Review: The First Mistake by Sandie Jones

The First Mistake by Sandie Jones
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Published: June 2019

Alice's life hasn't been the same since she lost her husband, Tom. When Nathan comes into her life, she feels like she can conquer anything with him by her side. She has two beautiful daughters and a best friend who always has her back. Then, in the blink of an eye, her whole world comes crashing down and she is questioning everything she knows to be true. Who can she trust and will she find out the truth before it's too late.

Thank you to Minotaur Books for the opportunity to read and review this book.

When I first started reading this book, I thought I knew exactly what was going to happen. All the clues were laid out for you right there in the open. But what actually happened was quite different and it had me shocked all the way until the end. There were some parts to my theory that were correct and others that were way off.

Alice and Beth as well as their daughters are best friends. Even though they have only known each other for a few years, they share similar interests and disinterests(where other school moms are concerned). When strange things start to happen that Alice can't explain, she turns to her best friend for help. But when Beth gives her information that she never expected to hear, she's not sure who to believe or trust. Trying to keep her daughters in the dark about what is really going on in their house is not easy and when it all comes to the surface, will Beth have anyone she can lean on?

I can understand Alice's position. I don't have a lot of close friends where I currently live and those friends I do have, we all have children in the same grade. So I can see myself confiding in them. These people are more likely to know my husband since he grew up in the area we now live in. So it's interesting to see women I talk to mention my husband if they went to school with him. But if he was dead and someone didn't know him brought him up, I would be very wary of that. Beth thinks she knows Alice's dead husband. But how could she. And why does he now have an active Facebook page. This is all becoming too much, but Alice has to know what is going on.



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Review: He Said/She Said by Erin Kelly

He Said/She Said by Erin Kelly

Laura and Kit are boyfriend and girlfriend. Kit is an eclipse chaser and Laura goes along with him. In 1999 they attend an eclipse in Cornwall where the esclipse is clouded out, but that doesn't stop the excitement of the day. As they are walking back to their tents after the event, they find a girl who is being attacked, Beth. Spanning 16 years back and forth between Laura and Kit each telling their side of the story from their point of view from the time they met each other until the time much later when they are married with kids. How the incidents of this one day will shape their lives forever.

Thank you to St. Martin's Press and Minotaur Books for sending me a copy of this book to review.

It was a slow start for me, having to adjust to who was speaking and what time they were speaking about. After I got all that sorted out, the book moved at a good pace. There were some unexpected twists, and times where I was on the edge of my seat.

Laura is a very caring and compassionate person, always willing to help those in need. Kit is a science person, always seeing the practical side of things. Together their relationship works for them. Laura with her bright blonde hair, and Kit with his eclipses. Beth is an interesting character too. One you're not sure if you are going to like at all. This book definitely sent me through a lot of different emotions. I recommend this book to anyone who is looking for an exciting thriller.



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Review--Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Attachments was a really cute story.  It's one of the weirdest love stories that you will ever root for!

Lincoln works in the IT department of The Courier, the local newspaper.  But Lincoln doesn't have a typical IT job.  It's his job to flag any email messages that contain personal messages or any kind of threat against the paper.  For the most part, the job is a mindless night of not having much to do.  But nearly every night he's got something in his folder that has been flagged.  Mostly, it's the emails between the movie reviewer, Beth and her best friend, copy editor, Jennifer.  There isn't anything harmful in the emails, but they are all deeply personal.  When Lincoln finds himself falling in love with one of these women just through their email correspondence, he's not sure how he's going to be able to face her without telling her how he knows her.

Through a series of strange encounters and near misses, the opportunity never arises for them to formally meet, and to top it all off, she already has a boyfriend.  Will Lincoln ever find a way to tell this girl how he feels?  Will she ever feel the same way knowing what he had done?  Would they ever find a love that would "leave the lights on all the time"?


The thing I liked best about the book, is that there aren't any overly handsome or beautiful people in it.  The characters could be your friends or your neighbors, or the person you are sitting next to at work.  It's a story we can all get behind.  This is the first book I have read by Rainbow Rowell, but not the first one that I had put on my TBR list.  I am for sure going to read more!


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