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The Bitterness of Venom

by M.T. Morgan

Thanks so much to the author and Hambright PR for the gifted advanced e-copy of this book in exchange for my honest thoughts. All opinions are entirely my own. { partner }
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Publication Date: November 11, 2024

Genre: romance, dark romance

Tropes: dark romance, enemies to lovers, bully romance, childhood best friends, kidnapping, good girl, hockey

Page Count: 224 pages

Book Blurb

Blaise
He was once my hero, but that was a long time ago… before I left him.
I never expected him to show up in my life again. Especially as my new roommate.
The boy I once loved is now a brutal hockey player with a taste for revenge and reckless abandon.
I’m indebted to him, and he expects me to pay in the form of blood, tears and humiliation.
But once the games begin, I find myself falling into old habits I thought were buried.
Out of all the bad ideas I’ve had in my life, Desmond Rickman has always been my favorite.

Desmond
I had a heart once… until she smashed it, leaving nothing but a hollow spot in my chest.
I never expected to see her again. Especially not in my turf, in my apartment, as my new roommate.
She may have held my heart once upon a time, but now I hold all the cards.
She’s indebted to me, and I’ll make her pay for ruining my life.
Old emotions are like scars, slowly fading and never disappearing. And she’s bringing them all to the surface.
If there is a God, he designed Blaise Sheffield to bring me to my knees.

Review: 3 stars

TW: dub-con, non-con, violence, murder, light BDSM, mention of drugs, bullying, humiliation kink, burn play, somnophilia, blood play, kidnapping

When your former, childhood best friend, quite literally from the opposite side of the tracks, disappears from your life only to pop back up years later as your new college roommate – you get a truly dark and twisted bully romance. Right? Sure, why not.

I will go into this saying that bully romances aren’t really my thing – as a queer woman, if I have to watch one more gay/bi character end up in a forever relationship with the person who used to bully them for being gay, I just might throw something.
Obviously that’s not the storyline here, but I mention this to say – take this rating and review with the grain of salt that comes with reading a book where the primary trope is one that I’m predisposed to not loving and wasn’t expecting when I picked up the book.

That being said, I did enjoy the rest of the book well enough.

Blaise is a really fun FMC. A girl with a difficult childhood and dark secrets, working to better herself and her situation, and building a future career based around helping others do the same – all with a lot of sass and cute cotton candy pink hair. Love that for her.

The book itself is a pretty quick read, with fairly short chapters and a quick paced plot that jumps in with both feet right from the word go.

I’d say that if bully romances are your thing, definitely pick this one up – I think it’s probably a pretty good one. But if you’re just going in expecting the dark romance without the side of bullying, maybe be wary.

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Then You Happened

by J.S. Wood

Thanks so much to the author and Hambright PR for the gifted advanced e-copy of this book in exchange for my honest thoughts. All opinions are entirely my own. { partner }
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Publication Date: February 24, 2026

Genre: romance, contemporary romance

Tropes: friends to lovers, single parent, slow burn, he falls first, friend zoned, found family, golden retriever MC

Page Count: 312 pages

Book Blurb

After finding out his friends find his nonstop quest for love to be a little excessive. Derek has decided to put a stop to dating altogether. 

Now, he’s stuck in a no-go zone just in time for someone new to enter the friend group.

Elizabeth is a single mom who has been out of the dating pool for a long time, but when she meets Derek, the sweet and caring friend of a friend, she thinks things are about to change. 

When things don’t go quite as she expects, she accepts his friendship and begins a journey to help him reinvent his father’s failing hardware store to keep the legacy alive. 

Spending hours together working, they begin to see that their feelings are not so easily brushed aside and when push comes to shove, their friendship blossoms into a romance they’ll never forget. 

But when things get hard for the hardware store, and real life starts to butt in to their relationship, they have to decide if they can weather the storm, or if things will end for good. 

Review: 2.5 stars

TW: discussion of loss of parent (off page, prior to events)

There were a lot of things to really love about this book.

I really liked Elizabeth as our FMC – I mean, a sweet single mom who goes to the mat for her friends and family? What’s not to love?

