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Book Review – The Perfect Divorce (Jeneva Rose)

Posted on by Katie Night

Hey Dearies!

So, since I finished The Perfect Marriage, I saw there was a sequel and had to know how that one turned out. The first book didn’t necessarily turn into a cliffhanger, but I really wanted to know what was going to happen after Adam’s trial since the only thing we knew was that he was charged with the murder of Kelly Summers and was sentenced to death.

If you haven’t read The Perfect Marriage, I really suggest that you do first before reading this review because there is a HUGE spoiler that I’m going to talk about that happened in the first book, and I would hate to ruin that for anyone.

Spoiler Alert is in place.

At the end of The Perfect Marriage, I never would’ve thought it was Sarah. Out of all people, I honestly thought it was Bob, which I was half right about because it was both of them working together to pin the blame on Adam.

I also figured the sheriff had something to do with it because he was always lingering around the Kelly Summers case and seemed to want to close it as soon as possible, just because he didn’t want anyone to know that his DNA was also in Kelly Summers, as well.

The beginning of the book starts out with Sarah and Bob talking about getting a divorce because Bob cheated on her- how fitting. Her first ex-husband had a full-blown affair while her new husband had a drunken one-night stand.

I honestly don’t blame her for wanting to divorce Bob over it. Of course, Bob is trying to fight for the marriage and saying they can work on things since he only made one mistake versus what Adam did way worse. It is still cheating, and I can understand her not wanting to forgive or deal with what Bob did.

Now, the tricky thing is they do have a child together, named Summer. I was honestly shocked that they even thought about naming her that, knowing they both killed Kelly Summer. Anyway, the more Bob keeps delaying the divorce, she is asking for more and more out of the divorce as well as full custody of Summer.

Here is where everything starts to cause problems.

While this is all happening, the former sheriff who was on the case for the murder of Kelly Summers ends up in a car crash from drinking and driving, kills someone, and they end up having to arrest him. Which then means his DNA is entered into the system, and lo and behold, it shows up as the mystery 3rd DNA that was in Kelly Summers, so then the case is reopened.

Then, the woman that Bob had a one-night stand with goes missing, Stacy, and the last texts she sends to her roommate say that she was meeting up with Bob. Bob gets interviewed, and the only person he can think of who would be blamed for this kidnapping would be his wife, Sarah.

Knowing that they both worked together to kill Kelly Summers and pin the blame on Adam, he knew that she could do it again, but this time, pin the blame on him so that she could get full custody of Summer and not have to lose anything in the divorce.

However, Bob is the only one who could blow the secret out on the Kelly Summers case and the kidnapping of Stacy. This would make sense why Sarah would want to get rid of him; getting rid of him would get rid of the only other person who knows the truth about Kelly Summers.

Not to mention, a surprised visitor shows up at Sarah’s house in the middle of all this crazy stuff going on: Adam’s mother. Yes, the mother-in-law from hell shows up to Sarah’s door because she wanted to not only give her crap about how she didn’t defend her son as best as she could, but also to sue her for defamation because of her comment to the press about her.

Don’t worry, she isn’t in the picture for long, but I was shocked that she was back, and all I could think of was, out of everything going on and in her old age, why would she even bother with suing Sarah? That woman is impossible, I swear.

Anyway, without spoiling what happens at the end, it isn’t as shocking as the first book, especially when you know Sarah was the murderer and you already expect it, but they do try to pin the blame on Kelly Summer’s ex-husband, or you even think it’s Bob at one point.

Overall, it wasn’t a bad sequel; I still will add this to my shelf just because I did like both of them a lot. I also really like the author’s writing style too; I was completely zoned in. However, I zoned in on the first one a lot quicker than I did the second one.

Plus, having read both of these, it has added a few more books of thrillers to my recommendations for my Kindle Unlimited. Which I’m not mad about; I actually have come to really like them. Although my friend has recommended 2 more thrillers to check out, and then I might go back to the cheesy romance stuff because I might need a break in between!

What did you think about the sequel? Did you like the first one more than the second? Also, have I gotten you in the “thriller-kick” more than what you are normally used to reading? Let me know in the comments!

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Book Review – The Perfect Marriage (Jeneva Rose)

Posted on by Katie Night

Hey Dearies!

Okay, so I’m in a weird binge with books lately, and honestly, I’m glad I did! So, The Perfect Marriage came up as a recommendation in my Kindle Unlimited, and my friend highly recommended it as well.

