These Summer Storms by Sarah MacLean

The Storm siblings have grown up under the eye of their manipulative father. He is filthy rich, powerful and likes to play games. Alice is different from her sibling. She's been kicked out and is living on her own. She hasn't visited her family home in years but her fathers death means Alice must return to Storm Island.

Upon returning to the island Alice finds that nothing has changed. The family is still chaotic and dysfunctional. The reading of the will results in Alice, her mother and siblings playing an inheritance game. Everyone has different tasks and everyone has to complete their own task. It they don't their is no inheritance. 

Alice isn't sure if she can complete her task but everyone is depending on her in more ways then she knows.

These Summer Storms wasn't for me. I nearly gave up on it several times. It's a pretty rough read and I didn't care about any of the characters. Family drama can be interesting to read and this was no exception  but it was just a little to soap opera for me. 

Heart of the Matter by Emily Giffin

Another great read by Emily Giffin. I listened to this one and the narrator was engaging. Heart of the Matter follows two women Tessa Russo and Valerie Anderson. Valerie is a single mom to a six year old named Charlie. Tessa has two children of her own and married. Valerie and Tessa's live quite different lives but when Valerie's son is injured and Tessa's husband treats him their lives merge. 

Tessa's story is told in first person view while Valerie's is told in third person which gives them both solid character differences. The story is also told in alternating points of views and Rachel and Dex from Something Borrowed make a cameo. Both characters have likable and dislikable qualities which makes things more realistic. 

This is a fast easy read and perfect for the weekend.

The Memory Collectors by Dete Meserve

Time Travel books have my attention right now. In this book four strangers, Elizabeth, Logan, Andy and Brooke time travel into their past. They pay a hefty price for it and have no control over where in their past they will travel to. They are each given one hour per the time travel guidelines but something happen and that find themselves in the past way longer than then an hour. 

Readers quickly discover that these four people have all some how jumped into the same timeline and what happens is unpredictable. As the stories are unraveled and the connections revealed the story becomes more interesting and the characters become more desperate. 

August 25th changed their past lives but will revising it cause them further emotional harm of give them closure. 

This is a character driven book and told through multiple points of view. It's a mystery that explores a variety of themes such as loss and grief. Would you take a chance on traveling back in time knowing it won't change the past?

Love the One You're With | by Emily Giffin

Your first year of marriage is blissful. It's perfect and you bring out the very best in one another. You couldn't be happier. Ellen and Andy don't have to imagine because that is the life they are living. Then Ellen runs into the one who go away. Her very first love. Leo the who broke her heart and whom she never got closure from. Ellen never forgot Leo and when he offers her a job she can't refuse she takes it. This means spending more time with Leo and with that complications arise. 

Ellen begins to question her life, her relationship with Andy and when Leo finally reveals why he left her she is pulled into an emotional tailspin. Ellen needs to make some decisions and whatever choice she makes will result in not only herself being hurt but her hurting someone. 

Giffin's writing makes you feel what Ellen is going though and puts you in her shoes. This is a book of rollercoaster emotions and if you like that type of romance book this one is for you!