I thought it was SO SWEET that Derek turned out to have a connection to Elizabeth’s past. Truly is there anything sweeter than a second chance romance or a childhood crush coming back into your life?

I also really loved reading the parts about Elizabeth helping Derek to turn things around for his hardware store.
A storyline about two characters bringing their different expertise or passions together for a good cause or small business (think: the handsome local contractor helping rebuild the old inn that she just inherited from a distant relative) will almost always be an automatic win for me.

But all of that being said, there were also some things that made this a somewhat challenging read for me.

Among the tropes that I have a hard time with, or that I can only take in small doses before it starts to get to me a bit, are a miscommunication trope, a third act breakup (when it doesn’t feel like it makes sense within the plot), and an extended friend zone. And this book had all three in spades.

While the concept of a friend zone in real life immediately annoys me (but that’s a soap box for another day), I understand its place as a trope in romance books and media. It’s an easy way to build up the tension of a slow burn and to explain away why a romance might be a bit slow to start without making a reader want to yell.

But everything in moderation. By the time these two characters finally talked to each other (hello, miscommunication trope) enough to take each other out of their mutual friend zoning my kindle told me that I was literally 46% of the way through the book. And this isn’t exactly a short read, sitting at 312 pages.
It was just entirely too long for me, and by the time it was resolved with a single, simple conversation, I just sort of found myself rolling my eyes at the whole ordeal.

The other thing that made this a tough one for me has to do with the way Derek, our MMC, seemed to be made to act like an asshole (through some almost toxic masculinity-leaning remarks and actions) in order to manufacture a third act breakup that felt a bit forced for the sake of the trope rather than feeling necessary or natural in the storyline that had been built up until that point. I’m not saying that there’s no way a third act breakup could have worked here if that’s what the author wanted, but I personally felt that the way that it did didn’t really feel like it fit with the vision of Derek that the whole book had given me up to that point.

All of those are very personal things that I could very well be the only one bothered by. And any one of them on their own wouldn’t have caused any real issues for me. But the combination of all three just left large portions of this book feeling long and drawn out for me, and like I was just reading in order to get through until the next, sweeter parts.

Overall I didn’t love or hate this book, it just ended up being okay for me. I wouldn’t have any trouble recommending it to friends or fellow readers if I knew that it fit tropes or a style that they were looking for, but I would probably first make brief mention of the issues that I had with it to make sure they wouldn’t have the same struggles that I did.

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A Sociopath’s Guide to a Successful Marriage

by M.K. Oliver

Atria Books

Thanks so much to the author and Atria Books for the gifted advanced e-copy of this book via Edelweiss+ in exchange for my honest thoughts. All opinions are entirely my own. { partner }
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Publication Date: February 17, 2026

Genre: mystery, thriller, fiction, dark humor, contemporary, crime, adult

Page Count: 384 pages

Book Blurb

A whip-smart and darkly funny crime novel—perfect for fans of My Sister, the Serial Killer and The Maid—that follows a wife and mother with a deadly secret that she must suppress if she wants to maintain her picture-perfect façade.

Meet Lalla Rook. Lalla has a lot on her plate: She needs to guarantee her husband makes partner, secure her dream house in Hampstead, and get her daughter into a prestigious prep school. And on the afternoon she stabs a stranger seven times after he breaks into her living room, she has a four-year-old’s birthday party to host.

With an unambitious partner, two demanding children, and a barely adequate large house in a nice (if not quite fashionable) part of town, Lalla’s life isn’t quite perfect yet. And she can’t pretend she hasn’t missed the adrenaline rush that comes with transgressing. Besides, as a wife and mother, she’s already an expert multi-tasker. So, disposing of a body, framing a friend, and being the world’s best mother can easily be managed alongside the usual domestic minutiae.

It’s just that her husband Stephen seems distracted, her daughter’s drowning of the class hamster is affecting her academic future, and then there is the unexpected intruder. Who is this man and what does he want from her? Because Lalla has a past she’d rather keep hidden—and the sudden appearance of the police means that avoiding them will be yet another task to cross off her to-do list.

Funny, calculating, hypercompetent, and ambitious, Lalla is your next favorite antiheroine. Just don’t mention it to her mother-in-law.