I honestly flew right through this book! I was so drawn in by not just the author’s writing style, but the mystery of trying to find out if her husband actually did kill his own mistress. It throws you in so many directions, twists, and turns that who you think is the killer changes every time.

Anyway, the book starts out with Sarah and Adam about to celebrate their 10th anniversary of being married. To give you a little backstory on these two people: Sarah and Adam met in college and eventually got married. Adam is a writer who has only had one bestseller and is struggling to get back out there, while Sarah is a lawyer for a law firm that she just became a partner of.

Adam wanted Sarah to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary at their lake cabin, but because Sarah is a famous lawyer, she ended up canceling their plans since work took priority. However, this is when you find out that Adam has a mistress, Kelly, whom he has been seeing for over a year.

Kelly met Adam when she was working as a waitress at a cafe where Adam wanted to get to know her more, and from there, they started an affair. Adam knows Kelly’s married, too; however, he doesn’t know that he is a cop.

So, since he knows that Sarah isn’t going to end up showing up, he invites Kelly over to the lake cabin. At this time, Adam also has his mind set that he wants to be with Kelly more than Sarah, especially since she barely makes time for him.

Adam ends up leaving the lake cabin late in the night since he promised Sarah he would be home to at least be with her, and that’s when she tells him that she is finally ready to have a baby, so they make love together and that is when Adam wants to end the affair with Kelly since Sarah is going to give him the one thing he’s been waiting for.

Well, the following day is when it starts to go downhill for Adam.

Before he left the cabin, he left Kelly a note, not only saying he would leave his wife for her, but to also have her make sure she leaves before 9am because their maid will be there to clean the cabin. The maid ends up finding Kelly, but she isn’t alive.

This is when Sarah finds out that her husband has been arrested for the murder of his mistress. Of course, this is a complete shock to her; finding out her husband had an affair is one thing, but to find out that he murdered her is another thing.

Sarah takes on her husband’s case to try to prove her husband is innocent. While also dealing with Adam’s mother, who is the mother-in-law from hell. I swear that mother-in-law drove me absolutely NUTS! Adam is definitely a mama’s boy, no doubt.

I wanted to throw Adam and his mother out! Sarah’s trying her best to prove her husband is innocent, while her mother-in-law is BLAMING her for her son having an affair when her son was the one who started the affair!

Thankfully, Sarah does stand up against her and puts her in her place, finally, but man, I was glad that she did because it was so needed. With everything going on, I’m surprised Sarah even wanted to take the case on, especially knowing that she would have to prove whether her husband actually did it or not.

Anyway, without giving up too much of the book, it was like reading an episode of Criminal Minds, but from the lawyer’s point of view. You do get the points of view from both Sarah and Adam, just to see what is going on in their minds during the time of all of this.

Overall, I loved how zoned into this book I got! I finished it in almost 24 hours! It keeps you on your toes for sure, and honestly, I was stuck on who I thought it was who murdered Kelly, but when you find out who it was, it blows your mind!

Oh, and there is a second book to this called The Perfect Divorce. I also plan on reading this one as well because I really loved the author’s writing style. Not to mention, I had to find out what happened when I finished the second book!

What did you think about this book? Did you finish it as quickly as I did? Who did you suspect was the murderer, and were you right or were you shocked to find out who it was in the end? Let me know in the comments down below!

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Book Review – The Happy Family (Daniel Hurst)

Posted on by Katie Night

Hey Dearies!

This is the last book of the thriller series that has caught me on the edge of my seat. The way the last one ended, I had to know if Luna is actually getting away with all this. I will be recapping the second book.

If you haven’t read that one, a spoiler alert is needed!

So, the second book starts off with Sadie trying to figure out who had done all this, and the only reason she could think of was Reid. He was the closest to her who would make the most sense to cause all of this.

She meets Gemma in prison, and they decide that they both agree that Reid had to be the one to falsely put her in prison and cause Sadie to get a DUI. They start working together to see if Reid will slip up and reveal he did this it all.

However, they are looking at the wrong person.

Luna is living her best life as she got what she wanted, but the man who saw her start the fire, she’s still sleeping with him, and comes up with the idea to murder him. In her first attempt, she tries to give him sleeping pills so that once he is out, she can pour alcohol down his throat to make it seem like he has drunk himself to death.

When that fails, she tries again by giving him these sex pills that will supposedly help with making sex more “pleasurable”, but she makes him take 4 dosages in one pill that she crushes up. He gets a heart attack while in the middle of having sex, and he dies right there.

