It's Monday! What Are You Reading #748, October 6th

It's Monday! What Are You Reading is a weekly meme hosted by Book Date where we share what we read this past week, what we hope to read this week...and anything in between! This is a great way to plan out your reading week and see what others are currently reading as well...you never know where that next "must read" book will come from!

What happened in the past week:

Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #747
Teaser Tuesday #755
WWW Wednesday #755
WOW #751
Will the Time Come #748
Third Sentence Thursday #738
Random Reads #724
First Lines Friday #751

Book Blogger Hop #417

Monthly ARC's Update 132
The Reward Challenge Update #733
Wheel of TBR #280
How Well I Stuck to It #585
Wrote that Review Update #582

Week 40 Reviews:

A Lie for a Lie

Unending

A Girl Walks Into the Forest

Stolen in Death

Arclight

Matchmaking for Psychopaths

Mercy

Sisters in the Wild

A Ghastly Catastrophe

Grim and Oro

Angels & Demons 

The Da Vinci Code 

The Entanglement of Rival Witches 

Bride 

Magical Readathon: Orilium: 

Update 85

Update 86

Update 87

Update 88

Update 89 and Wrap Up

Update 68

SeasonAthon Academy:

Update 14

Update 15 and Wrap Up

Phase Out Your TBR: 

Phase Eleven October 2025 Sign Up

Update 1

Update 2

Update 3

Random:

Book Battle October 2025 TBR

OK, so I got 40 posts in 7 days, and it was a pretty great week, I read some really fantastic books, and I'm looking forward to next week. What about you guys? Happy reading!

So this week I want to read whatever I want! 

Week 40 Review: Matchmaking for Psychopaths

From Goodreads:

Love is a dangerous game when your clients are killers…from the bestselling author behind Love Letters to a Serial Killer.

When Lexie's fiancé runs off with her so-called best friend on her birthday, her carefully crafted fairy-tale life shatters. Having survived horrors in her past, she was determined to finally get her happily-ever-after—and she's not giving up yet.

To distract herself, Lexie throws herself into her unusual matchmaking psychopaths (a specialty her clients are blissfully unaware of). But the loneliness is crushing. So when a gorgeous, overprotective new client named Aidan insists they're soulmates, and another intriguing client, Rebecca, seems perfect to fill the best-friend-shaped hole in her life, Lexie can't help but find the attention comforting—despite her own professional boundaries.

Then a human heart appears on Lexie's doorstep. As more threatening packages arrive and her fiancé mysteriously disappears, she must confront a terrifying did she inadvertently match herself with a killer? Between Aidan's claims that her fiancé will never return, Rebecca's growing presence in her life, and her own dark past resurfacing, Lexie's matchmaker instincts are being tested like never before.

Because someone is determined to ensure her story ends with a funeral.

My Review:


Author: Tasha Coryell
Read: September 28th, 2025  
Source: NetGalley  
Reason Why: Love her writing and it sounded really good, and it's a SAC 2025 Book, Sophomore Challenge Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Berkley 
Published: July 15th 2025

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars

Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 85

So I read my next book for Magical Readathon: Orilium, and it was Matchmaking for Psychopaths which was for the prompt Artificery O, and I'll be reading Mercy next!

My Reading Journey:

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration Q

Started On: September 1st 

Finished On: September 1st, 10:04 AM

Pages Read: 329

A Forgery of Fate by Elizabeth Lim

Prompt Fulfilled: Demonology Q

Started On: September 1st

Finished On: September 1st, 12:04 PM

Pages Read: 480

The Last Dragon of the East by Katrina Kwan 

Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration Q

Started On: September 1st

Finished On: September 1st, 4:48 PM

Pages Read: 320

The Unruly Heart of Miss Darcy by Erin Edwards

Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations D

Started On: September 1st

Finished On: September 1st, 10:03 PM

Pages Read: 336

Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross

Prompt Fulfilled: Inscription O

Started On: September 2nd

Finished On: September 2nd, 3:27 PM

Pages Read: 544

Out of Air by Rachel Reiss

Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies O

Started On: September 2nd

Finished On: September 2nd, 8:01 PM

Pages Read: 304

Vipers and Virtuosos by Sav R. Miller

Prompt Fulfilled: Astronomy Q

Started On: September 3rd

Finished On: September 3rd, 1:03 PM

Pages Read: 416

Oaths and Omissions by Sav R. Miller

Prompt Fulfilled: Inscription O

Started On: September 3rd

Finished On: September 3rd, 5:38 PM

Pages Read: 404

Arrows and Apologies by Sav R. Miller

Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting Q

Started On: September 3rd

Finished On: September 3rd, 9:41 PM

Pages Read: 400

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration O

Started On: September 4th

Finished On: September 4th, 12:36 PM

Pages Read: 321

The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration O

Started On: September 4th

Finished On: September 4th, 4:28 PM

Pages Read: 391

The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik

Prompt Fulfilled: Lore Q

Started On: September 4th

Finished On: September 4th, 9:47 PM

Pages Read: 416

Quicksilver by Callie Hart

Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations O

Started On: September 5th

Finished On: September 5th, 12:32 PM

Pages Read: 640

Imaginary Numbers by Seanan McGuire

Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy D

Started On: September 5th

Finished On: September 5th, 2:18 PM

Pages Read: 400

Calculated Risks by Seanan McGuire

Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion D

Started On: September 5th

Finished On: September 5th, 7:35 PM

Pages Read: 400

The Stars Are Dying by Chloe C. Peñaranda

Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting O

Started On: September 6th

Finished On: September 6th, 4:03 PM

Pages Read: 412

The Night is Defying by Chloe C. Peñaranda

Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting O

Started On: September 6th

Finished On: September 6th, 10:48 PM

Pages Read: 432

Scorched Earth by Danielle L. Jensen

Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy D

Started On: September 7th

Finished On: September 7th, 8:36 PM

Pages Read: 752

The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden

Prompt Fulfilled: Artificery Q

Started On: September 8th

Finished On: September 8th, 10:41 AM

Pages Read: 327

Spelunking Through Hell: A Visitor's Guide to the Underworld by Seanan McGuire

Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy D

Started On: September 8th

Finished On: September 8th, 2:07 PM

Pages Read: 300

Backpacking Through Bedlam by Seanan McGuire

Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration O

Started On: September 8th

Finished On: September 8th, 7:43 PM

Pages Read: 400

Only a Monster by Vanessa Len

Prompt Fulfilled: Animal Studies O

Started On: September 9th

Finished On: September 9th, 11:04 AM

Pages Read: 416

Never a Hero by Vanessa Len

Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations O

Started On: September 9th

Finished On: September 9th, 3:52 PM

Pages Read: 528

Once a Villain by Vanessa Len

Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations Q

Started On: September 9th

Finished On: September 9th, 7:47 PM

Pages Read: 416

Origins of an Academy Bully by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

