The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides: A Character Study of the Morally Gray

With simple prose and short chapters, this novel is easy to follow and a fairly quick read. The concept is fascinating: a woman kills her husband and never speaks again, the point of view cutting between her psychotherapist and her own journal entries leading up to the murder.

As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson: A Thrilling Conclusion When Paired With Suspension of Disbelief *SPOILERS*

A very solid 4. 4.5, even, but it's a four-star-4.5 instead of 5-star-4.5 because I'd feel bad rating the finale greater than the first. (This, however, should be taken with a grain of salt because--like a body temperature decreasing as time passes--my feelings on a book often falter.)