[64] You Will Never Be Me by Jesse Q. Sutanto
Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense, heard about from Jamie on The Popcast, Kindle

Synopsis: Meredith was a well known influencer when she took Aspen under her wings to show her the way to social media fame. Now Aspen has surpassed Meredith in followers as an “authentic” momfluencer, and ditched her. Meredith is spiraling and when she finds a way to mess with Aspen’s success, she takes it.

Review: This book was a fast, fun, somewhat twisty read. I enjoyed it, but it also made me feel ill over how much some people care about fame, and how miserable your life can be when you’re doing everything for social media. I liked the conversational and casual writing style of the book – it was very readable. There was odd timing with something in the middle – I thought I missed a jump in time because of it – but that was the only issue.

Recommend? Yes

[65] The Housemaid by Freida McFadden
Fiction / Thrillers / Psychological, available on Kindle Unlimited, Kindle

Synopsis: Millie is desperate to get ANY job – she just lost her diner job, is living in her car, and has a criminal record. The Winchesters hire her to be a live in maid and she can’t believe her luck. Sure, the creepy attic room is, well, creepy, and Nina Winchester seems crazy, but Nina just needs to stay there long enough to make enough money and get a good recommendation for her next job…

Review: Another fast-paced, fun, twisty thriller. With some truly creepy parts to it, but nothing unstomachable!

Recommend? Yes

[66] You, Again by Kate Goldbeck
Fiction / Romance / Romantic Comedy, read with Val and Tiff, Audio

Synopsis: Ari and Josh live in NYC and randomly bump into each other throughout the years, and despise one another. After they both go through breakups, they meet by chance again and become friends.

Review: I could write so much about how much I absolutely disliked this book. Listening to it actually made me angry. I just finished it because it was a group read with Val and Tiff.

This is a cheap When Harry Met Sally ripoff without any of the redeeming character qualities or humor from that film. These characters, and most of the ones in their universe, are extremely unlikable (and unrelatable). I didn’t want them to get together. I didn’t want to know anything about their lives. I wasn’t invested or interested at all. I was just ANNOYED. I listened to this on audio, and there was a weird narration style where it went back and forth from Ari and Josh’s characters’ point-of-view within paragraphs. It was sometimes confusing. I wonder if I would have hated it less had I not listened to it on audio? Some of the voices were terrible. Just blah, all around.

Recommended? Hell no