What_Kel_Reads

The Only Child was written by Mi-ae Seo, published by Harper Collins on February 11, 2020.  I was given a copy through NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. Criminal psychologist Seonkyeong receives an unexpected call one day. Yi Byeongdo, a serial killer whose gruesome murders shook the world, wants to be interviewed. Yi Byeongdo, who has refused to speak to anyone until now, asks specifically for her. Seonkyeong agrees out of curiosity.  That same day Hayeong, her husband’s eleven-year-old daughter from a previous marriage, shows up at their door after her grandparents, with whom she lived after her mother passed away, die in a sudden fire. Seonkyeong wants her to feel at home, but is gradually unnerved as the young girl says very little and acts strangely.  At work and at home, Seonkyeong starts to unravel the pasts of the two new arrivals in her life and begins to see startling similarities. Hayeong looks at her the same way Yi Byeongdo does when he recou...

After the Flood was written by Kassandra Montag, released by Harper Collins on September 3, 2019.  I received my copy from NetGalley in exchange for my honest review. A hundred years from now, the world as we know it does not exist.  It basically consists of colonies separated by massive bodies of water.  Myra and her daughter Pearl live on their boat, only visiting land when they need to trade for supplies.  Myra has been searching for her oldest daughter Row, stolen by her father years ago.  Myra learns Row has been spotted near the Arctic, and she decides that she and Pearl must risk life and limb to reach her. This book annoyed me sooooo much.  Myra is too blinded in her search for Row to care about anyone or anything else.  She puts Pearl, herself, and everyone else she comes into contact with huge amounts of danger to feed her delusion that she'll be able to find her daughter.  Row has been gone for 7+ years.  She is blin...

One Minute Later by Susan Lewis was published by Harper Collins on 06/11/19.  I obtained a copy of this book from NetGalley in exchange for my review. I'm going to copy the exact synopsis from Goodreads, because I think the context of it is important regarding my review. It’s takes one minute to change everything… Vivienne Shager has it all. A highflying job. A beautiful apartment. Friends whose lives are as perfect as her own. But on the afternoon of her 27th birthday, Vivi has a heart attack. Now Vivi’s life shrinks back to how it begun, as she moves back to the small seaside town she grew up in. With her time running out, there is one thing she wants to know the truth about. Some secrets are best left in the past… Thirty years earlier, Shelley’s family home, Deerwood farm, bursts full of love and happiness. But one family member has hidden a secret for all these years. Until Vivi comes home demanding answers, and it takes just a moment to unravel the lie...