Kristin Downer

Super Mom and Awesomely Nerdy Lady who can’t stand to sit still. I ran a successful online radio show that brought fans up close and personal with their favorite music, television and movie stars. Now, with my hilariously nerdy partners in crime, I have turned to my first love, BOOKS! A lover of books from a young age, I now always have a book on me no matter where I go. Books are my therapy. Twitter: @Kristin_Downer

BOOK REVIEW: The Holloway Girls by Susan Bishop Crispell

Rating Title: The Holloway GirlsAuthor: Susan CrispellPublication: June 7, 2022Publisher: Sourcebooks FireGenre: YA Fiction, Teens, RomancePages: 384 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) During the kissing season, one kiss from Remy or her older sister Maggie will give the boy―or girl―good luck. Or so it has …

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BOOK REVIEW: A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham

Rating Title: A Flicker in the DarkAuthor: Stacy WillinghamPublication: January 10, 2023Publisher: MinotaurGenre: Thriller, SuspensePages: 384 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) When Chloe Davis was twelve, six teenage girls went missing in her small Louisiana town. By the end of the summer, Chloe’s father had …

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BOOK REVIEW: The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave

Rating Title: The Last Thing He Told MeAuthor: Laura DavePublication: March 21, 2023Publisher: Marysue Rucci BooksGenre: Domestic Thriller, SuspensePages: 336 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Before Owen Michaels disappears, he smuggles a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her. Despite her confusion and …

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BOOK REVIEW: Everything She Feared by Rick Mofina

Rating Title: Everything She FearedAuthor: Rick MofinaPublication: April 11, 2023Publisher: MIRAGenre: Domestic Thriller, SuspensePages: 431 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) When a teen falls off a cliff while taking a selfie, the last thing she sees before plummeting to her death is Katie Harmon, the …

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BOOK REVIEW: All the Lights Above Us by M. B. Henry

Rating Title: All the Lights Above UsAuthor: M.B. HenryPublication: May 10, 2022Publisher: Alcove PressGenre: Historical FictionPages: 352 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author’s Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Across Europe, on what history will call D-Day, five unforgettable women from all walks of life strive to survive the most terrifying night …

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BOOK REVIEW: The Institution by Helen Fields

Rating Title: The InstitutionAuthor: Helen FieldsPublication: March 2, 2023Publisher: AVONGenre: Thriller/SuspensePages: 422 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author’s Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) To beat them, she’ll have to join them… On a locked ward in the world’s highest-security prison hospital for the criminally insane, a nurse has been murdered and …

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BOOK REVIEW: The Orphan’s Tale by Pam Jenoff

Rating Title: The Orphan’s TaleAuthor: Pam JenoffPublication: February 21, 2017Publisher: MIRAGenre: Historical FictionPages: 369 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author’s Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Sixteen-year-old Noa has been cast out in disgrace after becoming pregnant by a Nazi soldier and being forced to give up her baby. She lives above …

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BOOK REVIEW: The Lights of Sugarberry Cove by Heather Webber

Rating Title: The Lights of Sugarberry CoveAuthor: Heather WebberPublication: July 20, 2021Publisher: Forge BooksGenre: Magical RealismPages: 267 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author’s Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Sadie Way Scott has been avoiding her family and hometown of Sugarberry Cove, Alabama since she survived a near-drowning in the lake just …

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BOOK REVIEW: The Headmaster’s List by Melissa De La Cruz

Rating Title: The Headmaster’s ListAuthor: Melissa De La CruzPublication: February 28, 2023Publisher: Roaring Brook PressGenre: YA Fiction, Teens, Mystery, ThrillerPages: 395 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author’s Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) One of them was driving. One of them was high. One of them screamed. And one of them died.  When fifteen-year-old Chris …

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BOOK REVIEWS: Something Wilder by Christina Lauren

Rating Title: Something WilderAuthor: Christina LaurenPublication: May 17, 2022Publisher: Gallery BooksGenre: Romance, FictionPages: 379 Amazon Barnes and Noble Goodreads Author Website SYNOPSIS: (From Goodreads) Growing up the daughter of notorious treasure hunter and absentee father Duke Wilder left Lily without much patience for the profession…or much money in the bank. …

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