Review: 3 stars

TW: murder/death, violence, dub-con/non-con in marriage, domestic violence, stalking, blackmail

Lalla Rook certainly isn’t a woman that I’d like to get on the bad side of.
As far as main characters go she isn’t exactly the most easily relatable, but I think that that’s part of what made her so much fun to read. She is quick, calculating, and cold – not exactly the ride-or-die lady that I need in my life – but for better or for worse she certainly knows how to get shit done. And, despite her many MANY moral shortcomings, I still felt myself rooting for her to get her happy ending.

I will say that overall the book wasn’t a perfect read for me.
While I definitely appreciated the short chapters (there’s something so satisfying about being able to tell yourself that you read a few chapters, even if in reality it was only about 20-30 pages), the book still felt a bit too long at times.
I loved the moments of dark humor that were sprinkled throughout the book, but I do wish that there had been just a little bit more of that and really leaned into that side of the story and character. I think that it would have helped a bit, at least for me personally, in those handful of times that it felt a bit like it was dragging.

I think that, in the end, this read was squarely middle of the road for me. I did definitely enjoy it, and would recommend it to friends – but it probably won’t be making my top reads of the year.
And while I look forward to watching the upcoming adaptation whenever it releases, I don’t know that I’ll be picking the book back up for a reread any time soon.

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Finlay Donovan Digs Her Own Grave

Minotaur Books: 5 stars

Thanks so much to the author, Minotaur Books, and Netgalley for the gifted advanced e-copy of this book in exchange for my honest thoughts. All opinions are entirely my own. { partner } All of my reviews can also be found on Instagram @Tackling_TBR and on Goodreads.

Publication Date: March 4, 2025

Genre: MYSTERY, THRILLER, CONTMPORARY, ADULT, HUMOR, SUSPENSE

Page Count: 309 pages

TW: murder/death, violence

Y’all, Mrs. Haggerty is an icon. 

I loved (to hate to love) her from the very beginning, and she truly gets to shine in this book. 

Okay, now on to the rest of the review. 

I’ve said it before, but I truly believe that (with the exception of the first, because you can’t beat the original) this series only gets better and more fun as it goes along. It really has become my favorite series of books that is currently being released, and I find myself looking forward to getting to the end of one year/beginning of the next when I get to read the next installment. 

Sounds dramatic, but here we are. These books are a familiar favorite sweater, in my opinion, and I want to stand outside of Finlay Donovan’s window with a boombox or a “To me, you are perfect” sign. She would probably hate it, and Vero would mercilessly mock it, but I would do it all the same.

I think that if you enjoy a romantic mystery where the characters’ stakes are sky high but it all still feels light and silly, with a ride or die female friendship reminiscent of The First Wives Club (one of my favorite movies, maybe I’m sensing a pattern?), then this is the series for you. 

They should definitely be read and enjoyed in series order, however, so if you’re seeing this then go back to Finlay Donovan is Killing It and work your way back – meet me back here when you’re done, I’ll have a bottle of wine at the ready to discuss everything Finlay.

My Reviews for the rest of the Finlay Donovan series:

Finlay Donovan is Killing It

Finlay Donovan Knocks ’em Dead

Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun

Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice

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Finlay Donovan Rolls the Dice

Minotaur Books: 5 Stars

Thanks so much to the author, Minotaur Books, and Netgalley for the gifted advanced e-copy of this book in exchange for my honest thoughts. All opinions are entirely my own. { partner } All of my reviews can also be found on Instagram @Tackling_TBR and on Goodreads.

Publication Date: March 5, 2024

Genre: mystery, Thriller, Contmporary, Adult, Humor, Suspense

Page Count: 320 pages

TW: murder/death, violence

Finlay and Vero hit the road – what a fun, carefree adventure I’m sure they’re in for! Well, maybe not. We know what books we’re reading at this point, right? Right. 

Let’s be honest, none of us are reading these books for the realistic scenarios – the situations are silly, the stakes are high, and the books are truly just a dang good time. I seriously love the characters so much, and this is a rare series that (aside from the perfection of the first book) I really believe just gets better as it goes on. 

