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Deep State was written by Chris Hauty and published on January 7, 2020 by Atria Books.  I was given a copy from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. President Richard Monroe, newly elected and super controversial, has completely divided Washington D.C.  In the middle of all of this drama, the White House chief of staff is found dead in his home.  When an over eager intern discovers that it was not from natural causes as publicized, she unearths a conspiracy so large, everyone is a suspect.  Will she uncover the truth in time?  Who else is keeping a secret? This book floored me.  First of all, the super divisive President hit a little too close to home.  Part of me was really hoping he’d be next to go.  All of the players in this book are so incredibly detailed and not one of them has clear intentions from the start, aside from the intern Hayley Chill.  This book twists and turns the entire way through, leaving the ...

You Were There Too was released by Berkley on January 7th, 2020.  I was given a copy from NetGalley in exchange for my honest opinion. (Synopsis from Goodreads) Mia Graydon's life looks picket-fence perfect; she has the house, her loving husband, and dreams of starting a family. But she has other dreams too—unexplained, recurring ones starring the same man. Still, she doesn’t think much of it, until a relocation to small-town Pennsylvania brings her face to face with the stranger she has been dreaming about for years. And this man harbors a jaw-dropping secret of his own—he's been dreaming of her too.  Determined to understand, Mia and this not-so-stranger search for answers. But when diving into their pasts begins to unravel her life in the present, Mia emerges with a single question— what if? I really wanted to like this book.  Unfortunately, I had a really hard time with it.  Mia spends half the book talking about how she has feelings for someone oth...