Fond of: In The Killer Next Door by Alex Marwood the character The Lover is creepy. Like Buffalo Bill creepy, taking embalming to a completely different level. He was a perfect villain. He has you terrified of him but not to the extent that the reader is looking over their shoulder scary. The Killer Next Door had […]
The first two books of The Tiger and Dove trilogy are filled with carnage, but Solomon’s Bride ends on an uplifting note. Although I warned myself, there is still one chapter left in Sofia’s story she can’t have her fairy tale ending yet. Fond of: Tragedy does not strike the same as it did in […]
Initial Thoughts: To be honest when I first picked up Until You’re Mine the plot reminded me of a Lifetime movie I had seen involving a deranged nanny who desperately wanted a child. I hate comparing books to Lifetime movies as it can quickly cheapen it. That is never my intention. Despite this judgement the […]
Fond of: Novels about devious children have always interested me, thus the plot for The Wicked Girls drew me in. I thought the concept of how one day or action could drastically change someones life is an interesting idea and the topsy-turvyness was well executed. The flashbacks to 1986, the day of the crime were well paced and […]
Fond of: An Untamed State puts your stomach in knots. The thing I liked most about Gay’s novel is that she does not go ultra graphic with the rape and torture scenes. It is enough for the reader to realize the extremity of the situation but was not sickened enough to cease my reading. I also liked […]
Fond of: Liked that it was told anonymously Enjoyed reading the growth of our storyteller and that life goes on even after someone leaves us. Lyrical, beautiful writing Original letter format — a lost art. Not fond of: Dear Thief felt a little disjointed. it had an interesting plot but did have to go […]
Fond of: Not only do we get one returning character, but three. Stephen, Holly, and Frank Mackey are older and smarter than they were the last time we met. I loved seeing their development and the stubbornness all three took on. Like In The Woods, where a teen is the focus and inevitable culprit I […]
Can I say Wow? Is it too cliché to say Tana French has done it again? If it is well, I really don’t care because it is true! French has hit another ball out of the park. In the tv show Castle, the real culprit is surreptitiously brought into question and typically dismissed, only to […]
Review: The Good: I’m typically not a romance novel kind of person, but I’ve always enjoyed reading about women behind the (fill infamous man here) perhaps I would have enjoyed People Magazine if it existed in the early 1900s. The details depicted to Picasso’s paintings were miraculous and could vividly picture them. Eva’s yellow kimono […]
Fond of: Tana French has great character development particularly Frank Mackey’s family. From the start it was obvious that things weren’t right in the head, it was dysfunctional family on high. Besides the fact that he is still mooning over his first love I really don’t have much to say about Frank. He did his […]