Luna then finds his phone and erases all his contacts with her so it won’t be traced back to her when they find him dead. She thought all was well, but someone saw her leave his apartment. Reid’s son, Arthur, did, and he ended up telling his mom.

Sadie found it strange that she was leaving a man’s apartment and thought that Luna might be cheating on Reid, but she started to think something else had happened when it came out in the news that he was found dead in his apartment. She ends up telling the same detective who helped with the fire at her parents’ house.

Luna was able to talk out of it by saying she was a friend of his and that they used to go to AA meetings, and before he died, he checked in on him, saying he was heavily drinking again. Of course, she walks away from that scot-free, but she was pissed when she realized that Sadie was the one who told the detective to check her out.

What do you think this crazy woman ends up thinking she needs to do next? If you guessed murdering her, you are right on the money.

While Luna is planning on coming up with a way to get rid of Sadie, Reid caves and visits Gemma in prison. Gemma also tells Reid that she and Sadie are onto him about everything he’s done lately. Of course, Reid is too stupid to believe Gemma since he still thinks she is the one who started the fire.

Then he tells her she needs to leave him alone for the sake of his family and new girlfriend. Gemma is shocked by this information and tries to question if Luna had anything to do with this all, but he leaves before she can get any more information.

Meanwhile, Luna tries to lure Sadie into the forest in the middle of the night, claiming Reid and the kids wanted to go looking for foxes. Sadie doesn’t come alone and ends up leaving because of the bad feeling she has about this whole situation, but she wants to make sure Reid is telling the truth, so she decides to stop by and see the kids.

However, Luna gets there as soon as she pulls up and asks her how the trip with the kids and Reid was in the forest, before Sadie can knock on the door, since Reid and the kids are all inside and it would’ve blown up in her face if Sadie saw them all inside.

That’s not even the craziest part! Reid finds a positive pregnancy test in the bathroom trash. You read that right, Luna is pregnant! Reid gets all excited to have another baby, which shocks me because little did he know that the mother of his new unborn son is a complete and crazy monster!

That same night, Sadie gets a message from Gemma saying why didn’t she tell her about Reid dating someone new so quicky and then everything starts to make sense to Sadie that Reid wasn’t the one to do this, but Luna.

Sadie goes to confront Luna and get both her kids and her ex-husband out of the house. Little did she know that Luna was up, and they got into this fight, which ended with Luna being stabbed in the arm and Sadie falling down the stairs and hitting her head.

The way the second book ends, Luna gets stitched up at the hospital, and Sadie had a bad head trauma, so she ended up in a coma so her brain could heal.

So, the third book starts out after Luna has had the baby, a son. Sadie is still in a coma, and Ruby, Reid, and Sadie’s daughter, isn’t handling it well. I felt so heartbroken for those kids because they have been through so much stuff in the past 2 years.

Anyway, Luna thinks she is in the clear until a month after she had her baby, the doctors let Reid and Sadie’s parents know that she has started to show brain activity and might wake up any day now. This puts Luna in a panic because she’s afraid Sadie will tell everyone about what she has done.

Gemma finds out that Sadie’s been in a coma and knows that Luna did it. She gets help from one of the prison guards to try and tell Reid that this was all Luna’s doing, but of course, Reid doesn’t believe them because Luna has him wrapped around her finger.

Not only does Luna have to worry about Sadie, but she also finds out Gemma is onto her. Luna is willing to do anything and everything to protect what she’s gotten so far. I mean, anything, she’s already gotten away with killing one person, so fair.

She tries to kill Sadie when she gets admitted to the hospital, but when she unplugs everything that is attached to Sadie, Sadie wakes up. Of course, the nurses rush in; they question why Luna is in there, but they are attending to Sadie. So far, Sadie doesn’t remember anything that happened before she went into the coma.

Of course, Reid, the kids, and Sadie’s parents come to the hospital when they find she’s awake. Luna also sees that her luck hasn’t quite run out yet, as she sees Gemma visiting one of the patients with a guard. Turns out Gemma’s mother is dying from cancer and was released so she could say her goodbyes.

The amount of luck Luna gets at that happens is ridiculous. Nurses don’t really question her about Sadie or the fact that she had a pillow in her hand that she was going to smother Sadie with. Then, to be in the same place as the other person who suspects you, it was like she was handed this golden opportunity.

I won’t say anything else because I really don’t want to ruin it, but the way the story ends, it’s just shocking how dumb Reid is about all this. It’s like he doesn’t believe that Luna would do what she did just to get him and his kids. Karma is a bitch, and boy, she delivers at the end of it.

