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**WARNING: THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS** Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica has the perfect plot, the perfect side plots, an enthralling suspense which is successfully held throughout the book, but it fails to culminate to the much hoped for resolution. It has a Goodreads rating of 4.11 and is also nominated in the mystery and thriller category in Goodreads Choice Awards 2021. The book has been all over bookstagram and booktube, and I decided to pick it up right away since a lot of people seemed to enjoy the book and the blurb was hella captivating. I enjoyed the book a lot, but there also were points I felt didn’t work out. Plot - Shelby Tebow is the first to go missing. Not long after, Meredith and her daughter Delilah go missing. Fear is now inflicted in the community of a small town. But eleven years later, the daughter returns, leaving people astounded, and opening the once shut hopeless case. But people may not be prepared for the truth that's about to unfold. The book...

The scariest haunted houses are always the ones in which you are the ghost Rock Paper Scissors is the kind of book that you’d love if you enjoy reading isolated settings, old houses located in the middle of nowhere, creepily sinister atmospheres and mysterious characters. This was my first Alice Feeney book and I am definitely picking up Sometimes I Lie after this. The plot revolves around Amelia and Adam, a couple who visit Blackwater Chapel in Scotland for the weekend in the hope of mending their marriage. Creepy and inexplicable things start happening and their visit turns into a sinister nightmare when they realize that someone doesn’t want them to leave, ever. The suspense is built throughout the book, and is held till the very last page. Almost every chapter ends with a cliffhanger, making it very difficult to stop. I flew through the pages till the end. The main couple is really creepy and has more secrets than you’d expect. So, trusting isn’t even an option. In between, there...

All the things that make you different make you perfect. What tempted me to pick this book up was the fairly unique plot. The characters seemed so interesting, and I was curious about how Stella’s Asperger’s would be depicted (I love reading and watching on the spectrum characters, thanks to shows like Atypical and The Good Doctor). What I discovered was heartwarming and unexpected love story, that will stick. The Kiss Quotient follows Stella Lane, who is a brilliant econometrician, but a not-so-brilliant dater with Asperger’s. In order to prepare herself for her future boyfriend, she hires escort Michael, who is himself struggling between sweet dream and harsh reality. Obviously, they end up falling in love with each other and the book continues on what follows afterward. The departure from conventional gender roles worked great for me. Michael is part Vietnamese and part Swedish, and the scenes taking place in Michael’s house, with his grand family and Stella were delightful. Getti...