Prompt Fulfilled: Astronomy D

Started On: September 9th

Finished On: September 9th, 8:58 PM

Pages Read: 94

The Awakening by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

Prompt Fulfilled: Astronomy Q

Started On: September 10th

Finished On: September 10th, 1:38 PM

Pages Read: 436

Ruthless Fae by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

Prompt Fulfilled: Animal Studies Q

Started On: September 10th

Finished On: September 10th, 5:24 PM

Pages Read: 475

The Reckoning by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations O

Started On: September 11th

Finished On: September 11th, 4:04 PM

Pages Read: 624

A Fate So Cold by Amanda Foody and C.L. Herman

Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies D

Started On: September 11th

Finished On: September 11th, 9:37 PM

Page's Read: 432

The Courting of Bristol Keats by Mary E. Pearson

Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting D

Started On: September 12th

Finished On: September 12th, 12:23 PM

Pages Read: 560

Souls and Sorrows by Sav R. Miller

Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy Q

Started On: September 12th

Finished On: September 12th, 4:07 PM

Pages Read: 386

Liars and Liaisons by Sav R. Miller

Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies Q

Started On: September 12th

Finished On: September 12th, 10:25 PM

Pages Read: 412

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration O

Started On: September 13th

Finished On: September 13th, 7:41 PM

Pages Read: 464

The Cherished by Patricia Ward

Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy Q

Started On: September 14th

Finished On: September 14th, 11:03 AM

Pages Read: 336

Caraval by Stephanie Garber

Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration Q

Started On: September 14th

Finished On: September 14th, 3:45 PM

Pages Read: 416

Legendary by Stephanie Garber

Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration D

Started On: September 14th

Finished On: September 14th, 8:06 PM

Pages Read: 451

A Fate Forged in Fire by Hazel McBride

Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations O

Started On: September 15th

Finished On: September 15th, 10:48 AM

Pages Read: 416

Endless Anger by Sav R. Miller

Prompt Fulfilled: Demonology O

Started On: September 15th

Finished On: September 15th, 3:01 PM

Pages Read: 452

A Killer Motive by Hannah Mary McKinnon

Prompt Fulfilled: Artificery O

Started On: September 15th

Finished On: September 15th, 10:47 PM

Pages Read: 400

I'm Looking for a Man in Finance by Sabrina Waldorf

Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion Q

Started On: September 16th

Finished On: September 16th, 10:37 AM

Pages Read: 389

Butterfly Effects by Seanan McGuire

Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy O

Started On: September 16th

Finished On: September 16th, 1:30 PM

Pages Read: 432

A Spear of Summer Grass by Deanna Raybourn

Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration Q

Started On: September 16th

Finished On: September 16th, 6:33 PM

Pages Read: 376

Claimed By Her Monsters by Lexi Davis

Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion O

Started On: September 16th

Finished On: September 16th, 11:06 PM

Pages Read: 120

The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom by Shari Franke

Prompt Fulfilled: Animal Studies O

Started On: September 17th

Finished On: September 17th, 10:28 AM

Pages Read: 320

The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong

Prompt Fulfilled: Inscription D

Started On: September 17th

Finished On: September 17th, 2:01 PM

Pages Read: 320

Thirteen Rising by Romina Russell

Prompt Fulfilled: Psionics & Divination O

Started On: September 17th

Finished On: September 17th, 6:18 PM

Pages Read: 350

Dark Fae by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

Prompt Fulfilled: Artificery D

Started On: September 17th

Finished On: September 17th, 11:51 PM

Pages Read: 538

Savage Fae by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

Prompt Fulfilled: Animal Studies Q

Started On: September 18th

Finished On: September 18th, 2:17 PM 

Pages Read: 513

The Glittering Edge by Alyssa Villaire

Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting O

Started On: September 18th

Finished On: September 18th, 6:38 PM

Pages Read: 432

Brighter Than Nine by June CL Tan

Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration Q

Started On: September 18th

Finished On: September 18th, 10:01 PM

Pages Read: 400

The Housemaid's Wedding by Freida McFadden

Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration D

Started On: September 18th

Finished On: September 18th, 11:04 PM

Pages Read: 96

The Housemaid is Watching by Freida McFadden

Prompt Fulfilled: Psionics & Divination O

Started On: September 19th

Finished On: September 19th, 11:48 AM

Pages Read: 402

The Hidden Prince by Jodi Meadows 

Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy O

Started On: September 19th

Finished On: September 19th, 1:29 PM

Pages Read: 58

The Glowing Knight by Jodi Meadows

Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy O

Started On: September 19th

Finished On: September 19th, 2:10 PM

Pages Read: 40

The Burning Hand by Jodi Meadows 

Prompt Fulfilled: Astronomy D

Started On: September 19th

Finished On: September 19th, 4:04 PM

Pages Read: 150

The Black Knife by Jodi Meadows

Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion Q

Started On: September 19th

Finished On: September 19th, 5:01 PM

Pages Read: 74

Seasons of the Storm by Elle Cosimano

Prompt Fulfilled: Artificery D

Started On: September 19th

Finished On: September 19th, 11:27 PM

Pages Read: 480

Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause

Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration O

Started On: September 20th

Finished On: September 20th, 3:48 PM

Pages Read: 288

Seasons of Chaos by Elle Cosimano

Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting D

Started On: September 20th

Finished On September 20th, 9:31 PM

Pages Read: 464

Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbran

Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration O

Started On: September 21st

Finished On: September 21st, 11:31 AM

Pages Read: 339

Shadow Princess by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration O

Started On: September 21st

Finished On: September 21st, 5:09 PM

Pages Read: 724

Cursed Fates by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

Prompt Fulfilled: Inscription O

Started On: September 21st

Finished On: September 21st, 11:52 PM

Pages Read: 886

Heavenly Bodies by Imani Erriu

Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy O

Started On: September 22nd

Finished On: September 22nd, 11:35 AM

Pages Read: 496

Love & Other Killers by Brynne Weaver

Prompt Fulfilled: Artificery Q

Started On: September 22nd

Finished On September 22nd, 12:20 PM

Pages Read: 61

Finale by Stephanie Garber

Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration D

Started On: September 22nd

Finished On: September 22nd, 5:39 PM

Pages Read: 489

Ragna Crimson, Volume 1 by Daiki Kobayashi

Prompt Fulfilled: Lore O

Started On: September 22nd

Finished On: September 22nd, 7:10 PM

Pages Read: 262

Ragna Crimson, Volume 2 by Daiki Kobayashi

Prompt Fulfilled: Lore O

Started On: September 22nd

Finished On: September 22nd, 8:19 PM

Pages Read: 214

Ragna Crimson, Volume 3 by Daiki Kobayashi

Prompt Fulfilled: Lore O

Started On: September 22nd

Finished On: September 22nd, 9:34 PM

Pages Read: 290

Ragna Crimson, Volume 4 by Daiki Kobayashi

Prompt Fulfilled: Psionics & Divination Q

Started On: September 22nd

Finished On: September 22nd, 10:37 PM

Pages Read: 226

Bitten by Jordan Stephanie Gray

Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration O

Started On: September 23rd

Finished On: September 23rd, 10:58 AM

Pages Read: 384

The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh

Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration Q

Started On: September 23rd

Finished On: September 23rd, 2:43 PM

Pages Read: 352

Six Feet Deep Dish by Mindy Quigley

Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration D

Started On: September 23rd

Finished On: September 23rd, 7:58 PM

Pages Read: 320

The Dark is Defying by Chloe C. Peñaranda

Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting O

Started On: September 24th

Finished On: September 24th, 11:20 AM

Pages Read: 416

The Orphan Queen by Jodi Meadows

Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations O

Started On: September 24th

Finished On: September 24th, 2:57 PM

Pages Read: 416

The Mirror King by Jodi Meadows

Prompt Fulfilled: Animal Studies D

Started On: September 24th

Finished On: September 24th, 10:03 PM

Pages Read: 560

Feral Youth Anthology

Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion D

Started On: September 25th

Finished On: September 25th, 1:39 PM

Pages Read: 384

This Is My Brain in Love by I.W. Gregorio

Prompt Fulfilled: Astronomy O

Started On: September 25th

Finished On: September 25th, 8:31 PM

Pages Read: 384

In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead

Prompt Fulfilled: Lore D

Started On: September 26th

Finished On: September 26th, 2:47 PM

Pages Read: 368

Golden by Jessi Kirby

Prompt Fulfilled: Psionics & Divination D

Started On: September 26th

Finished On: September 26th, 9:03 PM

Pages Read: 277

A Lie for a Lie by Ren DeStefano

Prompt Fulfilled: Demonology Q

Started On: September 27th

Finished On: September 27th, 2:45 PM

Pages Read: 320

Unending by Ivelisse Housman

Prompt Fulfilled: Astronomy O

Started On: September 27th

Finished On: September 27th,  8:05 PM

Pages Read: 400

A Girl Walks Into the Forest by Madeleine Roux

Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion O

Started On: September 28th

Finished On: September 28th, 11:38 AM

Pages Read: 320

Stolen in Death by J.D. Robb

Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion O

Started On: September 28th

Finished On: September 28th, 3:02  PM

Pages Read: 400

Arclight by Josin L. McQuein

Prompt Fulfilled: Inscription Q

Started On: September 28th

Finished On: September 28th, 10:13 PM

Pages Read: 403

Matchmaking for Psychopaths by Tasha Coryell

Prompt Fulfilled: Artificery O

Started On: September 29th

Finished On:September 29th, 2:49 PM

Pages Read: 336

Mercy by Patricia Ward

Prompt Fulfilled: Demonology O

Started On: September 29th

Currently On: Page 0 of 368

Prompts Left: Demonology D, Alchemy Q

Read: 85

Pages Read: 302567

Magical Readathon: Orilium Update 84

So I read my next book for Magical Readathon: Orilium, and it was Arclight which was for the prompt Inscription Q, and I'll be reading Matchmaking for Psychopaths next!

My Reading Journey:

