Review: La empleada

La empleada by Freida McFadden
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

The Housemaid is the first book in the Housemaid series by Freida McFadden.  My sister told me I needed to read this because she thought it was fantastic.  We don't often overlap in our taste in books, but it did keep coming up in other areas, so I thought I would give it a try.  I do like a good psychological thriller.  My library only had the ebook in Spanish.  Fortunately, I prefer to use my language skills for reading!  Millie is hired by Nina to do housekeeping and child care.  Millie really needs the job after a bit of a rough life start.  Nina has everything a person could ask for but only because she married well.  So it comes as quite a surprise that she seems to only want to make Millie miserable.  You have to read the book to find out why.

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Review: Gather the Daughters

Gather the Daughters by Jennie Melamed
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Gather the Daughters by Jennie Melamed hooked me because it is described as a book about a cult on an island.  I love a good cult book.  This one definitely delivered!  This book isn't going to be for everyone because it deals with some heavy issues including child abuse and rape.  The chapters alternate points of view of girls and women in the story.  Each of them deals with their society and their personal situations in a different way.  Rebellion...conformity...there doesn't seem to be a perfect solution.  One person's utopia is another person's nightmare.  

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Review: Magpie Murders

Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Magpie Murders is the first book in the Susan Ryeland series by Anthony Horowitz.  You could certainly read this as a standalone.  I was actually surprised to learn there is a second book.  This is a perfect read for people who like epistolary format and whodunnits.  There is a mystery within a mystery, a book within a book.  Will you catch all the clues and figure it out before Susan does?  Just remember that life doesn't necessarily follow the neat rules of murder mysteries.  

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