Book Review: Finlay Donovan Rolls The Dice (Finlay Donovan, #4) by Elle Cosimano

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Finlay Donovan Rolls The Dice (Finlay Donovan, #4)  by Elle Cosimano opens with Finlay Donovan and her nanny, Vero, planning a trip to Atlantic City to pay off some debts, find Javi, and retrieve a stolen car.  But first, they come up with a cover story that backfires miserably.  Finlay and Vero have to be clever and sneaky to accomplish what they set out to do, but will they have to come clean? Thank you, NetGalley, for the Advanced Readers Copy (ARC) of Finlay Donovan Rolls The Dice (Finlay Donovan, #4) by Elle Cosimano.  This is one of the books I was most excited about being able to read before it was in stores.  I received the eBook for free in exchange for my honest review. The fourth installment picks up where the last book ended and ties up the loose ends from Finlay Donovan Knocks Them Dead (Finlay Donovan, #3)  . . . so much so that I thought that this was going to be the last book in the series.  However, Finlay Donovan Rolls The Dice ends up having a couple of cliffhangers,
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Book Review: Those Girls by Chevy Stevens

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Those Girls A Novel by Chevy Stevens
Last week, I ran to the library on my lunch break to pick up a book for one of the book clubs I belong to. Having trouble finding it on the shelves, I happened across Chevy Stevens' Those Girls. Reading the synopsis, it intrigued me, and I decided to check it out.

Was I ever glad that I borrowed this book! It was so well written that I couldn't put down . . . I read the majority of the book in a day, staying up into the wee hours of the night so I could finish it. Even though I was exhausted the next day for work, I wasn't sorry that I stayed up to find out what happened.

Although Those Girls is considered a thriller, I would classify it more in the horror genre instead due to the horrific things the three main characters endure in the first half of the book.  The subject matter is very heavy and not suitable for tweens or young teens as it does deal with rape. 

The book had me rooting for the main characters (Jess, Courtney, and Dani Campbell) from the very beginning; my heart pounded for them, broke for them, and had me hoping for the best. They were so well developed. The bad guys weren't as well developed as the main characters, but that didn't really detract from anything because I still loathed them.

The pacing of the book was done well too with the first half being told from the perspective of Jess in the year 1997 and the second half being told from the point of view of Skylar in 2015. Chevy Stevens did an amazing job with the writing . . . it was very believable, and it has left me in a bit of a funk . . . but in a good way. I definitely recommend reading Those Girls by Chevy Stevens and give it 4 out of 5 stars.

Synopsis of Those Girls by Chevy Stevens:  The Campbell sisters are often left alone for weeks at a time at the house they rent on an ranch in Western Canada. Behind on rent and with little money for groceries, Jess, Courtney, and Dani help the owner of the ranch out to earn extra cash. Late one evening, their abusive father returns home and chaos ensues forcing the girls to go on the run. In the midst of being on the run, their pick up truck breaks down in the middle of a small town and an encounter with not so nice people leaves them in a horrific situation.

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