Amy Suto's Blog: Writing, Substack Growth & Travel Guides

My Body Keeps the Score review: I read it in 2020, mid-health-journey and newly sober, and it reframed how I think about the body-mind connection. With one asterisk.

Catherine Cowles opens her Starlight Grove series with a small-town romance wrapped around a missing-person thread. My spoiler-free review of a romance with a real plot engine under it.

My Catch and Kill review: I read it while working in Hollywood as MeToo began, and it hit home. Farrow’s investigation, rated honestly and spoiler-free.

Ali Hazelwood’s Two Can Play is a solid, enjoyable enemies-to-lovers novella set in the video game world. My spoiler-free review: what works, what’s missing, and where to start if you’re new to her books.

My How to Do Nothing review: the anti-hustle book a friend mailed me during the pandemic — what it freed me from, and the one thing it doesn’t give you.

The Witch Collector has professional-grade prose and a premise I loved — so why the shrug? My honest, spoiler-free review of Charissa Weaks’ romantasy.

My Bad Blood review: the Theranos exposé as anatomy of a scandal — how institutions rot from the inside, told by the reporter who broke it. Rated honestly.

For 80% of Metal Slinger I thought I’d found my next favorite series. My spoiler-free review of a nearly great romantasy — and the ending that changed my mind.

My Real Artists Don’t Starve review: the book that helped spark the thesis of Write for Money and Power. What surprised me, and where my focus differs.

A solid pirate romantasy that needed rougher water. My honest, spoiler-free review of The Ever King by L.J. Andrews — sirens, revenge, and stakes that stay too safe.

My Born a Crime review: the rare celebrity memoir that actually works — genuinely funny, genuinely heartbreaking, and balanced in a way that’s really special.

I read A Court This Cruel & Lovely in one day and immediately started book two. My spoiler-free review of the ultimate reading-slump cure — and its limits.

My Artist’s Way review — a confession: I never did the full 12 weeks, and I still rate it 5 stars. Who this book transforms, and who just needs the morning pages.

Three books in, the House of Devils series has grown on me. My honest City of Lies and Legends review: great emotional payoffs wrapped in repeated exposition.

My Gone Girl review: I pride myself on calling twists, and this one got me completely. No spoilers — the twist stays hidden here. 5 out of 5 stars.