Reviews for May 2024 Releases

To make things easier to navigate, I thought I would aggregate all of my reviews for books released within a month. For books that are published this month and I have yet to read (listed below), I will add them to this post as soon as I write a review.

The Five Year Lie

Sarina Bowen

Bestselling romance author Sarina Bowen’s debut thriller, about one woman’s search for the truth after receiving a text from her deceased ex.

Publication Date: May 7

Rating: 3 out of 5.

The Ministry of Time

Kaliane Bradley

A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the nature of power and the potential for love to change it all.

Publication Date: May 7

Rating: 4 out of 5.

The Return of Ellie Black

Emiko Jean

Detective Chelsey Calhoun’s life is turned upside down when she gets the call Ellie Black, a girl who disappeared years earlier, has resurfaced in the woods of Washington state—but Ellie’s reappearance leaves Chelsey with more questions than answers.

Publication Date: May 7

Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

The Paradise Problem

Christina Lauren

Christina Lauren, the instant New York Times bestselling and “reigning romance queens” (PopSugar), returns with a delicious new romance between the buttoned-up heir of a grocery chain and his free-spirited artist ex as they fake their relationship in order to receive a massive inheritance.

Publication Date: May 14

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

Think Twice

Harlan Coben

A man presumed dead is suddenly wanted for murder in this thriller of secrets, lies, and dangerous conspiracies that threaten to cover up the truth.

Publication Date: May 14

Rating: 2.5 out of 5.

Reviews to Come:

The Demon of Unrest by Erik Larson
A Fatal Inheritance: How a Family Misfortune Revealed a Deadly Medical Mystery by Lawrence Ingrassia
The Goldilocks Genome by Elizabeth Reed Aden
Goyhood by Reuven Fenton
The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle & Flying Club by Helen Simonson
The Hunter’s Daughter by Nicola Solvinic
Knife River by Justine Champine
The Lady Waiting by Magdalena Zyzak
The Last Time She Saw Him by Kate White
Lovers and Liars
by Amanda Eyre Ward
The Occasional Human Sacrifice: Medical Experimentation and the Price of Saying No by Carl Elliott
One Perfect Couple by Ruth Ware
Oye
 by Melissa Mogollon
Poverty for Profit: How Corporations Get Rich Off America’s Poor by Anne Kim
Rebel Girl: My Life as a Feminist Punk by Kathleen Hanna
Undue Burden: Life and Death Decisions in Post-Roe America by Shefali Luthra
The Wealth of Shadows by Graham Moore