Book Review: Murder at the High School Reunion (Maya and Sandra Mystery, #5)

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Murder at the High School Reunion (Maya and Sandra Mystery, #5)  by Lee Hollis  opens with Maya and Sandra taking on a case of a former high school classmate and mean girl, Tawny,  right before their twenty-fifth high school reunion. When Maya and Sandra get stuck on their case, they enlist the help of another former high school classmate and friend turned actress, Alyssa. Soon after, they all attend the reunion, and Tawny is murdered after making a scene with her soon to be ex. When Alyssa becomes a suspect, Maya and Sandra must prove the innocence of their friend. I received an Advanced Readers Copy ARC of this book from NetGalley for free in exchange for my honest review. Being approved to read Murder at the High School Reunion (Maya and Sandra Mystery, #5) by Lee Hollis made my day, and I wasn't disappointed in the least. As soon as I started reading the book, it drew me in, and it felt like I was with an old friend, in the form of a story. I absolutely loved that the...

Book Review: The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2) by Robert Galbraith

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The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2) by Robert Galbraith, a pseudonym for J.K. Rowling, is the second book in the Cormoran Strike book series. Comoran Strike is contacted by Mrs. Quine when her novelist husband has been missing for several days without contacting her, and she wants him found and brought home. As Strike investigates, he's finding that their might be more to his disappearance than meets the eye due to his newest unpublished novel ripping apart the people in his life. When Strike finds Mrs. Quine's husband brutally murdered, he knows he has little time to determine who the killer is.

It took me a bit to get into the second installment of the Cormoran Strike book series, but once I got a bit into The Silkworm, it moved along quite well but could've been a bit shorter. I ended up really enjoying it despite the length, and I thought it was written better than the first book in as that it wasn't quite as predictable as The Cuckoo's Calling (Cormoran Strike, #1).

J.K. Rowling does a great job with describing the characters, so much so that I was immediately able to picture them in my mind. I pictured the main character, Cormoran Strike, as actor and former football player Bob Golic and the assistant Robin as actress Kate Botsworth. I love the fact that Strike's assistant Robin had some great character development, and I kind of hopes she breaks it off with her fiance and ends up with Strike as a husband.

I gave The Silkworm (Cormoran Strike, #2) by Robert Galbraith four out of five stars for the reasons mentioned above. If you enjoyed this book, you may like The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón.

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