Just a girl and her books
DYER LANE | Marie Aitchison 09.01.2022 | Self Published Rating: 4.5/5 stars Dyer Lane is a place enveloped in urban legends. It has a sinister past with layers of dark secrets full of witchcraft, cults, murder, and the supernatural. One night, a group of friends decide to go there in hopes of having a paranormal … Continue reading Book Review: Dyer Lane
GHOST EATERS | Clay McLeod Chapman 09.20.2022 | Quirk Books Rating: 3.5/5 stars Erin hasn’t been able to set a single boundary with her charismatic but reckless college ex-boyfriend, Silas. When he asks her to bail him out of rehab—again—she knows she needs to cut him off. But days after he gets out, Silas turns … Continue reading Book Review: Ghost Eaters
ALL THE LIVING AND THE DEAD | Hayley Campbell 08.16.2022 | St. Martin’s Press Rating: 4/5 stars We are surrounded by death. It is in our news, our nursery rhymes, our true-crime podcasts. Yet from a young age, we are told that death is something to be feared. How are we supposed to know what … Continue reading Book Review: All the Living and the Dead
I’M THE GIRL | Courtney Summers 09.13.2022 | Wednesday Books Rating: 4/5 stars When sixteen-year-old Georgia Avis discovers the dead body of thirteen-year-old Ashley James, she teams up with Ashley's older sister, Nora, to find and bring the killer to justice before he strikes again. But their investigation throws Georgia into a world of unimaginable … Continue reading Book Review: I’m the Girl
THE HONEYS | Ryan La Sala 08.16.2022 | PUSH Rating: 4.5/5 stars Mars has always been the lesser twin, the shadow to his sister Caroline's radiance. But when Caroline dies under horrific circumstances, Mars is propelled to learn all he can about his sister. Mars's gender fluidity means he's often excluded from the traditions -- … Continue reading Book Review: The Honeys
THE TWO LIVES OF SARA | Catherine Adel West 09.06.2022 | Park Row Rating: 5/5 stars Sara King has nothing, save for her secrets and the baby in her belly, as she boards the bus to Memphis, hoping to outrun her past in Chicago. She is welcomed with open arms by Mama Sugar, a kindly … Continue reading Book Review: The Two Lives of Sara
HOW TO SURVIVE YOUR MURDER | Danielle Valentine 08.30.2022 | Razorbill Rating: 5/5 stars Alice Lawrence is the sole witness in her sister’s murder trial. And in the year since Claire’s death, Alice’s life has completely fallen apart. Her parents have gotten divorced, she’s moved into an apartment that smells like bologna, and she is … Continue reading Book Review: How to Survive Your Murder
ALL THE BROKEN GIRLS | Linda Hurtado Bond 08.23.2022 | Entangled Publishing Rating: 4/5 stars Crime reporter Mari Alvarez was never able to solve her mother’s murder ten years ago. But when a woman is gunned down on the doorstep of her West Tampa neighborhood, Mari can’t shake the eerie sense of connection. Now there … Continue reading Book Review: All the Broken Girls
THE TROOP | Nick Cutter 02.25.2014 | Gallery Books Rating: 4.5/5 stars Once every year, Scoutmaster Tim Riggs leads a troop of boys into the Canadian wilderness for a weekend camping trip—a tradition as comforting and reliable as a good ghost story around a roaring bonfire. But when an unexpected intruder stumbles upon their campsite—shockingly … Continue reading Book Review: The Troop
THE DISAPPEARING ACT | Catherine Steadman 06.08.2021 | Ballantine Books Rating: 3.5/5 stars A leading British actress hoping to make a splash in America flies to Los Angeles for the grueling gauntlet known as pilot season, a time when every network and film studio looking to fill the rosters of their new shows entice a … Continue reading Book Review: The Disappearing Act
What Jess Reads 