Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell.  Even the author admits this is a bizarre book. I like a good thriller but this was more of a mystery to me but lacked suspense. I finished because I was curious how it all tied together. I had trouble getting into it. Sometimes the switch between character POV’s was jarring. And this is the first book I’ve read where so much was written in third person present tense and that threw me off sometimes. Also, I had figured out some of the plot pretty quick. It’s almost like the author need more suspects to throw things off more, more red herrings. Maybe because I read it as a mystery rather than some type of family drama and it was the family dynamic that was more the story than the mystery. Finished but going in the donate box.

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Ash Kickers by Sean Grigsby.  Continuation of the Smoke Eaters story. Followed Tamerica of the original crew as she has doubts about her role as a smoke eater. Now there’s new trouble, more than dragons, and some shitty citizens promoting us only and none of these damn immigrants. Also much dissing of the smoke eaters and their work and a mercenary army. Politicians all suck. Looking at a setup in the next book for the smoke eaters as a saviors. Not as enjoyable a read as the first book. Finished and I’ll put it on the shelf, but I don’t know if I’ll read it again.

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Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan.  I enjoyed the movie more. Much tighter story line and tighter character cast than the book. I just didn’t get a sense of story for all the characters.  Finished but going in the donate box.