YOU KNOW ME & psych-thrillers (and also domestic thrillers!!). I love twisty mind games (especially CLEVER mind games between the author and the reader). I love guessing the outcome (and even more, when I’m wrong!!), and I love unreliable narrators, and evil husbands… or is it the wives? You know what I mean. I love a book that has you on the edge of your seat, vacillating between fear and excitement, titillation, and dread. And then… culminating in a massive jaw-dropping twist that nobody (or at least… me 😉 ) saw coming.
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The Ultimate Freida McFadden Book List
FREIDA MCFADDEN IS ALL THE RAGE right now. As of today, 7 of her books are in Amazon’s TOP 100 on all of Amazon Kindle, 5 are in the top 50, and her latest one is #2 on all of Amazon Kindle right now. That one to the left, in fact. 😉
And that thrills me ’cause it means I’m not alone here, in my psych-thriller/domestic-thriller loving ways. I love a good romance – that was ALL I wanted to read for years, but it’s fun to get the heart racing in other ways too. Psychological thrillers are my jam right now (especially the clever ones with a super good twist that I didn’t see coming – I love being tricked BUT ONLY if it’s brilliant), so I’m thinking about delving into this author’s twisty mind and see what all of the hype is about. YAY ME!!!
Book Review – The Mother-In-Law by Sally Hepworth
The Mother-in-Law: A Novel <— I absolutely loved this one, but it wasn’t quite “the obviousness” of what I was expecting. I thought it would be a domestic thriller about either an evil mother-in-law (yay!!) or maybe it would be the daughter-in-law that was the bad guy (oooooh… an unreliable narrator, maybe?)
And maybe it’s exactly that. Or maybe not… 🤷♀️ 😉 See? I’m an unreliable book blogger, now. 😂
There it was, randomly appearing on my Amazon feed, on super-sale, and I dunno… between skimming incredible editorial reviews, and the dark aura of the cover and tagline, I just knew it had to be mine. I was excited, anticipating chills, but what I experienced, surprisingly… was… warmth.
Book Review – Pen Pal by J.T. Geissinger
Maryse: When you hit the HUGE REVEAL in a book, while in a school line and get honked at ’cause you’re not moving… AND ARE ALSO notified by your watch that you have been having a high heart rate for the last 10 minutes, and all you’ve been doing was sitting there, reading… Yeah… it’s GOOOOOOOOOD!!!!
Terri: Yep, that book would do it!
Beth: oh my gosh so good!
Kristina: omg I finished this book last week and have been telling everyone about it. One of the best books all year!!
Freida McFadden – The Housemaid Series Reading Order
OMG BLURB JOLT ALERT!! THIS SERIES HAS BEEN ROCKING THE AMAZON CHARTS & IT SOUNDS RIGHT UP MY PSYCH-THRILLER ALLEY!!
When I asked what book got us out of a reading slump, so many responded this one!!
Katie: The Housemaid by Freida McFadden! Now I have read 6 of her books in about 6 weeks!
Tracy: I am halfway through,and hated having to things today, because all I want to do is see how this book plays out!!
Kim: I’ve been wanting to read it!! She’s had me in a chokehold for a few weeks.
Mo: Just starting The Housemaid. My first Freida McFadden book. A bit out of my normal genre but I’m excited!