Elyse’s Comments (group member since Jul 21, 2021)

Elyse’s comments from the NetGalley Buddy Readers group.

Oof halfway through the month and I still haven't written my reviews for August. 😬 But I did have a good backlog NG month!

Trisha wrote: "Elyse wrote: "Trisha wrote: "so glad you loved this one too!! I would love another one!! 🤞🏼🤞🏼"

She said in the Author's Note that she's writing a standalone thriller next but she's not done with F..."

The Author's Note is after the Discussion Questions so if you stopped there, you missed it!

Trisha wrote: "so glad you loved this one too!! I would love another one!! 🤞🏼🤞🏼"

She said in the Author's Note that she's writing a standalone thriller next but she's not done with Ffion.

Something I thought of last night (view spoiler)[Why exactly did Ronnie kill Stephanie and Peter Carmichael? That didn't get explained even in Ronnie's POV. He just said something like it's a shame her husband came home.

And what happened with the shady realtors? Nothing on the page because murder is more important but no one even went to Mike and Russell, or even Carole! (hide spoiler)]

Oh and I don't think this is the last one.

Finished it. Enjoyed it. Teared up a little at the end. (view spoiler)[My heart stopped when the person told Ffion "you did everything you could" and then POV changed. I was like NO CLARE WOULD NOT!! lol. Ugh, Allie, finally growing but man, she's a doozy. Poor Dominic.

Weird when it was Ronnie's POV that hurting Alec was just skipped over, not even touched upon. I mean, yeah I guess we can assume he didn't think Alec was home but I would've liked a little more on that in Ronnie's head. (hide spoiler)]

Trisha wrote: "I'm 10 chapters in / about 25%

I'm liking it [spoilers removed]..."

I do not like Allie AT ALL (view spoiler)[and I feel like she MUST have something to do with the burglaries. She's so nasty and she's definitely hiding something.

I do agree about a detective listening to armchair detective podcasts! I'm more on Leo's side, why have more mysteries when you've already got your hands full! lol (hide spoiler)]

I don't love having three mysteries to follow! They'd better all tie together in the end. I'm 40% through.

I'll join you tomorrow!

Kristie wrote: "I'll be interested to see what you think of this one. I might have to add it to my TBR. I'm finally getting to Never Flinch in about a week."

Do you want to buddy read it?

I'm thinking the weekish before or the week after Thanksgiving. Like Nov 17th or Dec 1.

Kristie wrote: "Thread is here: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/..."

Thanks Kristie!

Nabbed it, thanks Trisha! Yes we should, Kristie!

I'm in, Kristie!

Got a widget for Mad Mabel, Sally Hepworth's newest! Definitely different from her latest novels but she's written a variety from the get-go.

JULY
39. The Lake Escape Pub date 7/15/25. Finished 7/14/25 ⭐⭐ Review
40. The Locked Ward Pub date 8/5/25. Finished 7/19/25 ⭐⭐⭐ Review
41. The Night Guest Pub date 10/4/21. Read 7/25/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
42. Dexter: The Stand Up Dog Pub date 9/16/25. Read 7/27/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
43. A Lady for a Duke (audio) Pub date 5/24/22. Finished 7/29/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
44. The Hotel Maid (audio) Pub date 8/23/24. Finished 7/30/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
45. Trumpets of Death: A Graphic Novel Pub date 8/5/25. Read 7/30/25 ⭐⭐ Review
46. Red, White & Royal Blue Pub date 5/14/19. Finished 7/31/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
47. Bits and Pieces: My Mother, My Brother, and Me (audio) Pub date 5/7/24. Read 7/31/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review
48. The Killer Question Pub date 9/23/25. Finished 7/31/25 ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review

Good month of ARCs for me and that's continuing into ARC August! Looking forward to clearing some of my backlisted ARCs! 😬

I think the bottom of the g is the book. Like showing one half of an open book.

I finished it last night, could not put it down. The second half goes by so fast!!! And I was cackling! (view spoiler)[I did think past Mal and Sue and the present Mal and Sue were acting differently and one pair seemed dumber than the other pair. lol. But I didn't really guess it was Ian and Tanya. Each twist was a riot but I was so sad they murdered Mal and Sue, I think they were going to turn their life around. The end when Dee is mad at Dom? Was it because his ulterior motive was reopening the bar using the crimes as a draw? (hide spoiler)]

Just hit 48% (second Hulme report) and I honestly have no idea what's going on. 🤣

I on the other hand have to write reviews for all my July books lol

Yes very different, Vicki!