Category: Book Reviews
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The Sound by Kerry Kennedy: Book Review
Bethany and her family head out to the Spanish mountains for a holiday they hope will give them some good quality family time, but as they near the cabin, Alice, the youngest of them all, starts to see what she thinks are shadows moving around and in front of the car. As usual, these warnings…
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A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J Maas: Book Review
“Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information in Tamlin’s actions and learn what she can about the invading king threatening to bring her land to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit. One slip could bring doom not only for Feyre, but for everything…
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Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard: Book Review
“Mare Barrow’s world is divided by blood – those with red and those with silver. Mare and her family are lowly Reds, destined to serve with the Silver elite whose supernatural abilities make them nearly gods. When Mare accidentally discovers a power of her own she didn’t know she had, the Silver King is forced…
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Shatter Me by Tahereh Mafi: Book Review
Juliette is locked in an asylum for three years for being able to kill someone by just a touch, but after receiving a new cellmate for the first time, everything changes. Her new cellmate turns out to be someone she knew from before, someone she cared for before she was locked away. When she is…
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The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides: Book Review
Alicia Berenson is accused of killing her husband in their home one evening. When she was found and for years after, she does not say a word, not even in her defense at her trials and when she was being interrogated. She was admitted to a psychiatric hospital where many psychiatrists and psychotherapists have tried…
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If She Saw by Blake Pierce: Book Review
Kate Wise is a retired FBI agent but does occasional case work to help out. When 2 couples are found murdered 50 miles apart the same way, Kate is pulled into this case and isn’t leaving until it’s a wrap. Will she find who did it and stop them? This book really took me on…
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The Missing Ones by Patricia Gibney: Book Review
Book Review: St. Angela’s in Ragmullin is a place that was filled with terror and child brutality. A lot of secrets lurk behind those walls and it’s DI Lottie Parker who has to find out what St Angela’s has to do with her investigations of recent murders and a missing persons file squirreled away in…
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Last Seen by Joy Kluver: Book Review
DI Bernie is put on a case for a missing child, Molly, who was taken from a park after school while her mom changed her brother’s diaper. While investigating and trying to find her, Bernie uncovers secrets in the two adjoining villages. She also uncovers a couple secrets about the new DS Anderson. Working together,…
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Mr Mercedes by Stephen King: Book Review
Book Review: Mr Mercedes by Stephen KingPeople are gathered in the early morning fog at a job fair event, waiting for the doors to open in a few hours. While they wait, a man in a stolen gray Mercedes runs over many of these waiting people, killing several and injuring many. Detective Hodges who has…
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Daughter of Sparta by Claire M. Andrews: Book Review
Daphne competes in Carneia in place of her older brother who has somehow disappeared for the time being. After running through the forest, she finds Artemis who puts her on a mission to try to save Olympus after turning her brother into a stag for good measure. Once leaving Sparta, she realizes that the one…