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The Unmaking of June Farrow
Review #563 My first 5/5 book of 2025!!! Two different timelines is a main point of this book. I do love a good North Carolina setting. The pacing was slower than my average read but the descriptive prose of the scenery and small town was so picturesque and worth...
Always Practice Safe Hex
Review #562 Always Practice Safe Hex was a 3.5/5 stars. This witchy (romcom) is a standalone within a series. It has two points of view. My favorite part was learning about the mysterious Grim powers. My biggest complaint is sometimes it was confusing with...
The Widow’s Husband’s Secret Lie
Well that was … Interesting. I’ve never read a satire before, especially an author making fun of themselves. I only finished it because it’s short and was strangely odd but still somehow entertaining. I wouldn’t necessarily recommend it but it seemed like Freida had...
The Fake Mate
Review #560 Well that was my first time reading knotting and … phew… sexy… I’ll give this shifter romcom a 4.6/5 stars. I like fake dating tropes and am writing one right now actually. I wish they learned more about each other as people. At the halfway mark, I’m...
DNF -The Crash
This is my first Freida book I DNF (chapter 6) because of date rape resulting in pregnancy AND her only friend didn’t believe her. I don’t want to read that. Also I wish Freida used different narrators because a lot of her characters voices/personalitiies sound...
January 2025 wrap up
I’ve never finished so many thrillers in one month or read a single author so many times in such a short duration. It helped a lot that they were primarily audio. Come to think of it, I’ve never completed this many audios in one month either. January is full of...
DNF- Defy the Night
Unfortunately pandemic plots stress me out. And honestly I was a bit bored reading and couldn’t get into it. I even took a break and came back, but no luck. This has two points of view. I didn’t get very far so I don’t have much input.
Change of Heart
Review #559 I’d rate this audio a 4.5/5 stars. If I’m not mistaken this is my first book read by this author. It flowed fluidly with average prose that dint have hiccups or difficulties. I enjoyed the work force dynamics and how Whitney had the seniority over him. Yet...
The Best of All
Review #558 I give this steamy romance a 4.9/5 stars! It had two points of view, and ended with a happily ever after. This book was raw, emotional, & came highly recommended by our bookclub leader. I listened to it on audio and the male character outshined the...
The Ex Vows
Review #557 I gave this bookclub selection a 4.9/5 stars. Second chance romance isn’t my favorite but I loved this one. They felt very real and her internal struggle was very reliable. The tension is tangible so I was all for it! Not to mention their mutual...
The Perfect Son
Review #556 This may be my favorite by Freida so far! The high school aged characters didn’t annoy me which is great. I guessed wrong for who the villain was which always makes me happy. I like that Freida tries to do some education about mental health diagnosis in...
Do Not Disturb
Review #555 I’ll give this Freida thriller a high 4.6/5 stars. I don’t have many notes since I’ve been listening so many of hers in a row and just enjoying them instead of critiquing. It feels like the author does a great job of researching the disabilities she...
The Locked Door
Review #554 I gave this standalone thriller a 4.5/5 stars. It was terrifying in theory. (Less so since the narrators voice sounded almost comical half the time). It was a bit strange to have half the points of view being in the mind of an 11 year old. After reading so...
The Surrogate Mother
This is my least favorite of Freida McFadden books I’ve read so far. Here’s the ratings of this one and the others. Like each one so far, all have been audio. The Surrogate Mother- 3.75/5 stars Want to Know a Secret- 3.8/5 stars The Coworker- 4.0/5 Ward D – 4/5...
Want to Know a Secret?
Review #552 The cover image didn’t feel representative of the book both with mood and plot. This felt more like a dramatic desperate housewives in suburbia issue with gossip and back stabbing. I never felt the spine tingling thriller sensation that he either books...