The Divorce by Freida McFadden is proof that if a formula works well, your readers will ride the wave. No matter how messy and morbidly entertaining that particular wave is.

Let me just start off by saying this - Lana Myers is a goddess at whose altar I would happily worship. The Mindf*ck Series by S.T. Abby is, without a single doubt, the purest and most cathartic portrayal of feminine rage ever committed to paper. This 5-book series (The Risk, Sidetracked, Scarlet Angel, All the Lies and Paint It All Red) is a masterpiece in vengeance, trauma and love.

Once again, a book convinced me to abandon my sleep schedule. I picked up The Wedding Vow by Dandy Smith as a casual, light read, hoping it will break me past my fortnight-long reading slump. And boy, did it work. In fact, it practically catapulted me past it. I was a woman possessed at 2 AM in the morning, frantically tapping away at my tablet, gobbling up the words on the page.

There are books that entertain you. Then there are books that hijack your life and compel you to finish reading until your eyes are burning at 4 in the morning. The story follows Lowen Ashleigh, a struggling writer hired to complete the remaining books of a blockbuster series after its original author, Verity Crawford, is incapacitated in a devastating accident.

The Tenant by Freida McFadden made me irrationally furious over something as seemingly mundane as bad smells. I gave this book a solid 4.5 stars, because it did exactly what it set out to do — make me deeply, viscerally uncomfortable. And honestly? That counts for a lot.

Let’s address the elephant in the psychological thriller room. Yes, The Housemaid by Freida McFadden is wildly popular. Yes, it’s the book everyone recommends when you ask for a fast, twisty thriller. And yes, it deserves the hype. NO DOUBT. It had me up till 3 AM and I DEVOURED that book. But if I have to see The Housemaid recommended one more time without acknowledging that Freida McFadden has written multiple other unhinged, binge-worthy thrillers , I might personally lo

‘The Housemaid’ by Freida McFadden is amazingly thrilling and unputdownable. I could not stop reading.