The Housemaid by Freida McFadden

Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration Q

Started On: September 1st 

Finished On: September 1st, 10:04 AM

Pages Read: 329

A Forgery of Fate by Elizabeth Lim

Prompt Fulfilled: Demonology Q

Started On: September 1st

Finished On: September 1st, 12:04 PM

Pages Read: 480

The Last Dragon of the East by Katrina Kwan 

Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration Q

Started On: September 1st

Finished On: September 1st, 4:48 PM

Pages Read: 320

The Unruly Heart of Miss Darcy by Erin Edwards

Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations D

Started On: September 1st

Finished On: September 1st, 10:03 PM

Pages Read: 336

Wild Reverence by Rebecca Ross

Prompt Fulfilled: Inscription O

Started On: September 2nd

Finished On: September 2nd, 3:27 PM

Pages Read: 544

Out of Air by Rachel Reiss

Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies O

Started On: September 2nd

Finished On: September 2nd, 8:01 PM

Pages Read: 304

Vipers and Virtuosos by Sav R. Miller

Prompt Fulfilled: Astronomy Q

Started On: September 3rd

Finished On: September 3rd, 1:03 PM

Pages Read: 416

Oaths and Omissions by Sav R. Miller

Prompt Fulfilled: Inscription O

Started On: September 3rd

Finished On: September 3rd, 5:38 PM

Pages Read: 404

Arrows and Apologies by Sav R. Miller

Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting Q

Started On: September 3rd

Finished On: September 3rd, 9:41 PM

Pages Read: 400

A Deadly Education by Naomi Novik

Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration O

Started On: September 4th

Finished On: September 4th, 12:36 PM

Pages Read: 321

The Last Graduate by Naomi Novik

Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration O

Started On: September 4th

Finished On: September 4th, 4:28 PM

Pages Read: 391

The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik

Prompt Fulfilled: Lore Q

Started On: September 4th

Finished On: September 4th, 9:47 PM

Pages Read: 416

Quicksilver by Callie Hart

Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations O

Started On: September 5th

Finished On: September 5th, 12:32 PM

Pages Read: 640

Imaginary Numbers by Seanan McGuire

Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy D

Started On: September 5th

Finished On: September 5th, 2:18 PM

Pages Read: 400

Calculated Risks by Seanan McGuire

Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion D

Started On: September 5th

Finished On: September 5th, 7:35 PM

Pages Read: 400

The Stars Are Dying by Chloe C. Peñaranda

Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting O

Started On: September 6th

Finished On: September 6th, 4:03 PM

Pages Read: 412

The Night is Defying by Chloe C. Peñaranda

Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting O

Started On: September 6th

Finished On: September 6th, 10:48 PM

Pages Read: 432

Scorched Earth by Danielle L. Jensen

Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy D

Started On: September 7th

Finished On: September 7th, 8:36 PM

Pages Read: 752

The Housemaid's Secret by Freida McFadden

Prompt Fulfilled: Artificery Q

Started On: September 8th

Finished On: September 8th, 10:41 AM

Pages Read: 327

Spelunking Through Hell: A Visitor's Guide to the Underworld by Seanan McGuire

Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy D

Started On: September 8th

Finished On: September 8th, 2:07 PM

Pages Read: 300

Backpacking Through Bedlam by Seanan McGuire

Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration O

Started On: September 8th

Finished On: September 8th, 7:43 PM

Pages Read: 400

Only a Monster by Vanessa Len

Prompt Fulfilled: Animal Studies O

Started On: September 9th

Finished On: September 9th, 11:04 AM

Pages Read: 416

Never a Hero by Vanessa Len

Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations O

Started On: September 9th

Finished On: September 9th, 3:52 PM

Pages Read: 528

Once a Villain by Vanessa Len

Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations Q

Started On: September 9th

Finished On: September 9th, 7:47 PM

Pages Read: 416

Origins of an Academy Bully by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

Prompt Fulfilled: Astronomy D

Started On: September 9th

Finished On: September 9th, 8:58 PM

Pages Read: 94

The Awakening by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

Prompt Fulfilled: Astronomy Q

Started On: September 10th

Finished On: September 10th, 1:38 PM

Pages Read: 436

Ruthless Fae by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

Prompt Fulfilled: Animal Studies Q

Started On: September 10th

Finished On: September 10th, 5:24 PM

Pages Read: 475

The Reckoning by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations O

Started On: September 11th

Finished On: September 11th, 4:04 PM

Pages Read: 624

A Fate So Cold by Amanda Foody and C.L. Herman

Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies D

Started On: September 11th

Finished On: September 11th, 9:37 PM

Page's Read: 432

The Courting of Bristol Keats by Mary E. Pearson

Prompt Fulfilled: Shapeshifting D

Started On: September 12th

Finished On: September 12th, 12:23 PM

Pages Read: 560

Souls and Sorrows by Sav R. Miller

Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy Q

Started On: September 12th

Finished On: September 12th, 4:07 PM

Pages Read: 386

Liars and Liaisons by Sav R. Miller

Prompt Fulfilled: Elemental Studies Q

Started On: September 12th

Finished On: September 12th, 10:25 PM

Pages Read: 412

Uprooted by Naomi Novik

Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration O

Started On: September 13th

Finished On: September 13th, 7:41 PM

Pages Read: 464

The Cherished by Patricia Ward

Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy Q

Started On: September 14th

Finished On: September 14th, 11:03 AM

Pages Read: 336

Caraval by Stephanie Garber

Prompt Fulfilled: Conjuration Q

Started On: September 14th

Finished On: September 14th, 3:45 PM

Pages Read: 416

Legendary by Stephanie Garber

Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration D

Started On: September 14th

Finished On: September 14th, 8:06 PM

Pages Read: 451

A Fate Forged in Fire by Hazel McBride

Prompt Fulfilled: Spells & Incantations O

Started On: September 15th

Finished On: September 15th, 10:48 AM

Pages Read: 416

Endless Anger by Sav R. Miller

Prompt Fulfilled: Demonology O

Started On: September 15th

Finished On: September 15th, 3:01 PM

Pages Read: 452

A Killer Motive by Hannah Mary McKinnon

Prompt Fulfilled: Artificery O

Started On: September 15th

Finished On: September 15th, 10:47 PM

Pages Read: 400

I'm Looking for a Man in Finance by Sabrina Waldorf

Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion Q

Started On: September 16th

Finished On: September 16th, 10:37 AM

Pages Read: 389

Butterfly Effects by Seanan McGuire

Prompt Fulfilled: Alchemy O

Started On: September 16th

Finished On: September 16th, 1:30 PM

Pages Read: 432

A Spear of Summer Grass by Deanna Raybourn

Prompt Fulfilled: Restoration Q

Started On: September 16th

Finished On: September 16th, 6:33 PM

Pages Read: 376

Claimed By Her Monsters by Lexi Davis

Prompt Fulfilled: Art of Illusion O

Started On: September 16th

Finished On: September 16th, 11:06 PM

Pages Read: 120

The House of My Mother: A Daughter's Quest for Freedom by Shari Franke

Prompt Fulfilled: Animal Studies O

Started On: September 17th

Finished On: September 17th, 10:28 AM

Pages Read: 320

The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong

Prompt Fulfilled: Inscription D

Started On: September 17th

Finished On: September 17th, 2:01 PM

Pages Read: 320

Thirteen Rising by Romina Russell

Prompt Fulfilled: Psionics & Divination O

Started On: September 17th

Finished On: September 17th, 6:18 PM

Pages Read: 350

Dark Fae by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

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Savage Fae by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

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The Glittering Edge by Alyssa Villaire

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Brighter Than Nine by June CL Tan

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The Housemaid's Wedding by Freida McFadden

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The Housemaid is Watching by Freida McFadden

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The Hidden Prince by Jodi Meadows 

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The Glowing Knight by Jodi Meadows

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The Burning Hand by Jodi Meadows 

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The Black Knife by Jodi Meadows

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Seasons of the Storm by Elle Cosimano

