You Are Not Alone Review

*POSSIBLE SPOILERS AHEAD*

48110356._SY475_This book revolves around Shay Miller, she just recently lost her job and is temping at a law firm. She is running late for a job interview and she happens to witnesses something tragic that will change her life forever.

 I liked Shay. She is endearing and likeable. She doesn’t necessarily have her life sorted the way she would like and this makes her quite relatable. She always has the best intentions in her heart which doesn’t always translate in her favour. She definitely walked into the web of the twins unaware of their motives but I’m glad she was able to pick apart the little clues she collects and figure out what was really happening.

I was a little confused at first about Cassandra and Jane and their connection to the other 4 women. What their group was and why they were so interested in anyone who had talked to Amanda prior to her death. This definitely kept me engaged in the book and eager to read on.

I enjoyed the time jumps and the different povs, it really enabled us to delve deeper into the histories of all the different characters and their motivations for choices that they have made. I especially liked finding out about the other women in the twin’s group and how they all met and the connection between them. Even though what they are doing is wrong and manipulative I quite enjoyed their sisterhood dynamic and the trust they have with each other. Jane and Cassandra influence them heavily but they did help the other women out and changed their lives for the better!

This is a book where even though it’s a little slow and tedious at the start you really need to be paying attention to every detail. Things that you assume are unimportant or irrelevant actually turn out to be the tipping point of the plot. The twists were well placed and the pacing though quite slow at the start picked up heavily around the half way point of the story. It was entertaining, thrilling and in the end I was highly satisfied with the book as a whole!

⭐️4/5 stars numbers never lie!

Quarterly Reading Recommendations

Just like last year I have decided that every three months I will go through my reading list and pick out the top 10 favourite books I have read during that time. Then at the end of the year I will compile my list and pick out my top 10 overall of 2020. If you want to read any of my reviews for these books just click on the titles!

So my reading recommendations for January, February and March are:

Sadie by Courtney Summers

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Lock Every Door by Riley Sager

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Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen

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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

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Red Rising by Pierce Brown

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Into the Drowning Deep by Mira Grant

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Frankly in Love by David Yoon

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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz

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Wicked Fox by Kat Cho

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The Hobbit by J.R.R Tolkien

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✨O.W.L.S Magical Readathon TBR ✨

For April I decided to take part in the O.W.L.S Magical Readathon hosted by Book Roast on Youtube, for any information regarding the readathon see her announcement video HERE. I’m not 100% sure what my career is going to be so I am going to try and complete all of the prompts for this round and then when it comes to the N.E.W.T.S I will announce which career path I choose in that TBR!

The prompts & my tentative TBR for the OWLS include:

OWL prompts 2 2020

 

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Heart rune: heart on the cover or in the title

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arithmancy

Magical Qualities of number 2: balance/opposites – read something outside your favourite genre

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astronomy

Night Classes: read majority of this book when it’s dark outside

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care of magical creatures copyHippogriffs: creature with a beak on the cover

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Lumos Maxima: white on the cover

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DADA copyGrindylows: book set at the sea/coast

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divination

Third eye: assign numbers to your TBR and use a random number generator to pick your read

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Mimbulus mimbletonia: title starts with an M

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Witch hunts: book featuring witches/wizards

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Book from a perspective of a muggle (contemporary)

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Shrinking solution: book under 150 pages

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Animagus lecture: book/series that includes shapeshifting

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March Wrap Up

I’ve had a great reading month in terms of getting through my TBR. I managed to complete a series I have been reading for over a year now and completed a couple of books from my physical TBR that I’ve owned now for over 2 years. I feel like I’ve definitely got my reading groove back and I am excited to continue and hopefully read some great books!

Fire by Kristin Cashore – ⭐️3/5 stars

Love Her or Lose Her by Tessa Bailey – ⭐️3/5 stars

Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertali & Aisha Sayeed – ⭐️3/5 stars

Permanent Record by Mary H.K. Choi – ⭐️2/5 stars

Girls of Storm and Shadow by Natasha Ngan – ⭐️4/5 stars

Frozen Tides by Morgan Rhodes – ⭐️5/5 stars

Crystal Storm by Morgan Rhodes – ⭐️5/5 stars

Immortal Reign by Morgan Rhodes – ⭐️5/5 stars

Assassin’s Quest by Robin Hobb – ⭐️2/5 stars

Bitterblue by Kristin Cashore – ⭐️2/5 stars

The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan – ⭐️4/5 stars

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire Saenz – ⭐️4/5 stars

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