BeneathBlackwater River | Leslie Wolfe | Bookouture | Pub: April 23, 2021 I read Book #1 of the Kay Sharp series – The Girl From Silent Lake , and absolutely loved it! After the Josie Quinn Series , this might be my next favorite series! I hope Leslie Wolfe keeps this series alive ’cause what a whirlwind! This can be read as a stand-alone but I recommend starting with Book 1 as you might miss some important storylines. This book is told from different POVs and it contained multiple storylines that weaved together in the end. The story was executed beautifully! I did not suspect a thing! In addition, I really loved the relationship development between Kay and Elliot; I do love romance and mystery mixed together! I’m looking forward to Book 3 to see what else happens and what will happen between Kay and Elliot. This book is definitely a gripping and fantastic story! Highly recommend. Thank you to Bookouture for providing me with an electronic ARC of this book via NetGalley.......
  Prepped | Bethany Mangle | McElderry Books | Pub: 2/23/21 “Maybe I didn’t want to be safe. Maybe I just wanted to be happy.” Prepped was our book choice for the Phoenix IRL Book Club for the months of March/April. The synopsis was really intriguing: doomsday preppers, arranged marriages, special training, devastating accident. So many things you could want from a book, especially if you’re into the zombie type apocalypse stuff. So Prepped follows Becca, who was born into a doomsday prepper family, I mean her grandparents founded the town. We see Becca train and go to school and deal with a tough thing that happens to her family. We see Becca trying to get out of this life because she knows there is more to it. And we have Roy, Becca’s arranged marriage and the ’dumb’ kid. (how he describes himself which you will see, I am not calling anyone dumb) There was no apocalypse, a tiny bit of the training (one of them had my heart racing) and there was a very tiny bit of romanc......
  Hush Little Girl | Lisa Regan | Bookouture | Pub: April 14, 2021 What can I say that I haven’t previously said before…this is my favorite series of all time! Maybe it’s because I’m so invested by this point being that this book is #11 but this book might have been one of my favorites in the series! Absolutely gripping and emotional! This book contains major character developments and I’m really excited to read #12 and see where the story will go from now on. My favorite characters are definitely Josie and Noah and I just love how Josie will stop at nothing to solve a crime. She is such a strong and badass character and I’m so here for that! I can go on and on about how much I love this book and how much Lisa Regan is an exceptional writer, but this would end up being a novel in and of itself! If you haven’t already, I highly recommend starting reading Vanishing Girls (book #1) asap! Thank you to Bookouture for providing me with an electronic ARC of this book via Net......