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Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause

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Seasons of Chaos by Elle Cosimano

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Lore of the Wilds by Analeigh Sbran

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Shadow Princess by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

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Cursed Fates by Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti

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Heavenly Bodies by Imani Erriu

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Love & Other Killers by Brynne Weaver

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Finale by Stephanie Garber

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Ragna Crimson, Volume 1 by Daiki Kobayashi

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Ragna Crimson, Volume 2 by Daiki Kobayashi

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Ragna Crimson, Volume 3 by Daiki Kobayashi

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Ragna Crimson, Volume 4 by Daiki Kobayashi

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Bitten by Jordan Stephanie Gray

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The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh

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Six Feet Deep Dish by Mindy Quigley

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The Dark is Defying by Chloe C. Peñaranda

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The Orphan Queen by Jodi Meadows

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The Mirror King by Jodi Meadows

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Feral Youth Anthology

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This Is My Brain in Love by I.W. Gregorio

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In My Dreams I Hold a Knife by Ashley Winstead

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Golden by Jessi Kirby

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A Lie for a Lie by Ren DeStefano

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Unending by Ivelisse Housman

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A Girl Walks Into the Forest by Madeleine Roux

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Stolen in Death by J.D. Robb

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Arclight by Josin L. McQuein

Prompt Fulfilled: Inscription Q

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Matchmaking for Psychopaths by Tasha Coryell

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Waiting on Wednesday #738, July 2nd

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating!

Atonement Sky by Nalini Singh

Expected Publication: July 15th, 2025
From Goodreads:

The hunt for a stealthy predator takes a damaged J-Psy to the heart of falcon territory in this new Psy-Changeling Trinity novel from New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh...

Justice-Psy Eleri Dias knows the end is near for her, her mind one step away from fatal psychic exposure. In the short time that remains, she is determined to atone for an act of omission that has haunted her for a long, cruel decade. But that decision not only means facing a powerful changeling wing leader, but also putting herself in the path of a serial killer.

Falcon wing leader Adam Garrett is fiercely protective of his family and his clan. After losing his parents as a teenager in a shocking act of malice, Adam has no forgiveness in him for the J-Psy who betrayed him, betrayed them, at the most painful moment of his life. But the evil that stalks his territory will allow him no respite, forcing him once more into contact with the J he has never been able to forget.

Everything that could've been between Eleri and Adam was lost years ago, a shimmering promise crushed. As they work to uncover a monster, the moment of reckoning looms ever closer. Soon, there may be no more time left for either atonement...or love...

The Nightshade God by Hannah Whitten

Expected Publication: July 15th, 2025
From Goodreads:

The Nightshade Crown is in the hands of a ruthless god. Lore will stop at nothing to defeat him and save the troubled prince and tortured priest ensnared in his wicked plot, in this final installment of this lush, romantic, New York Times bestselling fantasy series from breakout star Hannah Whitten.

Lore has failed. She couldn’t save King Bastian from the rotten god speaking voices in his mind. She couldn’t save her allies from being scattered across the continent—their own lesser gods whispering to them in their dreams. She couldn’t save her beautiful, corrupt city from the dark power beneath the catacombs. And she couldn’t save herself.

Banished to the Burnt Isles, Lore must use every skill she earned on the streets of Dellaire to survive the prison colony and figure out a way to defeat the power that’s captured everything and everyone she holds dear. When a surprise ally joins her on the Burnt Isles she realizes the way forward may lie on the island itself. Somehow, her friends must help her collect the far-scattered pieces of the broken Fount—the source of all the god’s powers—and bring them back together on the Burnt Isles, returning all magic to its source and destroying, once and for all, the gods corrupting the land.

But as Lore gets closer to her goal, her magic grows stronger… and to a woman who’s always had to fight for survival, that kind of power may be hard to give up.

The Enchanted Greenhouse by Sarah Beth Durst

Expected Publication: July 15th, 2025
From Goodreads:

New York Times bestselling author Sarah Beth Durst invites you to her new standalone novel nestled on a far-away island brimming with singing flowers, honey cakes, and honeyed love. The hardcover edition features beautiful sprayed edges.

Terlu Perna broke the law because she was lonely. She cast a spell and created a magically sentient spider plant. As punishment, she was turned into a wooden statue and tucked away into an alcove in the North Reading Room of the Great Library of Alyssium.

This should have been the end of her story . . . Yet one day, Terlu wakes in the cold of winter on a nearly-deserted island full of hundreds of magical greenhouses. She’s starving and freezing, and the only other human on the island is a grumpy gardener. To her surprise, he offers Terlu a place to sleep, clean clothes, and freshly baked honey cakes—at least until she’s ready to sail home.

But Terlu can’t return home and doesn’t want to—the greenhouses are a dream come true, each more wondrous than the next. When she learns that the magic that sustains them is failing—causing the death of everything within them—Terlu knows she must help. Even if that means breaking the law again.

This time, though, she isn’t alone. Assisted by the gardener and a sentient rose, Terlu must unravel the secrets of a long-dead sorcerer if she wants to save the island—and have a fresh chance at happiness and love.

Funny, kind, and forgiving, The Enchanted Greenhouse is a story about giving second chances—to others and to yourself.

The Jasad Crown by Sara Hashem

Expected Publication: July 15th, 2025
From Goodreads:

In the thrilling conclusion to the Egyptian-inspired Scorched Throne duology, a fugitive queen may be the key to restoring her lost kingdom of Jasad, but it could cost her everything and everyone she loves.

Held deep in a mountain refuge, Sylvia has been captured by the Urabi, who believe she can return their homeland to its former power. But after years of denying her legacy and a forbidden alliance with Jasad's greatest enemy, Sylvia must win the group's trust while struggling to keep control of both her magic and her mind.

In the rival kingdom, Arin is caught between his father's desire to put down the brewing rebellion and the sacred edicts he's sworn to uphold. Arin must find Sylvia before his father's army, but his search will call into question the very core of Arin's beliefs about his family and the destruction of Jasad.

War is inevitable and Sylvia cannot abandon her people again. The Urabi plan to raise the Jasadi fortress, and it will either kill Sylvia or destroy the humanity she's fought so hard to protect. For the first time in her life Sylvia doesn't just want to survive. She wants to win.

