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Reminders of Him: Recap & Summary

Chapters 1 – 5 The book opens with Kenna Rowan, 26, visiting the place where Scott “Scotty” Landry died in a drunk driving car accident. Kenna spent five years in prison after pleading guilty for causing his death (involuntary manslaughter). The first few months in prison, she’d been pregnant with their daughter, Diem (short for …

A Flicker in the Dark: Recap & Summary

Prologue May 2018 June 2018 July 2018 Prologue In the prologue, the narrator discusses learning to fear when she was 12 years old. May 2018 Chapters 1 – 3 Chloe is psychiatrist. She meets with a 15-year-old patient, Lacey Deckler, and talks about Lacey’s self-harming associated with her father leaving them. Chloe is understanding. Chloe …

A Flicker in the Dark

A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham is a mystery-thriller from a debut author that was released today. I infrequently read advance copies of mystery-thrillers from debut authors since I like to see how the review shake out before investing time reading these types of books. However, I was drawn in by the premise …

The Love Hypothesis

The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood came out a few months ago, and I didn’t really pay much attention to it. However, people seem to really be enjoying this book, and after reading The School for Good Mothers, I was really in mood for something light and fun. In the Love Hypothesis, Olive is a …

The Love Hypothesis: Recap & Chapter-by-Chapter Summary

Prologue Olive Smith is an applicant for Stanford’s biology Ph.D program. After the interview with Dr. Aysegul Aslan, she ends up in a bathroom nearby unable to see and trying to wash out her eyes because she put in expired contacts. She meets “The Guy” there, who she assumes is a Ph.D student there. As …