Overall, this series kept me on my toes, waiting to see what the next crazy thing she is going to do next. It just blows my mind how unhinged she gets, even towards the end. This series was also a quick read for me; I pretty much read the last two books in less than a day.

I also honestly didn’t think I would be able to get into a thriller, but it was more enjoyable than I thought! Plus, with books like these being page-turners, I will no doubt be on my way to completing my reading goal for the year!

What did you think of this unhinged character? Were you just as shocked as I was with some of the stuff she did? Let me know in the comments down below!

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Book Review – I Stole Your Family (Daniel Hurst)

Posted on by Katie Night

Hey Dearies!

After finishing the first book, I Want Your Family, I just had to know how much more this crazy chick would get away with. If you haven’t read the first one, I would highly recommend doing so since I will be spoiling some of the parts of the last book to catch up with what the second book is about.

So, a spoiler alert, for those who haven’t read the first one.

In the first book, Luna is a delivery driver who delivers packages and has been stalking a family. She wants to take over Sadie’s role as the mother/husband and become her. Well, if you were just as shocked as I was, you’ll find that she did get away with doing so at the end of the first book.

Which is crazy, I honestly thought she’d be caught by now, but nope, not yet! Anyway, how did she manage to do so?

First, Reid, the husband, and Sadie were already having problems in their relationship, with Reid sexting one of his co-workers, Gemma. They decided to take a weekend to go off and try to see if there was a relationship left to save. However, little did they know that there was a third party listening in on this conversation they were having. Luna.

Luna ends up using this to her advantage and decides to ruin their little mini vacation to make sure they will get divorced. Well, she did just that. When they were at the spa retreat, Luna paid off one of the bartenders to say he recognized Reid and asked if he was with the infamous “Gemma” to his wife, Sadie.

Sadie didn’t end up taking that well and told him she wanted a divorce because, as far as she was told by Reid, he never slept with Gemma. So, she cuts the trip early and takes a taxi to her parents’ house to get their kids. Little did she know, Luna had SET THE HOUSE ON FIRE.

I’m not kidding, she set the house on fire with both the kids and Sadie’s parents inside. Luna thought they weren’t home, and once she realized they were, she banged on the glass window to get them to get out of the house. Thankfully, all of them were able to get out.

Of course, Sadie is pulling up to watch her parents’ house on fire and is freaking out, which I don’t blame her for; I would be too. That’s a sight you would never want to see as a parent. Coming back from a trip away with the kids and coming home to find that, I couldn’t imagine how I would feel other than I was going in there to get my family out.

Now, do you think Luna got away with this? The answer is YES, but someone caught her leaving the scene of the crime, holding all the evidence of her starting the fire in her hands. She ends up SLEEPING with this man to keep him quiet. You heard that right. Then she pins the entire fire on Gemma, Reid’s mistress.

Not only does she have to deal with this man, but she ends up getting Reid to sleep with her while he is undergoing his divorce from Sadie. Since she wants both the kids and the house they grew up in, she comes up with a plan to make sure custody is taken from Sadie.

She switches Sadie’s multivitamins for alcohol powder. Then, after making sure Sadie has already taken them, she calls the cops on Sadie, saying she’s drunk-driving with kids in the back, when Sadie is trying to take the kids to school. Of course, the cops pull her over, and because she ends up failing the breathalyzer test, she ultimately ends up losing full custody of her kids.

At the end of the book, you find out that she and Reid have a full-blown relationship now, and she is currently living in the house, raising Sadie’s kids. You’d never think she would actually get away with all this, right?

Sadie is the only one who starts to realize that she had to be targeted by someone to not only lose her husband, but her kids, too. The one thing she knows isn’t true is how she managed to get a DUI when she was completely sober.

So, the start of the book happens about a year after they had been officially divorced. Luna and Reid are living together. Sadie is shocked that Reid moved on as fast as he did and that she is being replaced by the same person who delivered packages to her.

If you think the first book she was crazy, just wait to find out what she does in this second book.

She is living her dream; however, there is one thing that is in the way of her happiness. The man who saw her leaving Sadie’s parents’ the night she started the fire. She is still sleeping with him WHILE dating Reid. Of course, she has to get rid of him, and the first thing that comes to her mind is murder.

So, while she is trying to come up with a plan to end him, Sadie thinks that the only person who could’ve made her lose everything was Reid, so she visits Gemma in prison, and they start to try to figure out why this was all happening to both of them.