The fugitive queen is ready to come home.

Three Shattered Souls by Mai Corland

Expected Publication: July 15th, 2025
From Goodreads:

Some betrayals cut deeper than blades.

The Blades were never supposed to survive this long. But after the battle in Quu Harbor, escaping is no longer enough. The most dangerous liars in the four realms have one last mission―return to Yusan and finish what they started.

But now a usurper sits on the serpent throne. And he may be more dangerous than the god-king.

With three relics of the Dragon Lord in their possession, the Blades will face the might of the four realms. Enemies will become allies. Allies will become traitors. And the ones they love most? They’ll be the ones to break them.

Grief will carve the Blades into something ruthless and unrecognizable. But only by losing everything can they win this game of kings and crowns.

No Body No Crime by Tess Sharpe

Expected Publication: July 15th, 2025
From Goodreads:

Murder either bonds you or breaks you.

Rural PI Mel Tillman knows this well. She's seen her fair share of bloody cases and botched cover-ups. But killing with someone? That is a different kind of mess all together, and Mel's got real experience with it.

No one's heard from Toby Dunne since Chloe Harper's sweet sixteen party--because the birthday girl and sixteen-year-old Mel buried him so deep in the backwoods, no one's ever finding him. Mel loses little sleep over it--Toby had been terrorizing them.

What she does lose sleep over is Chloe, the girl with whom she survived that horrible night in the woods. Chloe, the girl she fell in love with. Chloe, the girl who disappeared and hasn't been seen in more than six years.

Tasked with locating Chloe by her family, Mel can't resist the call of a good chase, or finding the one who got away with her heart (and with murder). When Mel finds an armed and vigilant Chloe living off-grid in a highly booby-trapped patch of Canadian wilderness, she realizes that Chloe had been expecting someone other than her ex to come looking for her. The thing that's kept Chloe going for years is that she's kept Mel safe by running. Now, the truth must come out as they run for their lives once again.

Because when they buried Toby Dunne in the backwoods, they buried something else, too. Something Toby took. And the powerful family he stole it from? They'll do anything to get it back.

Fateless by Julie Kagawa 

Expected Publication: July 15th, 2025
From Goodreads:

Deep in the forgotten city of the Deathless Kings, an ancient relic of untold power waits—for one bold enough to steal it.

When seventeen-year-old Sparrow joined the Thieves Guild she made a vow of binding loyalty to their cause. So when a mission comes along from The Circle, a group of mysterious, dangerous beings who control the Thieves Guild from the shadows, Sparrow is determined to cement her place in the guild.

What ensues is a death-defying adventure that has Sparrow and her band of thieves venturing into the heart of the forgotten city of the Deathless King. The fate of Sparrow, her companions, and Raithe, the enigmatic yet alluring assassin Sparrow is forced to join forces with during their quest, all hang in the balance as they find themselves battling ancient forces within the tombs and facing the unwavering hold of fate.

Perfect for fans of Alexandra Bracken and Sabaa Tahir, this new fantasy trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Julie Kagawa will sweep readers into a bold and exciting new world, where a twisted game of destiny has far-reaching consequences.

Matchmaking for Psychopaths by Tasha Coryell

Expected Publication: July 15th, 2025
From Goodreads:

Love is a dangerous game when your clients are killers…from the bestselling author behind Love Letters to a Serial Killer.

When Lexie's fiancé runs off with her so-called best friend on her birthday, her carefully crafted fairy-tale life shatters. Having survived horrors in her past, she was determined to finally get her happily-ever-after—and she's not giving up yet.

To distract herself, Lexie throws herself into her unusual matchmaking psychopaths (a specialty her clients are blissfully unaware of). But the loneliness is crushing. So when a gorgeous, overprotective new client named Aidan insists they're soulmates, and another intriguing client, Rebecca, seems perfect to fill the best-friend-shaped hole in her life, Lexie can't help but find the attention comforting—despite her own professional boundaries.

Then a human heart appears on Lexie's doorstep. As more threatening packages arrive and her fiancé mysteriously disappears, she must confront a terrifying did she inadvertently match herself with a killer? Between Aidan's claims that her fiancé will never return, Rebecca's growing presence in her life, and her own dark past resurfacing, Lexie's matchmaker instincts are being tested like never before.

Because someone is determined to ensure her story ends with a funeral.

A Witch's Guide to Magical Innkeeping by Sangu Mandanna

Expected Publication: July 15th, 2025
From Goodreads:

A whimsical and heartwarming novel about a witch who has a second chance to get her magical powers—and her life—back on track, from the national bestselling author of The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches.

Sera Swan used to be one of the most powerful witches in Britain. Then she resurrected her great-aunt Jasmine from the (very recently) dead, lost most of her magic, befriended a semi-villainous talking fox, and was exiled from her Guild. Now she (slightly reluctantly and just a bit grumpily) helps her aunt run an enchanted inn in Lancashire, where she deals with her quirky guests' shenanigans, tries to keep said talking fox in check, and longs for the future that seems lost to her. But then she finds out about an old spell that could hold the key to restoring her power…

Enter Luke Larsen, handsome and icy magical historian, who arrives on a dark winter evening and might just know how to unlock the spell’s secrets. Luke has absolutely no interest in getting involved in the madcap goings-on of the inn and is definitely not about to let a certain bewitching innkeeper past his walls, so no one is more surprised than he is when he agrees to help Sera with her spell. Worse, he might actually be thawing.

Running an inn, reclaiming lost magic, and staying one step ahead of the watchful Guild is a lot for anyone, but Sera Swan is about to discover that she doesn’t have to do it alone...and that the weird, wonderful family she’s made might be the best magic of all.

The Bewitching by Silvia Morena-Garcia

Expected Publication: July 15th, 2025
From Goodreads:

Three women in three different eras encounter danger and witchcraft in this eerie multigenerational horror saga from the New York Times bestselling author of Mexican Gothic.

“Back then, when I was a young woman, there were still witches”: That was how Nana Alba always began the stories she told her great-granddaughter Minerva—stories that have stayed with Minerva all her life. Perhaps that’s why Minerva has become a graduate student focused on the history of horror literature and is researching the life of Beatrice Tremblay, an obscure author of macabre tales.

