Rachel Reads & Reviews

Hello, Psycho

No one goes to intentionally befriend a psycopath. The problem is once you see past their charisma and friendliness and start piecing together the gaps in their stories, they may be onto you and will do anything to shut you up. At least that’s how it is for these protagonists. We Were Never Here by…

rachelbeerwoman

May 14, 2022

Book Suggestions

#ananonymousgirl, #andreabartz, #geerhendricks, #macmillan, #mystery, #penguinrandomhouse, #psychologicalthriller, #rachelhawkins, #rachelreads&reviews, #recklessgirls, #sarahpekkanen, #st.martinspress, #st.martinspublishing, #thewifebetweenus, #thewifeupstairs, #thriller, #wewereneverhere, #youarenotalone
Contemporary Romance 4 mini reviews

The Boyfriend Project by Farrah Rochon This is a fun contemporary romance that begins with female friendship, and what makes you faster friends with complete strangers than shared humilation. When Samiah finds out via twitter that the man she had been dating was catfishing her and two other women (while using her resturaunt reservation to…

rachelbeerwoman

May 13, 2022

Book Suggestions

#adibkhorram, #alihazelwood, #avonbooks, #contemporaryromance, #farrahrochon, #grandcentralpublishing, #helenhoang, #kissandtell, #minireviews, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #romance, #theboyfriendproject, #theheartprinciple, #thelovehypothesis
Book Highlight: The Waterfire Saga

For anyone who is a mermaid fan, this fantasy adventure is just for you. The six seas are made up of different kingdoms and are under threat by a monsterous levithan creature called Abbadon who was raised by even more mysterious ancestor come back from the dead and for revenge.

rachelbeerwoman

May 12, 2022

Book/Author Highlight

#darktide, #deepblue, #disneyhyperion, #jenniferdonnelly, #mermaids, #rachelreads&reviews, #roguewave, #seaspell, #waterfiresaga, #YA
Stephanie Plum Between the Numbers ReRead

Okay, I didn’t get to Stephanie Plum six yet because someone else borrowed it in the library so I decided to go for the Between the Numbers novellas since they’re short and don’t really require knowledge of the other books that I don’t know.

rachelbeerwoman

May 11, 2022

Book Suggestions

#comedymystery, #janetevanovich, #plumlovin, #plumlucky, #plumspooky, #rachelreads&reviews, #simon&schuster, #stephanieplum, #visionsofsugarplums
Fruit Basket Another Review

Since I thoroughly enjoyed the original Fruit Basket series, I decided to take on the sequel. It’s a short series, only 12 chapters since it was supposed to be a limited run in celebration of the original series. As you may guess, it’s the next generation of Sohmas who are just the family that the…

rachelbeerwoman

May 10, 2022

Reviews

#fruitsbasketanother, #manga, #natsukitakaya, #rachelreads&reviews
Ranking Jane Austen

Sense and Sensibility: This one is a bit from bias because I liked the pictures best in the kids version I read before getting into the real version. Even so, I enjoyed how it focuses on family as much as romance. And having Elinor and Marianna as protagonists offer two heroines for readers to relate…

rachelbeerwoman

May 9, 2022

Rankings

#classics, #emma, #janeausten, #ladysusan, #mansfieldpark, #northangerabbey, #persuasion, #prideandprejudice, #rachelreads&reviews, #regency, #romance, #senseandsensability
YA Protagonists and Relatability

After reading the Black Widow duology, I started wondering. When writing tie in or spin offs or side adventure books involving popular characters like Marvel heroes or whatever, are the original young adult characters really necessary? I wrote in the Black Widow review that I had been expecting more insight to Natasha’s past and her…

rachelbeerwoman

May 8, 2022

Uncategorized

#comments, #dc, #marvel, #newadult, #questions, #rachelreads&reviews, #YA
Lovely War Review

Set in the backdrop of WWI, two loves stories intertwine as the couples face trauma, and bigotry with the help of the gods.

rachelbeerwoman

May 7, 2022

Reviews

#historicalfiction, #julieberry, #lovelywar, #magicalrealism, #penguinrandomhouse, #rachelreads&reviews, #romance, #vikingbooksforyoungreaders
Stephanie Plum #1-5 Reread

So I decided to reread the Stephanie Plum books since I think I gotten into a funk where I just skim and skip to the funny parts I remembered. So this time I reread it and I paid attention.

rachelbeerwoman

May 6, 2022

Book Suggestions, Uncategorized

#comedymystery, #fourtoscore, #highfive, #janetevanovich, #oneforthemoney, #rachelreads&reviews, #reread, #simon&schuster, #stephanieplum, #threetogetdeadly, #twoforthedough
Disney Descendants: School of Secrets Review

Unlike my post on the Isle of the Lost, this one will be an actual review of the series overall. Unlike the Isle of the Lost series, this has some leeway in escaping continuity issues. They are not to set up movie plots or examine the main characters. This focuses on side characters that appear…

rachelbeerwoman

May 5, 2022

Reviews

#disney, #disneydescendants, #disneyhyperion, #jessicabrody, #middlegrade, #rachelreads&reviews, #schoolofsecrets