Shelly’s Book Corner

April 24, 2020

Audio Review: Madam Temptress by Meghan March

Review “I was given this review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review. This does not affect the opinion of the audiobook or the content of the review.” I couldn’t wait to dive into this audiobook after the way things ended in Creole Kingpin. I enjoyed the progress that Moses and Magnolia made but I felt […]

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April 15, 2020

ARC Review: A Tangled Web by Leslie Rule

Review This year I have decided to read more true crime books and after reading this blurb I wanted to check this book out. The story had a slow start and I felt it focused too much on the little things that weren’t really relevant to the story. Then as I kept reading the story picked up and I can’t […]

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April 14, 2020

New Release+Review: The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez

Review After reading and LOVING “The Friend Zone” earlier this year, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on this book. My heart broke for Sloan in the last book and while I read this book I wanted to reach in and give her a big hug. “It was hard to come to terms with something that didn’t make sense, […]

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April 13, 2020

Book Review: Conjure Women by Afia Atakora

Review So I am not really a fan of historical fiction novels but the cover and blurb made me want to check this story out. This story was told in slavery time and freedom time and both parts were hard to read. I thank God I was born when I was because I wouldn’t have lasted as a slave. Certain […]

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April 10, 2020

ARC Review: Pretty Things by Janelle Brown

Review Nina is a grifter with a conscience and has a very good reason for why she does what she does. Vanessa is your typical privileged kid turned social media influencer or is she? I did enjoy the story especially how the two main characters are connected to one another but I felt the book was about 100 pages too […]

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April 7, 2020

New Release+Review: Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega

Review This book was nicely written, family focused and introduced me into a new culture filled with a rich history. While reading, I felt like I was in the story fighting along with the squad. Some but not many of the phrases are written in Spanish so I did have to break out Google translate but that made the story […]

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April 3, 2020

Book Review: The Wife and the Widow by Christian White

Review This was my first time reading anything by this author and it was really good. I devoured this book in one day. I can’t tell you the last time that has happened. I thought I had the plot figured out but I was SO wrong. The twists in this story are something else. I had to reread the last […]

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March 22, 2020

Book Review: Creole Kingpin by Meghan March

Review I have listened to Joe Arden and Erin Mallon duet audiobooks before but this audiobook performance was next level. The accents were spot on and they did an excellent job portraying the characters. I have been curious about Magnolia since she appeared in an earlier book and she didn’t disappoint me at all. Magnolia was no-nonsense, sassy and assertive. […]

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March 17, 2020

ARC Review: Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel

Book Review: Wow. This book. What. A. Dark. Twisted. Thrilling. Ride. So we have Patty Watts who has just been released from prison after serving five years for child abuse against her daughter, Rose Gold. With nowhere else to go Patty ends up staying with her daughter and all I can say is let the games begin! This book […]

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March 11, 2020

Review: Please See Us by Caitlin Mullen

Review I wouldn’t classify this book as a suspense novel. We do have women being killed in this story but the book focuses heavily on how society views and treats women. I felt like the murders were secondary and the main focus was about Clara and Lily finding themselves and starting over. The story also details the decline of Atlantic […]

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