Just a girl and her books
DEAD FLIP | Sara Farizan 08.30.2022 | Algonquin Young Readers Rating: 4/5 stars Growing up, Cori, Maz, and Sam were inseparable best friends, sharing their love for Halloween, arcade games, and one another. Now it’s 1992, Sam has been missing for five years, and Cori and Maz aren’t speaking anymore. How could they be, when … Continue reading Book Review: Dead Flip
THE HACIENDA | Isabel Cañas 05.03.2022 | Berkley Rating: 3.5/5 stars In the overthrow of the Mexican government, Beatriz’s father is executed and her home destroyed. When handsome Don Rodolfo Solórzano proposes, Beatriz ignores the rumors surrounding his first wife’s sudden demise, choosing instead to seize the security his estate in the countryside provides. But … Continue reading Book Review: The Hacienda
THEY DROWN OUR DAUGHTERS | Katrina Monroe 7.12.22 | Poisoned Pen Press Rating: 3/5 stars They say Cape Disappointment is haunted. That's why tourists used to flock there in droves. They'd visit the rocky shoreline under the old lighthouse's watchful eye and fish shells from the water as they pretended to spot dark shapes in … Continue reading Book Review: They Drown Our Daughters
CLOWN IN A CORNFIELD 2: FRENDO LIVES | Adam Cesare 08.23.2022 | Harper Teen Rating: 4.5/5 stars BEWARE OF SPOILERS IF YOU HAVEN’T READ BOOK 1! After barely making it out of the Kettle Springs cornfields alive, Quinn’s first year away at college should be safe and easy. All she wants is to be normal … Continue reading Book Review: Clown in a Cornfield 2: Frendo Lives
OLD COUNTRY | Matt Query & Harrison Query 07.26.2022 | Grand Central Publishing Rating: 3/5 stars It’s the house of their dreams. Former marine Harry and his wife, Sasha, have packed up their life and their golden retriever, Dash, and fled the corporate rat race to live off the land in rural Idaho. Their breathtaking … Continue reading Book Review: Old Country
THE DEPTHS | Nicole Lesperance 09.13.2022 | Razorbill Rating: 5/5 stars Eulalie Island should be a paradise, but to Addie Spencer, it's more like a prison. Forced to tag along to the remote island on her mother's honeymoon, Addie isn't thrilled about being trapped there for two weeks. The island is stunning, with its secluded … Continue reading Book Review: The Depths
GALLOWS HILL | Darcy Coates 09.06.2022 | Poisoned Pen Press Rating: 3/5 stars The Hull family has owned the Gallows Hill Winery for generations, living and working on the beautiful grounds where they grow their famous grapes. Until the night Mr. and Mrs. Hull settle down for the evening...and are dead by morning. When their … Continue reading Book Review: Gallows Hill
LITTLE EVE | Catriona Ward 10.11.2022 | Tor Nightfire Rating: 4/5 stars On the wind-battered isle of Altnaharra, off the wildest coast of Scotland, a clan prepares to bring about the end of the world and its imminent rebirth. The Adder is coming and one of their number will inherit its powers. They all want … Continue reading Book Review: Little Eve
ECHO| Thomas Olde Heuvelt 02.08.2022 | Tor Nightfire Rating: 3/5 stars Travel journalist and mountaineer Nick Grevers awakes from a coma to find that his climbing buddy, Augustin, is missing and presumed dead. Nick’s own injuries are as extensive as they are horrifying. His face wrapped in bandages and unable to speak, Nick claims amnesia—but … Continue reading Book Review: Echo
LUTE | Jennifer Marie Thorne 10.04.2022 | Tor Nightfire Rating: 5/5 stars On the idyllic island of Lute, every seventh summer, seven people die. No more, no less. Lute and its inhabitants are blessed, year after year, with good weather, good health, and good fortune. They live a happy, superior life, untouched by the war … Continue reading Book Review: Lute
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