Category: Domestic Fiction

Posted in Domestic Fiction, Suspense

Don’t Miss: Lie, Lie Again

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Lie, Lie Again — Stacy Wise
Lake Union Publishing
Domestic Fiction, Suspense
January 1, 2021
369 pages
4.1 ⭐️

Thank you to @amazonpublishing and @netgalley for the #gifted book.

Summary: Sylvia, Riki, and Embry all live at 1054 Mockingbird Lane. The women lead separate yet connected lives behind the doors of each of their apartments. Sylvia believes she has met the man for her only to find out he’s been keeping secrets. Riki is crushing hard on Embry’s husband and struggling to make the parents at her private school happy. Embry is hiding a big secret from her husband.

💭  This novel starts with a bang… a body at the bottom of the stairs. But unfortunately that part goes nowhere until the very end. It seems that was used to market this book as a mystery/suspense when it is really a contemporary fiction book. 

That being said, I enjoyed each of the separate stories of the woman and how they all intertwined. I didn’t especially love the characters, but I don’t think we were supposed to. The story moved along at a great pace and I found myself wishing I had more time to read so I didn’t have to put it down. At the end, we finally did find out about the body at the bottom of the stairs. But I don’t feel it added to or changed the story much.

I would definitely recommend picking this one up if you enjoy domestic fiction!

Posted in Domestic Fiction, Mystery

Don’t Miss: Remarkably Bright Creatures

Posted on by missylynnreads

When an animal is your most trusted confidante, all your secrets are safe.

Needing something to keep her busy after her husband died, Tova Sullivan took a job working the night shift at Sowell Bay Aquarium. One night while cleaning, she encounters Marcellus, a Pacific Octupus. Only he’s not in his tank. Instead, he’s tangled in cords in the staff break room. This begins an unlikely friendship between the two, and Marcellus is determined to help Tova learn what happened the night her son disappeared.

💭 This was 1000% a Bookstagram Made Me Do It and I am so happy I was influenced. I was so charmed by both Tova and Marcellus from the very beginning.

When we meet Cameron and start learning his story, it took me awhile to adapt to his voice and how he ties in with the rest of the story. Quite frankly, at first I resented the time away from Marcellus that I had to spend reading about Cameron.

However, as we learned more of Cameron’s story, I began to run theories on how he was connected. It kept me reading and guessing!

My only real complaint is there wasn’t enough Marcellus! I can’t wait to read more from this author if all the stories are as charming as this one.