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Title: The Lake House

Author: Sarah Beth Durst

Genre: Horror, Young Adult, Thriller, Mystery, Netgalley, Contemporary, LGBTQ+

Date Started: February 15th, 2023

Date Finished: February 16th, 2023

Status: Finished

Rating: 4.8/5

Sypnosis: Claire’s grown up triple-checking locks. Counting her steps. Second-guessing every decision. It’s just how she’s wired – her worst-case scenarios never actually come true.

Until she arrives at an off-the-grid summer camp to find a blackened, burned husk instead of a lodge – and no survivors, except her and two other late arrivals: Reyva and Mariana.

When the three girls find a dead body in the woods, they realize none of this is an accident. Someone, something, is hunting them. Something that hides in the shadows. Something that refuses to let them leave.

Review: An off-the-grid summer trip.

A burnt cabin.

A body in the woods.

HOLY MOLEY!

What a freaking read!

This was my first book by the author and I must say this woman really knows how to put her readers on the edge of their seats. The characters, the horror, and the anxiety levels this book gave me. I could not put it down. I wanted to see the story through to the very end.

Claire - I love her.

She has anxiety much like me. She is one of those that has to do so many checks on locked doors, windows, and everything in between. She may be prepared for the off-the-grid summer camp but nothing prepares her for what she and the other two girls find. A burnt-out cabin and a body in the woods show that she really is prepared as she thinks she is. There is a killer out in those woods and he is stalking them.

This book will give you everything - horror, anxiety, and keep you on the edge of your seat. You won't want to put this book down until the very end. You will love the characters. They are well-written and the storyline will give you creepy, horror-like vibes.

I want to thank Netgalley, the author, and Harperteen for giving me a chance to read this book for an honest review.

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Title: In the Arms of the Elite

Series: Rich Boys of Burberry Prep #4

Author: C.M. Stunich

Genre: Bully, Romance, Reverse Harem, High School, Dark, Contemporary, New Adult, Fiction

Trigger Warnings: foul language and sexual scenes; any sex featured is consensual

Date Started: February 15th, 2023

Date Finished: February 16th, 2023

Status: Finished

Rating: 3.5/5

Sypnosis: Choose between the rich boys.
I’d rather face the Harpies than make that choice.
How can my four years at Burberry Prep really be coming to an end?
No, Tristan, Zayd, Creed, Zack, and Windsor are everything to me right now.
My strength, my passion, my heart, my empathy, my joy.
Love is a cruel master, but I have no one to blame for this but myself.

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We fell in love with the charity case.
Idols of the school, the kings of the campus, and we’re nothing without her.
Marnye Elizabeth Reed.
This girl has twisted our world upside down, but the Infinity Club is about to knock us all on our asses.
Big money, political ties, family bonds, obligations: shit is going down at the academy.
The rest of our lives, the rest of her life … it all comes down to this one, final moment.

Review: The end has come.

And so has the final settling of the score.

We have reached the end of the series. The Idols of Burberry have grown on me considerably and I have come to love each and every one of these assholes. They have not been perfect but flawed in their own way. Their lives have changed. Some for good while others have had their whole world shaken and destroyed.

Marnye has still not changed even in the slightest when it comes to character development. She still is dumb, can't make a decision, and it takes her forever to realize that those Harpies are not after just harming her but they want her dead. There have been instances that this theory has come to fruition and yet she either has little brain cells or just doesn't believe it could happen. There were times I wanted nothing more than to reach into the book and smack the hell out of her.

I think she was the only part of the book that actually pissed me off. I had long hoped that she would do some growing up and even gain some brain cells that just did not happen.

But this was a perfect ending to the series. I know I will have to read another series but "Orientation" and I am hoping the female lead is much better than this one.