If you haven’t seen it mentioned before, I will say that these certainly need to be read and enjoyed in series order. While the murders that need solved (or, well, hidden) are different from book to book, there is enough of a through line with the overarching plot and returning character relationships that you will definitely be missing some of the fun. But with that in mind I will, as always, be recommending this book and series to any of my friends that will listen and haven’t already picked them up.

My Reviews for the rest of the Finlay Donovan series:

Finlay Donovan is Killing It

Finlay Donovan Knocks ‘Em Dead

Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun

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A Queen of Thieves and Chaos (Fate and Flame #3) by K.A. Tucker

Review and Blog Tour Courtesy of Valentine PR

Thanks so much to the author and Valentine PR for the gifted, advanced e-copy of this book in exchange for my honest thoughts. All opinions are entirely my own. { partner } My reviews can also be found on Instagram @Tackling_TBR and on Goodreads.

Publication Date: September 5, 2023

Genre: Fantasy, Romance, New Adult, Magic, Fiction

Page Count:

Book Description from Goodreads:

From internationally bestselling author K.A. Tucker comes the third novel in her Fate and Flame series, an adult fantasy novel that should be read in series order.

“You betrayed your brother to steal a broken crown.”

The kingdom stands on the brink of chaos. Atticus’ grip on the realm is faltering, and as threats arise ever closer to home he is driven to increasingly desperate acts to hold onto power.

With Islor’s fate now in the balance, Zander stands to defend the Rift from the oncoming Ybarisan army. With the king’s forces scattered, he must risk unlikely new alliances.

And behind the walls of Ulysede, secrets wait for its new queen. Romeria knows that the paths of the hidden city will lead her to answers. But will they be enough to save the realm – or is their fate already sealed?

Review (5 Stars):

TW: Description of violence/murder/light gore/noncon sex

No surprise here, but I continue to absolutely LOVE and DEVOUR this series!

This book definitely hit the ground running – so I will say that not only do these books need to be read in series order, but also that if it’s been a while since you’ve read the previous books you may want to either consider a re-read or have a quick synopsis/recap handy!
I had a tiny bit of trouble really getting into the groove at the beginning of this book because I was having to remind myself what had been happening, but once I caught back up the pace was running from the word go, and honestly didn’t stop until the final page. And honestly returning to this world and it’s characters truly felt like coming home.

Overall I would definitely recommend this book to my friends, and have already done so frequently, but only if they are looking for a series! It’s worth saying again that these books absolutely need to be read and enjoyed in series order. I think that the best way to read this book would be curled up under a blanket during a big rain storm, listening to the rain on the windows, and with maybe a bottle of red wine.

Let the countdown to Summer 2024 begin for book 4!

Meet Kathleen:

K.A. Tucker writes captivating stories with an edge.

She is the internationally bestselling author of the Ten Tiny Breaths and Burying Water series, He Will Be My Ruin, Until It Fades, Keep Her Safe, The Simple Wild, Be the Girl, and Say You Still Love Me. Her books have been featured in national publications including USA Today, Globe & Mail, Suspense Magazine, Publisher’s Weekly, Oprah Mag, and First for Women. 

K.A. Tucker currently resides in a quaint town outside of Toronto.

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My Reviews for more by K.A. Tucker

The Fate and Flame series
A FATE OF WRATH AND FLAME (FATE AND FLAME #1)
A CURSE OF BLOOD AND STONE (FATE AND FLAME #2)
The Simple Wild series
THE SIMPLE WILD (WILD #1)
WILD AT HEART (WILD #2)
FOREVER WILD (WILD #2.5)
RUNNING WILD (WILD #3)
The Polson Falls series
THE PLAYER NEXT DOOR (POLSON FALLS #1)
THE HUSTLER NEXT DOOR (POLSON FALLS #2)
Standalone stories
SAY YOU STILL LOVE ME

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Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood

Penguin Random House Audio – Review: 5 Stars

Thanks so much to the author, Penguin Random House Audio, and Libro.fm for the gifted advanced audio copy of this book in exchange for my honest thoughts. All opinions are entirely my own. { partner } My reviews can also be found on Instagram @Tackling_TBR and on Goodreads.

