well (1 more)

Beautiful family

Painfully Tragic and Beautifully Romantic

When I started Everything I Never Told You, I expected it to be a story of a family suffering a loss and finding the answers through old journals or realizations of their lost daughter.
Yes, the family learns things about her they did not know, but how I expected it to go down was WAY OFF.
We are able to grow with the kids, through poignant memories. We fall in love with both of the parents as they each reminisce. I felt the betrayal of the mistakes they made and the pure pride and joy as they grew as a family and as people.

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Elli H Burton (1288 KP) rated A Mother's Secret in Books

Nov 28, 2019

A Mother's Secret

Dilly Court | 2010 | Romance

8.0

(1 Ratings)

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As a turn of the century romance book fan, it ticks all the boxes. (0 more)

Now I can see a pattern with Dilly Court. The endings are abrupt. (0 more)

Another sweet one, another abrupt end

The endings of Dilly Court's books seem to just end with questions left unanswered. It can be left quite easily (as they have done, annoyingly) however, they have been left in a way they can also have a sequel written without much scrambling. I'm a romantic so these kind of books I love completely, it ticks the boxes I'm looking for and it also had a twist that left me considering not sleeping last night so I could finish it!