Title: The London House
Author: Katherine Reay
My Rating: ⭐⭐
Why I gave this rating: This book was all over the place but not in a good way. It would be mid subject and then it would be like “but Jason says this”. Jason who we have not yet met and actually have no idea who he is. It felt just totally not together and I didn’t know what was happening. The chapters also just jumped way too much that from the ending of one to the beginning of the next. Just wasn’t well structured.
Title: The Paris Apartment
Author: Lucy Foley
My Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Why I gave this rating: Let me start by saying, I read the entire book and I got to the end and still didn’t see everything coming. There was all these smaller twists throughout that kept having me change my whole view of what has happening. Of the twists, I was able to maybe figure out like 2 before they actually happened. But I think that’s how most of Lucy’s books work. The only thing that I wasn’t a huge fan of was the ending while very intense just kind of ended suddenly. No real follow up for what happened after.
People who would like this book: Thriller fans. Fans of the unexpected endings.
Favorite Quote: “But also, I watch. I see everything. And it gives me a strange kind of power, even if I’m the only one who’s aware of it.”
Title: The Paris Library
Author: Janet Skeslien Charles
My Rating:⭐⭐
Why I gave this rating: I think if I had read this at the beginning of my reading career, I would’ve given it a different rating. However, because I have read some truly amazing historical fictions (looking at you Mark Sullivan and Kristin Hannah) I have such a higher bar then I did previously. For me this book just didn’t have anything that engaged me and kept me interested.
Title: The Magnolia Palace
Author: Fiona Davis
My Rating:⭐⭐⭐(.5)
Why I gave this rating: Gilded Age is not normally the type of historical fictions that I really like to read. Don’t get me wrong, the drama especially of the elite families, I find very entertaining, but it isn’t normally a time frame I pick up. However, this book has a whole mystery subplot that made this book different. I almost wish the mystery aspect was more prevalent as it was a twist in historical fictions I haven’t seen very often. Overall generally liked this book, but I think if the mystery was not apart of it, I would not have enjoyed it as much.
People who would like this book: Fans of the Gilded Age and the power families of NYC. Drama and mystery from this era.
Favorite Quote: “The rich think they’re protected, that they have magical powers, when in fact they’re only mortals, like the rest of us. Bodies break down, betray you. People you love die. Children die.”
Until Next Time, The Library Abroad
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