Category: Thrillers

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Verity

Rating: 5 out of 5.

Pairs well with: All the caffeine, you’ll need to read this in one sitting

I will no longer be comparing things on the crazy meter to Gone Girl, I will be comparing them to Verity.

I finished this about a week ago and still don’t know what I believe. This book starts with someone getting hit by a car in front of them, and it’s the calmest part of the story. This is also a formal apology to Lisa who recommended this to me for just continuously texting you ‘wtf am I reading’ all day.

If you’re the type who can fall asleep to true crime docs or runs while listening to My Favorite Murderer, this book is for you. Buy it and block off the rest of your day because you won’t be able to put it down. If you read it and have theories please text me because I have so many questions and as mentioned above, I’m one text away from Lisa blocking my number.

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The Guest List

Rating: 4 out of 5.

Pairs well with: Champagne duh, it’s a wedding

To start off, this book put into perspective how impactful watching 10,000 hours of Love Island UK is to my ability to know English slang. (See Benny, I DID need to watch all of it!) Ok back to the book, if you’re looking for an easy beach read thriller this is ideal. It has a lot of characters which at first is confusing but when you start to figure out how entwined everyone is you’ll be hooked. I truly didn’t see the ending coming and for someone who watches/listens to/reads as much true crime as I do that’s unusual. At the end of the book just wanted to know what happened next which is always a sign of a great story.

I got this book from Book of the Month, I’m 3 months into my subscription and I’ve really been enjoying it. I sometimes get decision fatigue from trying to choose what to read next so I like just being given a couple options. I usually look up the books offered that month on Goodreads and try to pick something that I maybe wouldn’t read on my own or different from what I’ve been reading lately. The subscription is $14.99 a month and if you have a reading goal for the year that you’re trying to stick to it’s a great option to add a book per month to your stack. You can sign up here if you’re interested.

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The Last Mrs. Parrish

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

Pairs well with: Pinot Grigio and a New England lobster roll

Essentially an East Coast version of Big Little Lies, I couldn’t put it down. I’ve come to trust most Reese’s Book Club recommendations, but this was one of the best thrillers I’ve read this year. The narrator POV bugged me at first because I wanted to understand every side of the story and all my questions answered right away but in the end the narration ended up being perfect for the unfolding of the story.

As part of my completely normal addictive personality, I needed to look up every detail of the authors life after reading. I was surprised that Liv Constantine is actually a pen name for two sisters who write together. There were so many small details that all perfectly came together in the end I cannot imagine how two people wrote it together.

They’ve written two other books that I’d definitely read in the future.