Title: Spells for ForgettingAuthor: Adrienne Young Genre: Fantasy, MysteryPublishes On: September 27, 2022Publisher: Delacorte PressSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 352 Synopsis: A rural island community steeped in the mystical superstitions of its founders and haunted by an unsolved murder is upended by the return of the suspected killer in this deeply atmospheric novel. Emery Blackwood’s life was forever …
Tag: Mystery
ARC Book Review | Stay Awake by Megan Goldin
Title: Stay AwakeAuthor: Megan GoldinGenre: ThrillerPublished On: August 9, 2022Publisher: St. Martin’s PressSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 352 Synopsis: Liv Reese wakes up in the back of a taxi with no idea where she is or how she got there. When she’s dropped off at the door of her brownstone, a stranger answers—a stranger who now lives …
ARC Book Review | Alias Emma by Ava Glass
Title: Alias EmmaAuthor: Ava GlassGenre: Thriller, MysteryPublished On: August 2, 2022Publisher: BantamSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 273 Synopsis: Emma Makepeace is about to spend the longest night in her life. She’s on her first operation with a shadowy organization known only as ‘The Agency’, assigned to track down and save an innocent man wanted by the Russian …
ARC Review | Our Little World by Karen Winn
Title: Our Little WorldAuthor: Karen WinnGenre: MysteryPublishes On: May 3, 2022Publisher: DuttonSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 352 Synopsis: “I was intrigued by Our Little World from the chilling first paragraph. It’s a coming-of-age novel complicated by a tragic and untimely death, and it’s also a novel about two sisters you will never forget. I fell in love …
ARC Review | Very Bad People by Kit Frick
Title: Very Bad PeopleAuthor: Kit FrickGenre: YA, Thriller, MysteryPublished On: April 5 2022Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry BooksSource: physical (book subscription box)Pages: 416 Synopsis: In this dark academia young adult thriller for fans of The Female of the Species and People Like Us, a teen girl’s search for answers about her mother’s mysterious death leads to a powerful secret …
ARC Book Review | The Last House on the Street by Diane Chamberlain
Title: The Last House on the StreetAuthor: Diane Chamberlain Genre: Historical FictionPublished On: January 11, 2022Publisher: St. Martin’s PressSource: digitalPages: 352 Synopsis: From bestselling author Diane Chamberlain comes an irresistible new novel that perfectly interweaves history, mystery, and social justice. When Kayla Carter’s husband dies in an accident while building their dream house, she knows she …
My November TBR
Hello Readers! Whether we’re ready or not, November is here. Since I’ll be participating in Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month) this month, my TBR will be very low-pressure and full of things I “hope” to get to. I’ve finished My Popsugar Reading Challenge for the year, read all the ARCs I currently have due for …
ARC Review | The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
Title: The MaidensAuthor: Alex MichaelidesGenre: Fiction, ThrillerPublished On: June 15, 2021Publisher: Celadon BooksSource: physicalPages: 352 Synopsis: Edward Fosca is a murderer. Of this Mariana is certain. But Fosca is untouchable. A handsome and charismatic Greek Tragedy professor at Cambridge University, Fosca is adored by staff and students alike—particularly by the members of a secret society …
ARC Review | The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
Title: The Last Thing He Told MeAuthor: Laura DaveGenre: Mystery ThrillerPublished On: May 4, 2021Publisher: Simon SchusterSource: digital (Netgalley)Pages: 320 Synopsis: We all have stories we never tell.Before Owen Michaels disappears, he manages to smuggle a note to his beloved wife of one year: Protect her. Despite her confusion and fear, Hannah Hall knows exactly to …
ARC Book Review | The Night Swim by Megan Goldin
Title: The Night SwimAuthor: Megan Goldin Genre: Mystery, ThrillerPublished On: August 4, 2020Publisher: St. Martin’s PressSource: ebookPages: 352 Synopsis: (CW: Rape, sexual assault, murder) After the first season of her true crime podcast became an overnight sensation and set an innocent man free, Rachel Krall is now a household name―and the last hope for thousands of …