The Last Flight by Julie Clark

 My Rating: 5.0

Two women. Two Flights. One chance to disappear. Claire Cook has a perfect life. Married to the scion of a political dynasty, with a Manhattan townhouse and a staff of ten, her surroundings are elegant, her days flawlessly choreographed, and her future auspicious. Behind closed doors, nothing is quite as it seems.

A chance meeting in an airport bar brings her together with Eva, a woman whose circumstances seem equally dire. Together they make a last-minute decision to switch tickets ― Claire taking Eva's flight to Oakland, and Eva traveling to Puerto Rico as Claire. They believe the swap will give each of them the head start they need to begin again somewhere far away. 

Wow. This was FABULOUS! Don't read too much about this book - just read it! Super fast delicious read! 

Smoke and Ashes (Sam Wyndham #3) by Abir Mukhergee

 My Rating: 4.9

This is the continuing story of Detective Sam Wyndhgam set in 1921 India. Sam is called to investigate a murder and he is stunned at the sight of the body: he’s seen this exact same grisly injuries before. Last night, in a drug addled haze, he stumbled across a corpse with the same ritualistic injuries. It seems like there’s a deranged killer on the loose. Unfortunately for Sam, the corpse was in an opium den and revealing his presence there could cost him his career. With the aid of his quick-witted Indian Sergeant, Surrender-not Banerjee, Sam must try to solve the two murders, all the while keeping his personal demons secret, before somebody else turns up dead. (less)

I loved the first book and the second book in this series. I loved this one with Sam's quick dry humor and sweet but incredibly smart Surrender-not as his side kick. I am thrilled to see that there is a fourth book in this series which I will definitely be adding to my queue.

All Rivers Flow To The Sea by Alison McGhee

 My rating: 4.7

Two sisters are in a car accident. Ivy ends up in a coma in the hospital and Rose is expected to go back to school, laughing with her friends and have her life resume as if nothing happened. How can she when Ivy is in the hospital?

The writing is simple and yet captures so much. This is a heartwrenching, honest look at grief. I cried at the end. I have read one other book by McGhee that I gave 5 stars to and I can't wait to read more by her.

The Girl With The Louding Voice by Abi Dare

My Rating: 3.7

Adunni is a fourteen-year-old Nigerian girl who knows what she wants an education. This, her mother has told her, is the only way to get a “louding voice”—the ability to speak for herself and decide her own future. But instead, Adunni's father sells her to be the third wife of a local man who is eager for her to bear him a son and heir. From there, things go from bad to worse until she has a 'fairy godmother' intercede on her behalf.

I have mixed feelings about this book. I felt that the broken English style varied between endearing to grating but, worse it was inconsistent. There were times when Adunni could barely string together a complete sentence with her broken English and times when she was down right poetic. I have heard/seen her story of a poor girl wanting to get an education while her parents were wanting to marry her off many times. That was all this book offered except the fairy godmother who swooped in to help rescue her. With the writing being somewhat grating and inconsistent and nothing more to the plot, I may be in the minority saying that, this will not be for everyone.

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