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The Perfect Couple by Elin Hilderbrand

Published November 28, 2018 Mystery , Uncategorized Leave a Comment

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Genre: Mystery

# of Pages:  471

When tragedy strikes at an upscale Nantucket wedding, everyone is shocked and horrified for the poor couple who will have to postpone their wedding.  The bride had discovered the body of her maid of honor in the early morning hours the day of the wedding and had become so upset that she had to be sent to the hospital.  When the police begin investigating, however, they find out that not only did the couple have a few secrets but so did the entire wedding party, including the maid of honor herself.  Is it possible this was not an accident?  Will they ever be able to recover from such a terrible event?

Fans of mysteries will love this fun, fast read.  Celeste is dealing with the breast cancer diagnosis of her mother when she meets the man of her dreams, Benji.  Benji comes from a very wealthy family who never has to worry about anything and Celeste is swept up in the excitement of his lifestyle, but is he really the right man for her?  Meanwhile, her best friend and maid of honor, Merritt, has been seeing an older married man and is also questioning her life choices.  Will she be haunted by her past choices forever?  Benji’s parents and Celeste’s parents have secrets of their own too that they are hoping won’t spill out before the wedding.  In all this craziness how are detectives supposed to find out what truly happened?

Two Dark Reigns by Kendare Blake

Published November 28, 2018 Fantasy , Uncategorized Leave a Comment

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Genre:  Fantasy

# of Pages:  447

In the third installment of the Three Dark Crowns series, Katherine is struggling to maintain her newly crowned kingdom because the mist has begun acting strangely and she doesn’t know what it means.  Meanwhile, Arsinoe and Mirabella are on the mainland trying to find their place in a new world.  Arsinoe begins having nightmares about a Blue queen from the past and she thinks they are a message that she needs to return to the island.  Jules has found a group of people who believe her to be the rightful queen due to her powers and agrees to go along with their mission as long as it means that Katherine is overthrown.  She is still afraid of her powers, but knows she cannot hide from them forever.  She also knows she needs to make peace with what she is and not feel guilt or anger about it anymore.

The characters continue to development and it’s easy to see all of their viewpoints, which can be challenging with so many main characters.  The flashbacks to the Blue Queen help show how the story came to this critical point.  This installment carries on where the second one left off and will engage fans of the series, but it is a little disappointing that very little is really resolved during this book and instead more problems arise.  Readers will be looking forward to what I’m sure will be a very dramatic conclusion.

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