BOOK REVIEW : RAIN WILL COME BY THOMAS HOLGATE
What you should be asking yourself is, “How much pain can I endure?” -DANIEL LANGDON (RAIN WILL COME) TITLE : Rain will come AUTHOR : Thomas Holgate GENRE : Adult/Thriller/Mystery/Suspense/Crime FBRC RATING : 4.5 stars PUBLISHING DATE : 10 March 2020 BLURB : A thrilling, page-turning debut about a twisted killer and a broken cop—both with nothing to lose. Paul Czarcik, the longest-tenured detective in the Illinois Bureau of Judicial Enforcement, puts the rest of the team to shame. Ruthless and riddled with vices, Czarcik always gets his man. And fast. Until now… A double slaying isn’t the open-and-shut case of urban crime he’s used to. Connecting it to a…
BOOK REVIEW : ON THE COME UP BY ANGIE THOMAS
I’ve always had this theory that God is a sitcom writer who loves to put me in ridiculous situations. – ANGIE THOMAS (ON THE COME UP) TITLE : On the come up AUTHOR : Angie Thomas GENRE : Contemporary fiction, YA FBRC RATING : 5 stars BLURB : Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Or at least make it out of her neighborhood one day. As the daughter of an underground rap legend who died before he hit big, Bri’s got big shoes to fill. But now that her mom has unexpectedly lost her job, food banks and shutoff notices are as much…
BOOK REVIEW : THE BILLION POUND LIE BY BILL DARE
How do you make God laugh?… Tell him your plans. -BILL DARE, THE BILLION POUND LIE TITLE : The billion pound lie AUTHOR : Bill Dare GENRE : Satire, Comedy FBRC RATING : 4 stars BLURB : ‘We have been dropped into a world of dazzling possibilities.’ A hapless barista is mistaken for the winner of a new record-breaking global lottery. He drunkenly plays along. The next day he wakes up with a hangover and the world’s press at his door. The promises he made to friends are not forgotten. So begins a roller coaster ride as he tries desperately to do the right thing. His partner is held to…
BOOK REVIEW : THE ROSIE PROJECT BY GRAEME SIMSION
Humans often fail to see what is close to them and obvious to others. – GRAEME SIMSION, THE ROSIE PROJECT TITLE : The rosie project AUTHOR : Graeme Simsion GENRE : Romance, Comedy, Woman’s Fiction, Chick-lit FBRC RATING : 4 stars BLURB : An international sensation, this hilarious, feel-good novel is narrated by an oddly charming and socially challenged genetics professor on an unusual quest: to find out if he is capable of true love. Don Tillman, professor of genetics, has never been on a second date. He is a man who can count all his friends on the fingers of one hand, whose lifelong difficulty with social rituals has…
BOOK REVIEW : WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING BY DELIA OWENS
Why should the injured, the still bleeding, bear the onus of forgiveness? – Catherine Danielle Clark (Delia owens) TITLE : Where the crawdads sing AUTHOR : Delia Owens GENRE : Historical Fiction, Mystery, Romance FBRC RATING : 5 stars BLURB: For years, rumors of the “Marsh Girl” have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons…
BOOK REVIEW : THE SILENT PATIENT BY ALEX MICHAELIDES
The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides is a brilliant psychological thriller that will engage and grip you from the first page itself. The characters are twisted and the story is unbelievable. Keep on reading my review to learn more about this book.
