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Government drone by day and book lover and geek girl by night! I review on Goodreads, StoryGraph, and NetGalley.

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Antique Roadshow, But Deadly

Invisible Prey by John Sandford

March 8, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Wow. So this was really really good. I loved the idea of the two investigations that end up becoming entwined due to Lucas’s involvement with both. I also died laughing when Weather pretty much called Lucas an idiot for not realizing how much antiques cost. And I loved the idea of the antique circles turning deadly. I personally still have a velvet bench that belonged to my grandmother (my father’s mother) and it’s old and very 1930s. I have no idea how much the thing […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: John Sandford, mystery, The Prey Series Book 17

Classic's CBR11 Review No:61 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: John Sandford, mystery, The Prey Series Book 17 ·
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Be Our Guest, Be Our Guest, Put Our Service to the Test…

The Paying Guests by Sarah Waters

March 8, 2019 by Classic 7 Comments

So I really enjoyed “The Little Stranger” and wanted to read more Sarah Waters books. I picked up “The Paying Guests” and found it hard to get into initially. Just like I did with “The Little Stranger.” However, Waters takes her time building up the story and you eventually get into the rhythm of the book. I really liked the main character, Frances Wray, and the setting of the story (1920s England) really works. Frances Wray and her mother end up having to take in […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: LGBT fiction, mystery, Sarah Waters, The Paying Guests

Classic's CBR11 Review No:60 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: LGBT fiction, mystery, Sarah Waters, The Paying Guests ·
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Sometimes You Don’t Have to Write a Sequel

Hidden Bodies by Caroline Kepnes

March 8, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Woo boy. The sequel to “You” was just flat out terrible. I read it immediately after finishing “You” and was disappointed. Kepnes decides to not have Joe tell his story directly to his love interest in this one. Also we ended up with Joe kind of all over the place. It seems like he is in love one minute and then ready to toss it all away the next. This isn’t the same Joe who couldn’t bear to be away from Beck for even more […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Caroline Kepnes, Hidden Bodies, mystery, You #2

Classic's CBR11 Review No:59 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Caroline Kepnes, Hidden Bodies, mystery, You #2 ·
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The Story of You

You by Caroline Kepnes

March 8, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

“You” follows Joe Goldberg as he tells his love interest and eventual girlfriend (Guinevere Beck known as Beck) all about why he fell in love with her and how he has been doing his best to keep her safe from what Joe sees as negative outside influences. I found this to be a seriously creepy, and at times weirdly funny (in a dark way) book. I think that if  Caroline Kepnes had tried to tell this story via another medium (third person) it would not […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: Caroline Kepnes, mystery, You, You #1

Classic's CBR11 Review No:58 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: Caroline Kepnes, mystery, You, You #1 ·
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Very Much The Hand That Rocks the Cradle Before Turning Into Another Book

The Woman in Our House by Andrew Hart

March 8, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. This book will be released on June 18, 2019.  So initially I thought this was a pretty good book. We follow Anna (a young mother who is attempting to go back to work and is looking for a live in nanny) and Oaklynn (the nanny in question). Then Hart decides to follow other POV’s in this one (Anna’s husband Josh, a neighbor of the couple, a police officer, […]

Filed Under: Suspense Tagged With: Andrew Hart, Suspense, The Woman in Our House, thriller

Classic's CBR11 Review No:57 · Genres: Suspense · Tags: Andrew Hart, Suspense, The Woman in Our House, thriller ·
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Wonderful Installment in Prey Series

Broken Prey by John Sandford

March 8, 2019 by Classic Leave a Comment

Wow. This book rocked it from beginning to end. Great character development for some of the characters I have been reading about for 16 books. I also really loved the idea of Lucas being home alone while dealing with Weather, the kids, and the housekeeper being in London for the summer. It definitely shows us a changed Lucas. I was worried here and there we would see some terrible backsliding with regards to Lucas being happily married, but Sandford doesn’t go there. I was also […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: John Sandford, mystery, The Prey Series Book 16

Classic's CBR11 Review No:56 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: John Sandford, mystery, The Prey Series Book 16 ·
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