The Crash by Freida McFadden (2025)Tegan, pregnant and stranded after crashing her car during a blizzard, is taken in by Hank and Polly. At first she is grateful to them, but after more time goes on and they refuse to let her leave, Tegan becomes increasingly worried. Will she ever escape their basement? And what do they want with her? This was a short audiobook and an intriguing premise, although unfortunately the writing became very bogged down with repetition. I liked how McFadden told the story from both Tegan and Polly's points of view; it was interesting to see how they completely misjudged each other. There were some twists at the end that were pretty surprising, but not necessarily in a good way, and I was kind of disappointed. 3 stars
Spring Fling by Annie England Noblin (2025)
Mylie loves her life in her small town, and now Ben, her childhood best friend and crush, is coming back to sell his family's home. Even though he's planning on leaving soon, could there be something between them? This book such an odd little duck - the cover is adorable and the blurb was catchy enough to make me grab this at the library. But the more I got into the story, the more "meh" I felt about it. The pacing is terrible - Mylie and Ben go from former friends to lovers in what feels like a matter of minutes, and the overall timeline seems so condensed and therefore a bit unbelievable. We at least get some flashbacks to establish some sort of connection between the two. There's a side character whose main job it is to add some tension, but it felt very out of place and too dark for the rest of the book. 3 stars
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