Making Faces by Amy Harmon - plain girl Fern(except she's not really, is she?) has been in love with beautiful boy Ambrose for years. A story about what makes us actually beautiful. I found the characters too good to be true. A strange combination of bodice buster without sex, typical Harlequin romance, and religious overtones. Once again, I am very much in the minority on Goodreads.
2 stars
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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman - Eleanor Oliphant has very poor social skills and lives a solitary life, usually speaking to no one at all on the weekends. She has good reason for her lack of skills which is very gradually revealed. She suddenly develops a crush on a band singer and begins to take an interest in her appearance to be worthy of him. In the meantime, she develops a friendship with the sloppy IT person at her work when they witness the medical emergency of an elderly man. Funny, sad, hopeful, and angry were some of my feelings as I read this.
5 stars
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Her Every Fear by Peter Swanson - Kate has always been anxious and when an ex-boyfriend kidnaps her before ending his own life, hers is brought to a standstill by anxiety attacks. When her cousin suggests an apartment swap, his in Boston for hers in London, she takes it, hoping for a fresh starts. When she arrives, she learns the woman in the apt next to hers has just been found murdered. Clues point to her cousin, or is it the rather odd but interesting man in the building? Told from different viewpoints, I found it hard to relate to any of them. The suspense part was good.
3.5 stars
Just put Eleanor Oliphant on hold. Sounds good.
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