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Today‘s Prompt: CAMPUS

Lies, secrets, and cover-ups abound where Tess and Harmon lived ten minutes off campus…https://tinyurl.com/4m9xevzw

Carol Goodman

This was a good mystery/thriller. The author really accomplished a lot in this short book.( Under 300 pages) It had plenty of twists and turns, and she was able to link the murder to folklore and the history of the boarding school the MC teaches at. It was enjoyable.⭐⭐⭐

The narration by Natalie Naudus may have or may not have been at fault for my lack of enthusiasm for this book. I would be willing to try another book with her narrating to find out, though.

I found this to be overall...uninspiring, unengaging, and predictable...and I'm basically unmotivated to say anything more about this.

I‘m glad I used the library for this one rather than buying it. This was a middle of the road read in that it wasn‘t bad, but it wasn‘t a must read. A murder happens, a mom picks her child up who has a bloody sweater after being with the girl, the husband was the girl‘s tutor but something else may have been happening. Mom has to prove her son‘s and husband‘s innocence in a town where her past is catching up to her. Yup.

Very atmospheric, suspenseful, and twisty. There are a lot of characters so I got a little bit confused here and there until I could sort things out, and I liked the way I couldn‘t trust the main character Tess 100%. This isn‘t really pulse-pounding suspense-it‘s more like consistent suspense that made me want to reach the end so I could find out who did it.

This one was my first from Carol Goodman & although it started out a little slow, i enjoyed it. A quick & atmospheric read set around a prep school on the Maine coast. Plenty of secrets, drama & twists abound. I would read more from this author. I paired it with a Butter Cauliflower Curry (my vegetarian take on a Madhur Jaffrey recipe) as my bookish dish—a nod to the vegan cooking that one of the characters did. Full review/recipe link👇🏻

Lies, secrets, and cover-ups abound in THE SEA OF LOST GIRLS.

Ms. Goodman definitely knows how to keep up the suspense and feed the reader's curiosity. 4/5

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/wry762j

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1️⃣ Read the books I put on my aggressive (for me) #MarchTBR list posted yesterday. I‘m hoping the tagged book is what‘s arriving from UPS today as it‘s up next for a book tour review. 📚

2️⃣ Yes. Always food when I read for book tours & my foodie bookclub—I note almost every food mentioned to help me decide on my recipe pairing. Also words/things I want to look up or have questions about—especially in NF & historical fiction. 🤓

Twisty story set at a prep school. Tess is a teacher and her husband is a professor. 17 year old son, Rudy. Girlfriend, Lila, is found dead on the beach in Maine. 4 hours later Rudy and Tess's husband, Harmon, are the suspects. Easy read. Plot moves quickly. Interesting characters. School has history, skeletons in the closet. Surprise ending. I want to read more from Goodman. Recommend. Thanks Harper Collins Publisher. #Murder2020 3/3

This was a solid “so-so”. Some red herrings to keep the reader guessing until the end. It was a quick read and the writing was a little simplistic, with most characters unlikeable and somewhat shallow. It was okay, but probably not Goodman‘s best.

AWESOME BOOK MAIL!! Thanks, @HarperCollins @WilliamMorrowBooks

Love her books.

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