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Not like I needed it, because it’s not like I don’t have a bunch of books at home to read. But, they’re not these books. Lol 😝 ⁣ ⁣ I got these 5 books from the library 📚 the other day, I’m missing the 3rd book in the winter ❄️ series, which I had no clue until I got home. 🤷🏼‍♀️⁣ ⁣ I’ve heard Well Met was a good read, so I figured I’d give it a try. Romance isn’t my normal genre, but I’ve been reading more of them thanks for bookstagram. ⁣ ⁣ Do you also snag books from your library, when your tbr pile at home is outrageous. Or am I the only one. Lol ⁣ ⁣ #bookstagram #instabook #bookphotography #bookporn #igbooks #ilovereading #bookhaul #bookhoarder #bookaddiction #bookstoread #whattoread #fortheloveofbooks #bookblogging #bookpics #weekendreads #bookrecs #booknerdproblems #bookpictures #bookstagram #amreading #booksbooksbooks #instablog #booknerds #bookphotos #bibliophile #booksparks

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About the book :

Marin had the perfect life. Married to her college sweetheart, she owns a chain of upscale hair salons, and Derek runs his own company. A loving family- until their world falls apart the day their son Sebastian is taken.

A year later, Marin is a shadow of herself. The FBI search has gone cold. The publicity has faded. She and her husband rarely speak. She hires a P.I. to pick up where the police left off, but instead of finding Sebastian, she learns that Derek is having an affair with a younger woman. This discovery sparks Marin back to life. She’s lost her son; she’s not about to lose her husband, too. Kenzie is an enemy with a face, which means this is a problem Marin can fix. Permanently.

My Review :

I devoured this book. NO! I inhaled this book.. What would you do if your son went missing while he was standing right next to you? What would you do if you found out your husband was having an affair??

This book was a twisty tale of grief, and revenge. Marin hasn’t been herself since her son went missing and is still missing 18 months later. Derek her husband has had no problem moving on and sleeping with Kenzie the other woman, who he whines and dines. But. how well does he actually know her.. The only person that Marin has to talk to, is her ex/best friend Sal, who is still madly in love with her, and also hates Marin’s husband.

All it takes is for one little secert to turn your whole world up-side down. Marin will do whatever it takes to get her son and her husband back. Marin has been drinking a lot since Sebastain went missing, she blames herself, if she wouldn’t have let go of his hand to text Derek back, he’d still be here. Since Derek is always gone working out of town, Marin doesn’t think he’s having an affair, until the P.I. shows her pictures. Marin then turns to Sal for comfort, he is the only friend that she really has, well one that she can talk to about stuff going on in her life.

This was one of the best book that I read in 2019. I gave this book 5/5 stars, I felt it deserved way more than that. If you haven’t added this to your tbr list, you need to do just that.

Verity By Collen Hoover Book Review

Synopsis:

Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job off of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of best selling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity’s notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn’t expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read.

Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity’s recollection of what really happened the day her daughter died. Lowen decided to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents would devastate the already grieving father. But as Lowen’s feelings for Jeremy intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit is he if he were to read his wife’s words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue to love her.

My Review:

Excuse the language, but this book blew my fucking mind!!! At first I felt so bad for Verity, and Jeremy they have had to suffer not one, but two deaths, being their twin daughters. Then Verity is in a bad wreck that leaves her paralyzed. So therefore she is unable to finish her contract to write the rest of her series. Enter Lowen, who has never read the series so therefore she is having to stay at their home in order to get all the information that she needs to write the next two books in the series.

I have to say, you end up wondering are you team Verity, or team Jeremy. This book was one wild ride filled with lies, deception, tragedy, death, loss, and romance. I hated Verity by the end of this book. Lowen had a weird feeling while staying there, she didn’t feel safe, she was scared all the time. This book deserved way more than 5 stars, this was probably one of my all time favorites of the year.

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About the book:

Lydia Quixano Perez lives in Mexico city of Acapulco. She runs a bookstore. She has a son, Luca, the love of her life, and a wonderful husband who is a journalist. And while there are cracks beginning to show in Acapulco because of the drug cartels, her life is, by and large, fairly comfortable. Even though she knows they’ll never sell, Lydia stocks some of her all-time favorite books in her store. And then one day a man enters the shop to browse and comes up to the register with four books he would like to buy — two of them her favorites. Javier is erudite. He is charming. And, unbeknownst to Lydia, he is the jefe of the newest drug cartel that has gruesomely taken over the city. When Lydia’s husband’s tell-all profile of Javier is published, none of their lives will ever be the same.

My review:

This book was amazing and a huge eye opener, as to how migrants suffered in their own cities, and homes. How they fled thier homes due to violence, for their own safety. This book was terrifying and absolutely wonderful at the same time. We had the cartels and narcos who were just brutual.

This story is also about a massacre that made Lydia and her son run for their lives. To leave everything that they have ever known behind them. Leaving Mexico in search for a new life in the United States, the problem is, how are they going to get to the United States without being caught or deported back by boarder patrol. A mothers love, what she sacrifices, as she shields her son from harm. A wonderful and very extraordinary read. I have a feeling this book will become a classic. As it speaks of our day and age times, of immigrants, and what they have to endure to try to become free.

I gave this book 5/5 star review. #readingwithcasey #booklifewithcasey #readingaddict #loveagreatbook #advancereadercopy #americandirt #bookworm