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BOOK INFO

Title: When I’m Her

Author: Sarah Zachrich Jeng

Publisher:  Berkley

Publish Date: March 26, 2024

Genre: Mystery Thriller

Series: na

My Rating: 3/5

BOOK BLURB

How far would you go to get even with the woman who ruined your life?

In this electrifying thriller, a young woman gets everything she’s ever wanted—and everything she doesn’t—when she swaps bodies with her sworn enemy.

Though polar opposites, Mary and Elizabeth are as close as can be—until the night Elizabeth makes an irrevocable mistake and leaves Mary to take the blame. Years later, Elizabeth seems to have forgotten Mary exists.

Mary hasn’t forgotten her.

She follows Elizabeth’s every move online, obsessed with paying her back for the betrayal that cost Mary her dreams. Now Mary has found a way to switch bodies with Elizabeth, and she’s got a plan to steal her charmed life. Her career. Her looks. Her husband. 

They do say living well is the best revenge.

Or is it? The more Mary uncovers about Elizabeth’s life, the more she realizes she may have made a deadly mistake. And she’ll need the help of her worst enemy to stay alive.

MY REVIEW

Mary and Elizabeth were college roommates. Mary was working on a unique project that allowed people to swap bodies. When things go wrong, Mary blames Elizabeth, and years later comes for revenge.

When I’m Her is a combination of thriller and science fiction. It is told using multiple points of view and dual timelines.

When I’m Her is a fast-paced and intriguing novel. A good read for fans of thrillers about secrets, betrayal, and revenge.

I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

BOOK INFO

Title: A Better World

Author: Sarah Langan

Publisher:  Atria Books

Publish Date: April 9, 2024

Genre: Mystery Thriller

Series: na

My Rating: 4/5

BOOK BLURB

You’ll be safe here.

That’s what the tour guide promises Dr. Linda Farmer and her family when they move to Plymouth Valley. Sure, the locals are privileged hot house flowers who observe a weird religion Hollow, but the schools are blue ribbon, the air’s clean, the food’s fantastic, and Linda’s out of options. With the outside world in shambles, this move is her family’s last chance.

Linda, her husband, and their teen twins work hard to fit in, accommodating their square peg personalities into rounded holes. It works at first—the family rise up, gaining acceptance from the powerful elite. Then Linda encounters Gal Parker, a hot mess of a woman, whose wife has abandoned her and whose kids are sick. One terrible night, Gal commits an unthinkable act.

All of Plymouth Valley turns on Gal, refusing to speak her name. But Linda can’t stop wondering: what would drive a woman to do something so awful? The more she learns, the more frightened she becomes. A clock is ticking, too—before the Plymouth Valley Winter Festival, Linda’s got to figure out: should she and her family be fighting to stay, or fighting their way out?

MY REVIEW

While the world is falling apart, a company has created an idyllic community for their employees and their families to live. The Farmer family feels lucky to get accepted into the community, and they work hard to fit in. However, the longer they are there, the more they believe the community is not as perfect as it seems.

A Better World is mystery thriller set in a dystopian world. Interesting characters, eerie setting, and a suspenseful plot. A fast-paced, dark, and gripping novel.

I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher via Edelweiss in exchange for an honest review.

BOOK INFO

Title: There Should Have Been Eight

Author: Nalini Singh

Publisher: Berkley

Publish Date: November 21, 2023

Genre: Mystery Thriller

Series: na

My Rating: 3/5

BOOK BLURB

Seven friends.
One last weekend.
A mansion half in ruins.
No room for lies.
Someone is going to confess.
Because there should have been eight. . . .

They met when they were teenagers. Now they’re adults, and time has been kind to some and unkind to others—none more so than to Bea, the one they lost nine long years ago.

They’ve gathered to reminisce at Bea’s family’s estate, a once-glorious mansion straight out of a gothic novel. Best friends, old flames, secret enemies, and new lovers are all under one roof. But when the weather turns and they’re snowed in at the edge of eternity, there’s nowhere left to hide from their shared history.

As the walls close in, the pretense of normality gives way to long-buried grief, bitterness, and rage. Underneath it all, there’s the nagging feeling that Bea’s shocking death wasn’t what it was claimed to be. And before the weekend is through, the truth will be unleashed—no matter the cost. . . .

MY REVIEW

Seven friends gather at the family estate of Bea, a member of the friend group who died nine years earlier. Bea’s sister owns the estate, and has invited the group to reminisce.

There Should Have Been Eight is told through Luna’s point of view. She was close friends with Bea, and never forgave Bea’s sister for the way she handled Bea’s death. It’s been years, and Luna wants answers about Bea’s death. Past and present come together as secrets and lies are revealed.

There Should Have Been Eight is an atmospheric and tense thriller. Unreliable characters in an intriguing story.

I received a digital copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.