Jessica Aiken-Hall

This is book will hit every emotion from happy to sad to anger back to happy. It's the roller coaster of emotions. Cait and Patti have been the best of friends since high school. Something happened the night of prom and they have never really dealt with it. Now Cait's father is dying and Patti comes back with Cait to help her. Old secrets come out and feelings are hurt. Cait, Patti, and their friends are left to deal with those memories and the aftermath. Sensitive topics, well-written characters and plot that ties everything all together and runs so smooth make for one of the best books I've read in 2022 so far. Cait and Patti could be anybody. They are so relatable and the issues they dealt with are very real. I highly recommend this book. It would get more than a 5 star from me if I could.… (altro)

I wasn’t sure what I was getting into when I began reading The Monster That Ate My Mommy, only that it was a memoir and most likely filled with possibly troubling events. Told from the point-of-view of the author in vivid first-person, this book delivered on more than I was expecting. People say healing comes when you share your stories of pain, memories no one wants to think about, and I believe the author was trying to do just that by sharing her story with us. As someone who struggles with their own inner darkness, I know there must be some freedom that comes with not only sharing a troubled life but embracing the past – acknowledging it happened – and moving on to live the life you know you deserve. We hear about things that happen to people as they grow up, things that mold them into the person they are or will become, but we never get that insight that comes from a truly candid telling. This book will tear at your heart at times, make you silently hope certain things won’t come to pass, but inevitably do. But at the same time, there’s a certain understanding and insight that comes with this comprehensive tale.… (altro)

Haunting and disturbing tale of a young woman who learns that all is not as it seems. Molly has lived her life in a dysfunctional household with a father who's a jerk, a mom suffering from dementia and she has a brother who is twice her age. She is stuck trying to keep things together. She sees a missing poster of a young woman, Lucy, who looks so much like her. There is mystery, drama, twists, crime, and so many other things that grab you from the first page that you just can't put this book down once you start. This book is the type I love. The author grabs your attention with such well-written characters. The book feels like a case ripped from the headlines. The plot was so good with the action that kept flowing. There wasn't a dull moment. Great book.… (altro)