Reading Lately – August Book Review
August is my busiest month of the year at work and add in the back to school rush and things get a little crazy around here! This definitely cuts into my reading time mainly because I can’t stay awake long enough to read. Here are the three books I’ve been reading lately for my August book review.
Amazon: Kristen Peterson doesn’t do drama, will fight to the death for her friends, and has no room in her life for guys who just don’t get her. She’s also keeping a big secret: facing a medically necessary procedure that will make it impossible for her to have children.
Planning her best friend’s wedding is bittersweet for Kristen — especially when she meets the best man, Josh Copeland. He’s funny, sexy, never offended by her mile-wide streak of sarcasm, and always one chicken enchilada ahead of her hangry. Even her dog, Stuntman Mike, adores him. The only catch: Josh wants a big family someday. Kristen knows he’d be better off with someone else, but as their attraction grows, it’s harder and harder to keep him at arm’s length.
My review: The Friend Zone is a feel good love story and I loved it! Definitely chic lit but with some heartfelt drama. I have loved all the books I’ve read by this author. The story alternates between the point of view of two characters and it’s an easy read.
Amazon: A perfectly wicked debut thriller about an ambitious woman who, after a lifetime of conning alongside her mother, wants to leave her dark past behind and marry the heir to one of the country’s wealthiest families.
Like any enterprising woman, Bea knows what she’s worth and is determined to get all she deserves—it just so happens that what she deserves is to marry rich. Filthy rich. After years of forced instruction by her mother in the art of swindling men, a now-solo Bea wants nothing more than to close and lock the door on their sordid partnership so she can disappear safely into old-money domesticity, sealing the final phase of her escape.
When Bea chooses her ultimate target in the fully loaded, thoroughly dull and blue-blooded Collin Case, she’s ready to deploy all of her tricks one last time. The challenge isn’t getting the ring, but rather the approval of Collin’s family and everyone else in their 1 percent tax bracket, particularly his childhood best friend, Gale Wallace-Leicester.
Going toe-to-toe with Gale isn’t a threat to an expert like Bea, but what begins as an amusing cat-and-mouse game quickly develops into a dangerous pursuit of the grisly truth. Finding herself at a literal life-and-death crossroads with everything on the line, Bea must finally decide who she really wants to be. Like mother, like daughter?
My review: Stone Cold Fox is an easy ready with some suspense and twist along the way. As a debut novel, I thought it was a decent read that kept me interested as it alternated between current time Bea and flashbacks of her life over the years with her psycho mom. I definitelly couldn’t quit turning the pages at the end to find out if she truly would change or follow in her moms footsteps.
Amazon: Nisha Cantor lives the globetrotting life of the seriously wealthy, until her husband announces a divorce and cuts her off. Nisha is determined to hang onto her glamorous life. But in the meantime, she must scramble to cope–she doesn’t even have the shoes she was, until a moment ago, standing in.
That’s because Sam Kemp – in the bleakest point of her life – has accidentally taken Nisha’s gym bag. But Sam hardly has time to worry about a lost gym bag–she’s struggling to keep herself and her family afloat. When she tries on Nisha’s six-inch high Christian Louboutin red crocodile shoes, the resulting jolt of confidence that makes her realize something must change—and that thing is herself.
My review: Someone Elses Shoes was definitely my favorite read for August. So many emotional ups and downs but the perfect mix of characters who love and support others. Truly a story to remind you how different we might treat others or act ourselves if we were walking in someonoe elses shoes.
I was thrilled last week when Meet Me at the Lake became available through the library for download. This is the authors second book and her first, Every Summer After, was one of my fave reads of 2022. So far I’m loving this one too!
What are you reading lately that I need to add to my list?