Meanwhile, the kids are not taking a liking to Luna, and she is pissed because of this and is trying so hard to get them on her side. They are also 5 and 9, just watched their parents go through not only a divorce, but finding out their father’s mistress tried to kill them, and their mother only gets to see them once or twice a week.

Plus, their father already has a new girlfriend living with them all at the same time. That’s a huge adjustment for the kids to have to go through in a short amount of time. Of course, they start acting out because of it. The oldest, Arthur, is causing more of the issues, but he also catches Luna leaving another man’s house when he skipped school.

The same man who caught her starting the fire.

Of course, he tells Sadie, and she starts questioning if Luna is cheating on Reid. However, she starts to suspect Luna when the news comes out that this man had “suddenly” passed away. While that is happening, Gemma finally gets Reid to visit her in prison, and she tells him that she and Sadie suspect him of everything that has happened.

Reid, this idiot, refuses to believe her and thinks that she has lost it, but he lets it slip out that he has a girlfriend. Which Gemma had no idea of, and immediately emailed Sadie asking why she didn’t tell her that Reid was seeing someone right around the same time as all the bad luck started happening to them.

Wait til you find out what happens in the end, it’s just so crazy what Luna does to keep this fantasy of hers a reality. After I finished the second book, I had to know what happened in the last one. It leaves you on a cliffhanger for sure!

Overall, it keeps you on your toes and wanting to find out what happens next. I really didn’t believe I could get into a thriller series like this, but I had to know if this crazy Luna really gets what she wants.

What do you think of this mini-series? Are you just as shocked as I am that she is getting away with this all? Let me know down in the comments!

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Book Review – I Want Your Family (Daniel Hurst)

Posted on by Katie Night

Hey Dearies!

Have you ever read a book and asked the question, “What the actual fuck am I reading?” I definitely asked this question after finishing this book. I had no idea what I would be reading until I actually read the book.

One of my friends recommended this one as well; she talked a little bit about it, and since it was on Kindle Unlimited, I figured, why not try something different? Especially since I was pretty bummed with the last romance novel I read, I figured taking a break from the romance novels to something different might help me.

Oh, but little did I know what I was reading until I actually read this. Let me get one thing straight: this chick is CRAZY. Not to mention, this is the first book; two others come right after. I also finished the first book so quickly and started right away on the other ones in just this week.

Anyway, let’s talk about what this story is really about. The POV is in Luna’s and Sadie’s. So, Luna is the crazy one who wants what Sadie has: her husband, her kids, and her life. She delivers packages to her daily and fantasizes about removing Sadie from her home and pretty much becoming her.

The thing that really shocked me is how she plans on doing it. I thought for sure she would get away with it, but I swear, she had all this planned out. Which when reading this, it makes me question where the author actually came up with this because this type of thinking is NUTS.

Usually, this isn’t the type of book that I would just randomly pick up and give it a go, but once you start reading, you just want to know how far she is willing to go to get this family. I wanted to know how she planned on doing it and if she’d get away with it all.

One of the key things that happened that makes this all go down is that Sadie and Reid, her husband, are having problems in their marriage. Sadie catches Reid sexting his co-worker, Gemma, which is causing tension between them.

Of course, once that trust is broken, it’s hard to get it back, and in this case, they decided to try and work on their marriage to see if there was anything left to save. Which is when the whole shit-show starts, when they leave to go to a spa retreat.

Luna overhears the conversation and uses it to her advantage. It also didn’t help that they decided to have this conversation when she was delivering a package to them the same day. I think this is when she started her plan.

I really don’t want to spoil it for you all because it’s just crazy what she does to not only get Sadie and Reid to divorce, but also to have Sadie lose custody of the two kids. Plus, she manages to get Reid wrapped around her finger once the divorce is all official.

I have to give her credit, she’s motivated to get what she wants, but why you would want to steal another person’s family is beyond me. She could’ve had one herself, you would’ve thought, but she mentions that she had tried, but nothing had worked out. Not to mention, she tried to do it with another family BEFORE!

I was shocked she was trying to do it with this family, but she did it to another family and got caught? Well, she had to get a whole new ID and life, which is why you find out that her real name is Sarah, not Luna.

Overall, this book keeps you on your toes for sure, and this was my first, I guess you can call it a thriller. Normally, I like cheesy romance or fantasy stuff, but I couldn’t put this book down. Especially when you find out what happens in the end, you want to read the second book just to find out what she does next.

Have you read this series, or is this something that has piqued your interest? Let me know if your curious to know how crazy Luna gets and I mean she gets even more unhindged than you think!