Review: The Other You by J. S. Monroe

Kate was a super-recognizer for the police, identifying dangerous criminals with perfect reliability. But after a car accident that caused a serious head injury, Kate is unable to recognize people anymore... not like she used to. She finds solace in Rob, who has nursed her back to health and makes her feel safe. But one day, she looks at Rob and she just knows, with absolute certainty, that it's not him. Has her ability to recognize people come back? And who is this person living in her house?

This was just okay. The blurb sounded really good and I was excited to read it, but the 'big twist' is revealed in the first chapter, and the rest of the story was just quite slow. It's a particularly long book too, and so much of it was unnecessary. The story-line with the detective's son, for example - no relevance whatsoever, and ultimately unresolved. The ending was better, much more exciting, but it doesn't save the rest of the story.

Review: Gravity is The Thing by Jaclyn Moriarty

Ever since the disappearance of her brother fifteen years ago, Abigail has been receiving mysterious chapters from ‘The Guidebook’ - a self-help book that claims to help you learn how to fly. She is invited to an all-expenses paid getaway for readers of ‘The Guidebook’, to find out the secret of life, and just maybe, put together what happened to her brother all those years ago...

This was so odd. So odd. I just could not get into it at all. The story is very fragmented - really short chapters that jump back and forth between past and present and with no real links between them. To be honest, the only reason I continued reading the book was to find out what happened to the brother, but even that was disappointing. It was revealed in the last couple of chapters and everyone just seemed to accept it.

This book was odd. No real drama and very fragmented and hard to follow.
       

Review: The Pact by Amy Heydenrych

This book was amazing - I couldn't put it down!

Well, maybe amazing is the wrong word... terrifying is probably more appropriate. Freya has worked hard her entire life, and all her hard work is about to pay off - she has been offered her dream job at a trendy tech start-up. But from the first day, her colleague Nicole has an attitude... and Freya can't figure out why. As she gets closer to her dreamy colleague Jay, and Nicole grows more and more aggressive, they decide to get their revenge by pulling a prank on her... and Nicole ends up dead the next morning. Constantly looking over her shoulder, Freya begins receiving threatening messages... someone knows what she did, and they aren't going to let her forget it...

This was a gripping story, full of twists and turns and with interesting characters that you can't help but root for. I'm normally pretty good at figuring out the plot of these thriller novels, but I couldn't guess the ending of this, and it was a genuine shock. What an ending! Highly recommend this.