The Vanishing Stair is the second book in the Truly Devious trilogy and I freaking love this story, I’m dying to know how it will end! This was a highly anticipated book of mine for 2019 and it did not disappoint.
Title: The Vanishing Stair
Author: Maureen Johnson
Series: Truly Devious
Rating: 4.5/5
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Nobody is more surprised than me that I decided to pick this one up, despite not liking Karan McManus’s previous book, One Of Us Is Lying, or that I actually really liked this one!
This is not a sequel and can be read as a standalone, and I definitely recommend this one over One Of Us Is Lying.
Title: Two Can Keep A Secret
Author: Karen M. McManus
Series: Standalone
Rating: 3.5/5
Mystery/thriller books are really hit or miss with me and unfortunately, this one was a miss. I really wanted to like this book, and I couldn’t stop reading it even as it became a big mess of a story. I considering DNF-ing it but I also wanted to know how it ended!
I will say this reminded me of E. Lockhart’s book “We Were Liars” and….I strongly disliked that book as well.
Title: One Of Us Is Lying
Author: Karen M. McManus
Series: Standalone
Rating: 2/5
TW: Depression, mentions of suicide, homophobia, cheating
I didn’t expect to fall so in love with Sadie, but I can easily say this is one of my favorite books I’ve read in 2018. Sometimes it’s the books that aren’t hyped up a lot, you don’t hear too much about, that end up hitting the NYT Bestsellers List and end up being real gems – even if the story breaks your heart along the way.
Title: Sadie
Author: Courtney Summers
Rating: 5/5
I read this book a while ago, but I felt like it was a perfect October post.
Title: City of Ghosts
Author: Victoria Schwab
Series: Cassidy Blake
Rating: 4/5 stars
I won this from a Goodreads giveaway! I know, they’re actually somehow possible to win. But I was excited!
Title: The Gilded Wolves
Author: Roshani Chokshi
Series: The Gilded Wolves
Rating: 3/5 stars
“Look! A riddle! Time for fun! Should we use a rope or gun?”
Are you looking for a murder mystery, YA style, set at a boarding school in the mountains of Vermont set in both present time and throwbacks to an unsolved murder from the 1930’s? Then I have found just the book for you! Truly, Devious.
Title: Truly Devious
Author: Maureen Johnson
Rating: 4.5/5 stars
This book was as boring as a town called Barrens, Indiana sounds like it would be. I honestly don’t know how or why I finished this book, except so many good reviews made me think something must happen! But NOTHING happened until 90% into the book. This book is supposed to be a mystery or a thriller? Nothing was thrilling until the 90% mark. THEN action happened. And then the book was over.
Title: Bonfire
Author: Krysten Ritter
Rating: 1/5 stars
I have to confess that the only John Green book I’ve read is the Fault in Our Stars. BUT I definitely was excited for this one and it did not disappoint!
There’s something about the fall weather that makes me seek out thriller/mystery stories, so I was very excited to see what Little Monsters had in store! It was marketed as “for fans of Pretty Little Liars” – I read the PLL books through book 8 (and then it continued and I didn’t understand why so I stopped reading) and I’ve only ever seen a few … Continue reading Review: ‘Little Monsters’