Publication Date: June 13, 2023

Genre: Romance, Contemporary, Adult, Fiction

Audiobook Length: 12 hours 33 minutes

TW: description of sexual harassment, controlling behaviors and gaslighting

Alright, full disclosure –
The Love Hypothesis and Love on the Brain are both sitting and smiling at me from my bookshelf as I write this, but I have yet to read either one.
So while they are all very much different sides of the same thought and spiritual successors of the ones before, I will be talking about Love, Theoretically purely as a stand alone story.
That being said, I have also seen a bit of talk online about how these three books are very similar, and some readers are taking issue with that, or enjoying the book less for it. Since this is the first of them that I’m reading, I won’t be including any of that either.

Now that all of that is out of the way, I really enjoyed it!

While I have not ever considered a career in STEM (my brain just does NOT work that way, and I tend to think that most folks in STEM are actually wizards of some sort), I could really find myself relating a lot to Elsie in a lot of ways. Throughout the story she tends to change seemingly small things about herself or shifting her personality in order to fit into groups or situations – I used to do a lot of that when I was younger, and still feel myself doing it subconsciously every once in a while, so I found it a really fun aspect of her character to read about.

I also can’t review this book without mentioning that I listened to it on audio, and the audiobook was wonderful! The narrator’s voice is so lovely, and I thought that she did a really wonderful job with separating the different characters in any given scene. You aren’t going to be fooled into thinking that it’s a full movie cast or anything like that, but I didn’t have any problems with knowing which character was talking which can sometimes be an issue. Definitely recommend it in an audio format!

Overall I thought that this book was a really fun, fairly light and quick listen, and I would definitely recommend it to friends and fellow readers. I think that the best way to read this book would be sitting in a park or a cafe with plenty of opportunities to people-watch – I’m not sure why, but that’s what Elsie’s personality matching made me want to do. Or you could do what I did and just listen to it during a slow day and a half of desk work!

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You Wouldn’t Dare by Samantha Markum

Wednesday Books – Review: 4 Stars

Thanks so much to the author and Wednesday Books (St. Martin’s Press) for the gifted physical ARC of this book, as well as to Netgalley for the gifted e-copy, in exchange for my honest thoughts. All opinions are entirely my own. { partner } My reviews can also be found on Instagram @Tackling_TBR and on Goodreads.

Publication Date: March 28, 2023

Genre: Romance, Young Adult, Contemporary, Fiction

Page Count: 368 pages

TW: major injury to a minor, infidelity, discussion of death, underage drinking

When I first learned about this book I heard it being described as “Gilmore Girls-like,” so I will say that I had pretty high expectations going in to it – but I’m happy to say that it didn’t disappoint!

First let’s look at the characters – and I’ll just do a brief overview because there were so many fun characters at the core of this story! Junie, our female lead, is far from a perfect character, but I think that’s a big part of her charm. She is sassy and yes, very melodramatic – but she’s a teenager in a theatre department, so what else would you expect? As a former theatre kid myself, I found her dramatics and drama club related goals to be almost too familiar to me.

And her two primary relationships being built in this story – her romance with Graham, and her friendship/sisterhood with Tallulah.
She and Graham had such a lovely relationship – I think it was a great balance between the history that they had and the chemistry in their interactions with the inherent fears and risks with a friends to lovers relationship. I was absolutely rooting for them throughout the story, and I loved watching their romance really rekindle.
But I will say that I think Junie and Tallulah’s relationship was the one that made me feel the biggest feelings while reading this book. It’s easy to understand how these two characters got off on the wrong foot and had a hard time getting going from there, and getting to see them slowly thaw towards each other and really get to a solid point of caring about each other and looking after one another by the end of the book was really lovely to see.

And I can’t talk about this book without mentioning the setting, because much like Stars Hollow in Gilmore Girls, this small beach town really was a character all it’s own! To say that I wanted to move in and work at a cute little bookshop in this town and hide away from my other responsibilities for the rest of my life would be a gross understatement. This was a perfect summer read, and I only wish I had a more beachy location to enjoy it in.

