Literary Mystique

"We are all works in progress, and it takes real guts to admit when you’re wrong and try to move from there.." Synopsis : When popular high schooler,  Julianna Stefanie Robinson takes her life days before her final year of high school commence, her best friend, Dalia Parker, and her twin brother James Robinson are left to pick up the pieces as Julia left letters to those she feels she has wronged. But as they deliver them to their recipients and start getting closer to each other, Dalia and James realize that there were quite some skeletons that Julia hid in the closet, ones that could change their lives..forever.. Review :  First of all I'd like to thank the lovely @salemwrites_ for providing me with the ARC of this wonderful book.  The synopsis gave me major 13 Reasons Why vibes (one of my favourite books) and I knew then that I'd love this book too.  And in this respect, "The Secrets That She Kept" didn't disappoint. This book explores the typical Ame...

"You are a human being, not a machine. Nobody can be happy one hundred percent of the time. It isn’t realistic. It’s not what we’re made for.." Synopsis :  Trixie isn’t exactly sure what she was thinking when she stopped her car in the middle of downtown Chicago, scooped up a chicken struggling to cross the road, and drove off… but she does know that she has to find a new home for herself and her new feathered friend. The landlord at her apartment doesn’t allow pets and has caught Trixie in one too many pet-smuggling attempts in the past. Bear likes his quiet life with his close-knit family, who own a flower business, but he’s in for a rude awakening when his meddlesome sisters post an ad to rent the spare room in his simple home, without asking his permission. Still, when Trixie responds to the ad, he agrees to let her move in, despite immediate worries about keeping things platonic. Determined to keep her new room, befriend Bear, and give her rescue chicken the care she des...