Audio Book Review: Someone Knows by Lisa Scottoline

Someone Knows by Lisa Scottoline
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Published: April 2019
 

Being the new kid in town is never easy. It's especially hard when it's the final year of school and friend groups have already been long established. In order to join this one particular group of friends, you have to go through a small initiation, but something goes horribly wrong. Twenty years later, the friends are back together and they are each still suffering in their own way from the events of the past. When tragedy strikes, one member of the group will reexamine the past and the present and find some unexpected truths.

I love Lisa Scottoline. Her books always make you think and keep you on your toes. She is one of the few authors whose books I will buy without reading the description.

Her books seem to always be centered around family drama. The end of this book was a complete shock for me and that is what I love. The group starts with 4 friends when the new kid comes to town. Two boys and two girls. One of the girls takes a liking to the new boy, but another in the group is not having it. You don't know who to trust in this book and by the end you will be totally shocked!


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Review: In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware

In a Dark, Dark Wood by Ruth Ware
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Nora Shaw has been invited to her "friend" Clare Cavendish's hen weekend(a bachelorette party). But Nora and Clare haven't spoken to each other in ten years and if their mutual friend Nina wasn't attending, then Nora sure as hell wasn't going to go. Nora doesn't even know who Clare is marrying. Arriving a a house made completely of glass in the middle of the woods, with snow on the ground and no cell reception, Nora instantly regrets her decision to come. When disaster strikes, despite Flo(the maid of honor) trying to make this the best hen weekend ever, Nora tries hard to remember exactly what happened, but it's difficult. Will she be able to put the pieces together before she is charged with a serious crime?

This book was so hard to put down. Let's just say, you won't find me in the woods in a glass house anytime soon. Or meeting up with people I haven't talked to in a decade. I enjoy Ruth Ware's style of writing. I like how she starts the story from opposite ends and then it all comes together. It keeps you excited for what is about to come.

I would hate to be in Nora's shoes. I also don't think I would go to a hen weekend for someone I hadn't talked to in 10 years. Maybe if it was just a night out with a big group, I would consider it, but spending and entire weekend with people I barely know....I don't think so. You don't see the twists and turns that happen in the book coming at you and you will find it impossible to put this this book down. Nora Shaw is your typical 20-something. She has her career as a writer and a few close friends. When she gets the call to attend this hen weekend, she is at first skeptical. The only other person she will know besides the bride, is her friend Nina and they aren't necessarily the closest, although they are much closer than Nora and Clare.

Nora is also a serious runner. It helps her to clear her mind for her writing and when she arrives at the glass house, it helps her to calm her nerves before she sees Clare for the first time. The other guests all seem a little on edge as well and the host Flo, is just a mess. Determined to make the weekend "perfect" for Clare. Each character has their own effect on the outcome of this weekend, and none of their lives will be the same when it is over.

If you haven't read anything by Ruth Ware, I suggest you go out and grab one of her books immediately.

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