In the course of assembling her thesis, Minerva uncovers information that reveals that Tremblay’s most famous novel, The Vanishing, was inspired by a true story: Decades earlier, during the Great Depression, Tremblay attended the same university where Minerva is now studying and became obsessed with her beautiful and otherworldly roommate, who then disappeared under mysterious circumstances.

As Minerva descends ever deeper into Tremblay’s manuscript, she begins to sense that the malign force that stalked Tremblay and the missing girl might still walk the halls of the campus. These disturbing events also echo the stories Nana Alba told about her girlhood in 1900s Mexico, where she had a terrifying encounter with a witch.

Minerva suspects that the same shadow that darkened the lives of her great-grandmother and Beatrice Tremblay is now threatening her own in 1990s Massachusetts. An academic career can be a punishing pursuit, but it might turn outright deadly when witchcraft is involved.

Oh, some really amazing books coming in the middle of the month, the ones that I've read are so amazing, and I can't wait for these books to be released! What about you guys? Happy reading! 

Waiting on Wednesday #681, May 29th

"Waiting On" Wednesday is a weekly event, hosted at Breaking the Spine, that spotlights upcoming releases that we're eagerly anticipating!
 

Know to the Victim by K.L. Armstrong

Expected Publication: June 25th, 2024
From Goodreads:

From nationally bestselling author K.L. Armstrong comes a new heartstopping, propulsive, race-against-the-clock thriller.

How far will you go to protect the only family you have?

When Amy Gibson's mother is brutally murdered by her boyfriend, Amy's world is completely undone. Overcome with grief and heartache, she withdraws from everything around her—college, her friends, her entire life. Until her estranged half-brother, Oliver, saves her, pulling her back into her life and giving her family. Giving her a home.

Eight years later, she's picked herself up and has worked hard to move forward. She’s the host of a popular true crime podcast that focuses on crimes against women committed by their partners and is finding purpose and healing through helping women in ways she couldn't help her mother.

And then Oliver is accused of the unthinkable—something that is so unlike him. Something that horrifies Amy. But desperate to save the only family she has, she sets out to prove her brother's innocence.

But as the days pass and more information about Oliver and his past slowly comes to light, Amy begins realizing that nothing is ever as it seems—especially when it comes to family.

Finding Mr. Write by Kelley Armstrong

Expected Publication: June 25th, 2024
From Goodreads:
#1 New York Times bestselling author Kelley Armstrong delivers a fun romantic comedy about a woman writing under a male pseudonym and the man she hires to play the role in public. Daphne McFadden already knows that as a female author, the cards are stacked against her. Now she knows just how much. Because her sudden whim to pose as an “outdoorsy hunk of masculinity” male author for her new book just resulted in the a bidding war, a huge book deal, and the kind of fame every author dreams of. Now she’s in big trouble. Because she needs to convince the world that Zane Remington actually exists . . . but how? By hiring an actor, of course. Only Chris Stanton is not an actor—not officially. He’s used to balancing the books, not pretending he wrote one. Still, he’s mostly certain he can pose as some overly macho bro-author. But when the media descend on Daphne’s gorgeous remote home in the Yukon, it’s not enough for Chris to just be the face of Zane Remington—he’ll have to become him. All while hilariously balancing the terrifying dangers of the wilderness, a massive femme fandom, and a serious crush on Daphne. But as the hype circus gets more out of control, it’s just a matter of time before someone discovers their little write lie . . .

A Ruse of Shadows by Sherry Thomas

Expected Publication: June 25th, 2024
From Goodreads:

Charlotte Holmes is accustomed to solving crimes, not being accused of them, but she finds herself in a dreadfully precarious position as the bestselling Lady Sherlock series continues.

Charlotte’s success on the RMS Provence has afforded her a certain measure of time and assurance. Taking advantage of that, she has been busy, plotting to prise the man her sister loves from Moriarty’s iron grip.

Disruption, however, comes from an unexpected quarter. Lord Bancroft Ashburton, disgraced and imprisoned as a result of Charlotte’s prior investigations, nevertheless manages to press Charlotte into service: Underwood, his most loyal henchman, is missing and Lord Bancroft wants Charlotte to find Underwood, dead or alive.

But then Lord Bancroft himself turns up dead and Charlotte, more than anyone else, meets the trifecta criteria of motive, means, and opportunity. Never mind rescuing anyone else, with the law breathing down her neck, can Charlotte save herself from prosecution for murder?

A Novel Love Story by Ashley Poston

Expected Publication: June 25th, 2024
From Goodreads:

A professor of literature finds herself caught up in a work of fiction…literally, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Seven Year Slip and The Dead Romantics.

Eileen Merriweather loves to get lost in a good happily-ever-after. The fictional kind, anyway. Because at least imaginary men don’t leave you at the altar. She feels safe in a book. At home. Which might be why she’s so set on going to her annual book club retreat this year—she needs good friends, cheap wine, and grand romantic gestures—no matter what.

But when her car unexpectedly breaks down on the way, she finds herself stranded in a quaint town that feels like it’s right out of a novel…

Because it is.

This place can’t be real, and yet… she’s here, in Eloraton, the town of her favorite romance series, where the candy store’s honey taffy is always sweet, the local bar’s burgers are always a little burnt, and rain always comes in the afternoon. It feels like home. It’s perfect—and perfectly frozen, trapped in the late author’s last unfinished story.

Elsy is sure that’s why she must be here: to help bring the town to its storybook ending.

Except there is a character in Eloraton that she can’t place—a grumpy bookstore owner with mint-green eyes, an irritatingly sexy mouth and impeccable taste in novels. And he does not want her finishing this book.

Which is a problem because Elsy is beginning to think the town’s happily-ever-after might just be intertwined with her own.

Flashback by Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen

Expected Publication: June 25th, 2024
From Goodreads:

Kendra Michaels uses her heightened powers of deduction to draw out a serial killer who has not been seen or heard from in over fifteen years. 

Chloe and Sloane Morgan were only children when their mother was the second victim of the Bayside Strangler. Now, after spending fifteen years trying to discover his identity, the sisters have suddenly vanished. Were they getting too close to the truth? The police consider their interest in the crime to be just a coincidence and have little motivation to pursue the cold case.