Overall I would recommend this book to my friends and fellow readers who are looking for something fun and easy to get them into a summery mood. While there are some tougher topics and a few tense scenes (take a look at the trigger warnings above before jumping in), I think that the perfect way to read this book would be on the beach or somewhere else warm and sunny with some sort of tasty treat – maybe a cocktail, or a lemonade, or an ice cream cone. Doesn’t matter, just settle in and get comfy! If you enjoy it like I did, then you’ll probably be there for a while.

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The Angel Maker by Alex North

Celadon Books and Macmillan Audio – Review: 5 Stars

Thanks so much to the author, Celadon Books, and Netgalley for the gifted e-copy of this book, as well as to Macmillan Audio for the gifted audio copy, in exchange for my honest thoughts. All opinions are entirely my own. { partner } My reviews can also be found on Instagram @Tackling_TBR and on my blog at tacklingtbr.home.blog

Publication Date: February 28, 2023

Genre: Thriller, Horror, Mystery, Fiction, Crime, Suspense

Page Count: 336 pages

Audiobook Length: 8 hours

TW: death/murder, stalking, violence, death/injury to children

Oh my gosh, I listened to this book on audio and it was slightly terrifying! I couldn’t stop listening to it and almost listened to it all in one go, just because I needed to know how it ended and what happened next.

There are multiple stories and timelines going on in this book – there is the past with two young siblings being raised by a religious serial killer who believes everything is fated and pre-written in a diary for him; there is the more recent past with two young siblings that experience a great trauma in the form of an attack on the brother; and then there is the present, where the police are investigating a strange death that may link the two other storylines together.

This book was really well written and had me invested basically from the first page, and the narration on the audiobook was amazing! The narrator really captured every emotion, and absolutely added to the horror and terrifying atmosphere of the book. I think that it is absolutely worthwhile to read the book in this format.

Overall I would absolutely recommend this book to my friends and fellow readers – but I would definitely recommend looking at the trigger warnings before reading this book, as it is pretty intense at times. I think that the perfect way to read this book would be inside on a grey and stormy day, under a blanket, and with a very large glass of red wine. Maybe even next to a roaring fire, to add to the ambiance and make it feel like a real ghost story!

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Finlay Donovan Jumps the Gun by Elle Cosimano

Minotaur Books – Review: 5 Stars

Thanks so much to the author, Minotaur Books, and Netgalley for the gifted advanced e-copy of this book, as well as Macmillan Audio for the gifted advanced audio copy, in exchange for my honest thoughts. All opinions are entirely my own. { partner } All of my reviews can also be found on Instagram @Tackling_TBR and on my blog at tacklingtbr.home.blog

Publication Date: January 31, 2023

Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Contmporary, Adult, Humor, Suspense

Page Count: 304 pages

TW: murder/death, violence

The Finlay Donovan books have become one of my absolute favorite series, so it’s no surprise that I loved this book! It was a perfect way to start off my year of reading.

As always, Finlay and Vero have gotten themselves into a sticky situation. Nobody is shocked here. So what better place to hide out and do some snooping for a week than a live-in civilians police training camp, right? Right!

I already love this series, so of course I loved the characters. We get to see a bit more of Javi this time around, and we get some more background on him and other secondary characters from the previous books – including teen hacker Cam, and Nick’s grumpy partner, Joey. I always really enjoy more character driven stories, so one of my favorite things about reading a series is learning more and more about characters as you go along, so this book really delivered for me in that respect.

Of course some of the situations that Finlay and Vero find themselves in in this book are a bit silly and unbelievable, but that’s definitely nothing new to this series. Besides, if I wanted 100% believability I’d read true crime instead of romantic thrillers. I’m here because I want to see the characters outsmart the people around them, and see how they get out of the ridiculous corners they’ve been backed into, and hopefully seal it all up with a kiss.

Overall I would (and already have been) highly recommend this book to my friends and fellow readers. These books are a bit some high-stake, but at the same time they feel light and fun and like I can read them when I’m tired after a long day at work. Which is a perfect middle ground, if you ask me! I think that the perfect way to read this book would be buddy-reading it with one or two of your closest girl friends, sitting together and passing a bottle of wine (or whisky) between you, in true Fin and Vero style.

My Reviews for the rest of the Finlay Donovan series:

Finlay Donovan is Killing It

Finlay Donovan Knocks ’em Dead

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