Book reviews – Jenn Writes

July 28, 2021

This elevator pitch gets a thumbs up

If suspense is your thing, then Linwood Barclay’s Elevator Pitch might be just what you’re looking for. It starts with an actual elevator pitch by a scriptwriter, which ends way worse than the expected “no” from the executive he’s been stalking. By the end of Monday, five people are dead – four in what seems…

Yes Ann Garvin, this did work

There are so many feels on this wonderfully crazy journey Samantha and Holly, once best friends, have barely spoken in two decades. Now they’re trapped together with a stranger, two dogs, and a cat, driving from California to Wisconsin. You know that in any good road trip story, where people are forced together, they have…

Book review: The Vine Witch

Revenge, redemption and romance, this magical tale has it all As with all good fairy tales, The Vine Witch starts with a curse, with Elena Boureanu, a toad wallowing in a murky pond. And that’s just the beginning. Luanne G Smith’s book opens up the darkest aspects of humans, with Elena plotting murderous revenge on…