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The Ultimate Book List of Gasp-Worthy Plot Twists & Crazy Endings

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Well… it’s obvious I’m BIG on crazy twisty-turny books that shock the heck outta me. I like ’em “psych-thriller” (as it seems those are the ones I’ve been reviewing lately). But ANY book that leads me in a certain way to believe a certain “thing” (or to deduce it and anticipate it) only to SHOCK me right outta my expectations and/or comfort zone, well… I JUST LOVE that!

I especially love it when it’s clever. SO well done that I went on “a certain story’s journey in my own head” and the author was actually taking me on a different journey entirely. GAH! eek *blink blink* read more

Reader Question… Solved! The book about the new girl that gets the school hottie’s attention and there’s something about his little sister…

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Laura is looking for this book, and the spoiler part made me GASP!!!! So I will spoiler alert first. GAH!! I’m dying to know it too, now.

She asks:

Love your blog!!

Wondering if you could help me with a book!

It’s about this girl who starts at a new school and ends up getting the attention of the school hottie. He has a little sister who…

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(spoiler, kid sister is his daughter and baby mama is his old babysitter). read more

Reader Question… Solved! The book about the two couples that were best friends and… stuff… which I can’t post in the title.

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Kris needs our book help! And I already know this one. OHHHH!!! 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️ ME!! ME!! ME!! 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️ ASK ME!!! 🙋‍♀️

I just read it recently, and it’s super tumultuous and angsty and there’s a part that builds and builds and you’re cringing the whole way ’cause you just know. Oh oh. And there’s SO MUCH MORE to it than that.

It was an INCREDIBLE story and tore my heart out a few times (and yes… there’s a scene almost did me in). Actually a few… and I posted my guess below. 😀 read more

For the love of Twilight, look at how happy we are over Stephenie Meyer’s “Midnight Sun” news!

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<—IT’S OFFICIAL!!! MIDNIGHT SUN BY STEPHENIE MEYER IS GOING LIVE AUGUST 4th 2020 and it’s up for preorder. What a way to kick off a Monday!!!!!

Oh how we were teased last week over this possibility. Our whole book-world (well, at least us Twilight die-hards) exploded in excitement, and then today… we’re still exploding… though with a ton of relief!! YAY US!!!! And OMG it’s almost 700 pages!??! And how I LOVE this cover. Absolutely perfect in every way, especially symbolically. read more

Reader Question – The book about the woman and her neighbor that helped fix up her house in the woods…

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Pamela needs our help with this book! OMG I love the sound of this one (if you read the whole question, you’ll have a “whaaaaaaa??” moment like I did. This sounds incredible and maybe heart wrenching.

It brought to mind one of my past favorites that had a crazy heartbreaking twist, but it’s not at all my guess for this, so I won’t say it here.

And while she says she won’t tell us how it ends to avoid spoiling it, there are a few details about the end of the book that seem pretty HUGE, so I spoiler-alerted, just in case. Proceed with caution. 😉 read more

Reader Recommendations – Our favorite books where the heroine doesn’t end up with the lead guy…

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LIST REQUEST TIME!!! 😀 We’re in the mood for something a little different, romance-wise. 😉 Romance yes!! But with a twist.

And this time, it’s (by nature of the trope request) “spoiler-ish” because pretty much right off the bat – for most of these suggestions anyway…  we’ll know who the winning guy ends up being.

So unless you don’t mind already knowing a specific outcome in a love story, you might want to skip this one (and not look at the recommendations below). read more