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THE VIOLENCE | Delilah S. Dawson 02.01.2022 | Del Rey Books Rating: 4/5 stars Chelsea Martin appears to be the perfect housewife: married to her high school sweetheart, the mother of two daughters, keeper of an immaculate home. But Chelsea’s husband has turned their home into a prison where he has been abusing her for … Continue reading Book Review: The Violence
DEVOLUTION | Max Brooks 06.16.2020 | Del Rey Books Rating: 4.5/5 stars As the ash and chaos from Mount Rainier's eruption swirled and finally settled, the story of the Greenloop massacre has passed unnoticed, unexamined…until now. But the journals of resident Kate Holland, recovered from the town’s bloody wreckage, capture a tale too harrowing - … Continue reading Book Review: Devolution
THE BOOK OF ACCIDENTS | Chuck Wendig 07.20.2021 | Del Rey Books Rating: 5/5 stars Long ago, Nathan lived in a house in the country with his abusive father. He’s never told his family what happened there. Long ago, Maddie was a little girl making dolls in her bedroom when she saw something she shouldn’t … Continue reading Book Review: The Book of Accidents
RED RISING | Pierce Brown (Red Rising Saga #1) 01.28.2014 | Del Rey Rating: 5/5 stars The Earth is dying. Darrow is a Red, a miner in the interior of Mars. His mission is to extract enough precious elements to one day allow Mars to be a habitable planet. The Reds are making the ultimate … Continue reading Book Review: Red Rising
MALORIE | Josh Malerman (Bird Box #2) 07.21.2020 | Del Rey Books Rating: 4.5/5 stars Warning: Potential spoilers ahead MALORIE is the follow-up to BIRD BOX and picks up shortly after where the events of the first book ended. We are instantly reunited with Malorie and her two children as they attempt to navigate their … Continue reading Book Review: Malorie
MEXICAN GOTHIC | Silvia Moreno-Garcia 06.30.2020 | Del Rey Rating: 5/5 stars An isolated mansion. A chillingly charismatic aristocrat. A brave socialite sent to uncover the secrets long buried at High Place. Noemí Taboada has been sent by her father to High Place after they received a frantic letter from her newlywed cousin, Catalina, begging … Continue reading Book Review: Mexican Gothic
THE ONE | John Marrs 05.04.2017 | Del Rey Rating: 5/5 stars Match Your DNA promises that with just a simple mouth swab you can be paired to your perfect partner, the person who is your genetic match. Since the service launched a decade ago, millions of people around the world have submitted themselves to … Continue reading Book Review: The One
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