 Armed with the box of photos, videos, police reports, and notes gathered by the sisters over the years—plus the extraordinary senses from being blind before recovering her sight via a revolutionary surgical procedure—Kendra follows the sisters’ trail of clues.  Little does she realize that her search is about to unleash a long-dormant killer on San Diego.  With help from government agent-for-hire Adam Lynch and private eye Jessie Mercado, Kendra must race to discover the identity of an infamous killer, not only to save the lives of the two sisters but also untold others. 

Tangled Up in You by Christina Lauren

Expected Publication: June 25th, 2024
From Goodreads:

A witty and deeply romantic modern reimagining of Disney’s Tangled, by the New York Times bestselling author duo Christina Lauren, part of the acclaimed and bestselling Meant to Be collection.

She has a dream. He has a plan. Together they’ll take a leap of faith.

Ren has never held an iPhone, googled the answer to a question, or followed a crush on social media. What she has done: read a book or two, or three (okay, hundreds). Taught herself to paint. Built a working wind power system from scratch. But for all the books she’s read, Ren has never found one that’s taught a woman raised on a homestead and off the grid for most of her twenty-two years how to live in the real world. So when she finally achieves her lifelong dream of attending Corona College, it feels like her life is finally beginning.

Fitz has the rest of his life mapped out: graduate from Corona at the top of his class, get his criminal record wiped clean, and pass himself off as the rich, handsome player everyone thinks he is. He’s a few months short from checking off step one of his plans when Ren Gylden, with her cascading blonde hair and encyclopedic brain, crashes into his life, and for the first time Fitz’s plan is in jeopardy.

But a simple assignment in their immunology seminar changes the course of both their lives, and suddenly they’re thrown out of the frying pan and into the fire on a road trip that will lead them in the most unexpected directions. Out on the open road, the world somehow shifts, and the unlikely pair realize that, maybe, the key to the dreams they've both been chasing have been sitting next to them the whole time.

Children of Anguish and Anarchy by Tomi Adeyemi

Expected Publication: June 25th, 2024
From Goodreads:

New allies rise.

The Blood Moon nears.

Zélie faces her final enemy.

The king who hunts her heart.

When Zelie seized the royal palace that fateful night, she thought her battles had come to an end. The monarchy had finally fallen. The maji had risen again. Zélie never expected to find herself locked in a cage and trapped on a foreign ship. Now warriors with iron skulls traffic her and her people across the seas, far from their homeland.

Then everything changes when Zélie meets King Baldyr, her true captor, the ruler of the Skulls, and the man who has ravaged entire civilizations to find her. Baldyr’s quest to harness Zélie’s strength sends Zélie, Amari, and Tzain searching for allies in unknown lands.

But as Baldyr closes in, catastrophe charges Orïsha’s shores. It will take everything Zélie has to face her final enemy and save her people before the Skulls annihilate them for good.

Market for Murder by Heather Graham

Expected Publication: June 25th, 2024
From Goodreads:

In the alleys of Edinburgh, someone is killing for profit…

Scotland has a dead body problem. Another one. And in the wake of a similar spate of tribute killings, Special Agents Luke Kendrick and Carly MacDonald know they have their work cut out for them. Working alongside a new team of agents, the partners have more questions than answers when the crime scenes yield little evidence. In the style of infamous killers Burke and Hare, it appears victims are being moved to a secondary location, where they’re dissected and sold for spare parts.

With the clock ticking on every organ being harvested, the members of Blackbird know the killers must be near at hand, and soon discover that they’re also being closed in on. As questions begin to arise about the newest additions to their team, Luke and Carly are running out of time—and people they can trust—to catch the killers before the agents themselves are the next to be put on ice.  

Love Letters to a Serial Killer by Tasha Coryell

Expected Publication: June 25th, 2024
From Goodreads:

An aimless young woman starts writing to an accused serial killer while he awaits trial and then, once he’s acquitted, decides to move in with him and take the investigation into her own hands in this dark and irresistibly compelling debut thriller.

Recently ghosted and sick of watching her friends fade into the suburbs, thirty-something Hannah finds community in a true-crime forum that’s on a mission to solve the murders of four women in Atlanta. After William, a handsome lawyer, is arrested for the killings, Hannah begins writing him letters. It’s the perfect outlet for her pent-up frustration and rage. The exercise empowers her, and even feels healthy at first.

Until William writes back.

Hannah’s interest in the case goes from curiosity to obsession, leaving space for nothing else as her life implodes around her. After she loses her job, she heads to Georgia to attend the trial and befriends other true-crime junkies like herself. When a fifth woman is discovered, the jury has no choice but to find William not guilty, and Hannah is the first person he calls upon his release. The two of them quickly fall into a routine of domestic bliss.

Well, as blissful as one can feel while secretly investigating their partner for serial murder…

There's some really amazing books coming out at the end of the month, though it's funny that Kelley Armstrong has 2 books coming out on the 25th under the two names! What about you guys? Happy reading! 

Week 13 Review: Love Letters to a Serial Killer

From Goodreads:

An aimless young woman starts writing to an accused serial killer while he awaits trial and then, once he's acquitted, decides to move in with him and take the investigation into her own hands in this dark and irresistibly compelling debut thriller.

Recently ghosted and sick of watching her friends fade into the suburbs, thirty-something Hannah finds community in a true-crime forum that's on a mission to solve the murders of four women in Atlanta. After William, a handsome lawyer, is arrested for the killings, Hannah begins writing him letters. It's the perfect outlet for her pent-up frustration and rage. The exercise empowers her, and even feels healthy at first.

Until William writes back.

Hannah's interest in the case goes from curiosity to obsession, leaving space for nothing else as her life implodes around her. After she loses her job, she heads to Georgia to attend the trial and befriends other true-crime junkies like herself. When a fifth woman is discovered, the jury has no choice but to find William not guilty, and Hannah is the first person he calls upon his release. The two of them quickly fall into a routine of domestic bliss.

Well, as blissful as one can feel while secretly investigating their partner for serial murder…

My Review:


Author: Tasha Coryell
Read: March 25th, 2024 
Source: NetGalley
Reason Why: Sounded really good, and it's a DAC Book, SAC 2024 Book and a WoW Book!
Publisher: Berkley
Expected Publication: June 25th 2024

5/5 Hearts

5/5 Books

5/5 Stars