Recent Reads

A Killer Getaway by Sienna Sharpe (2025) 

Every summer, Lily travels to a luxury resort in the Caribbean to work as a lifeguard.  And every summer, someone at the resort dies.  This year, though, a journalist is asking questions about the deaths, and as much as Lily is attracted to him, she also doesn't want to get caught.  This was such an interesting read!  It's part mystery, part thriller, and part romance - a little bit of everything!  I loved getting to know Lily and her reasons for returning to the island each year.  She's been through a lot, and she wants to stop toxic people from continuing to hurt others.  But Daniel is intent on finding out what's going on at the resort.  I was on the edge of my seat waiting to see what would happen - would Lily get caught?  Would she and Daniel get a happily ever after?  4.5 stars

Crash Landing by Annie McQuaid (2025)

Exes Piper and Wyatt are on their way to a destination wedding when their private plane crash lands on a deserted island.  When the two have to rely on each other to survive, will all their old feelings come flooding back?  I had such high hopes for this one, but unfortunately it was a letdown.  I love the premise, the fact that they only have each other on this deserted island, but the execution was painful.  The writing was clumsy and clunky; the characters were immature.  It felt like the author couldn't pin down who Wyatt was - was he a stoic hero or a giddy little boy?  Even the flashbacks to their high school relationship were disappointing - their romance was so short-lived, it was cringey to think that Piper was still so hung up on it.  I get that teenagers make a big deal out of everything, but it felt like overkill.  I did enjoy the survival stuff, and Piper did grow a lot over the course of the story, finally admitting to herself and her parents that medical school was not the road she wanted to go down.  But overall, this was not the book for me.  3 stars

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