Nerve-wracking and claustrophobic. Five Survive has of the most unique premises I’ve ever read – six friends, trapped in an RV with a sniper outside. The only way out to reveal their secrets. Name: Five Survive Author: Holly Jackson Published: 2022 There’s an excellent Alfred Hitchcock analogy for mystery writing: suspense comes not from havingContinue reading “Must Read New Mystery: ‘Five Survive’ Book Review”
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5 Star Book Review: She Who Became The Sun
I genuinely can’t praise this book enough. Name: She Who Became The Sun Author: Shelley Parker-Chan Released: May 2021 She’ll change the world to survive her fate . . . In Mongol-occupied imperial China, a peasant girl refuses her fate of an early death. Stealing her dead brother’s identity to survive, she rises from monkContinue reading “5 Star Book Review: She Who Became The Sun”
Crier’s War’ Is Like Sapphic Star Wars: A Book Review
This was a disappointing read 🙁 Name: Crier’s War Author: Nina Varela Published: 2019 Impossible love between two girls —one human, one Made. A love that could birth a revolution. After the War of Kinds ravaged the kingdom of Rabu, the Automae, Designed to be the playthings of royals, took over the estates of their ownersContinue reading “Crier’s War’ Is Like Sapphic Star Wars: A Book Review”
Clary Fray Is Not My Bae (City of Bones Review)
I finally started ‘The Mortal Instruments’… and I hate it. Name: City of Bones Author: Cassandra Clare Published: 2007 When fifteen-year-old Clary Fray heads out to the Pandemonium Club in New York City, she hardly expects to witness a murder― much less a murder committed by three teenagers covered with strange tattoos and brandishing bizarreContinue reading “Clary Fray Is Not My Bae (City of Bones Review)”
😍 Top 5 Most Aesthetic Books 😍
Do you ever turn to the cover of a book and start internally screaming (occaisonally externally)? Sometimes this may be to mourn the death of my favourite character, or as a kind of shield between me and any cringeness occuring inside, but often it’s beacause the cover is so beautiful. So today I’m counting downContinue reading “😍 Top 5 Most Aesthetic Books 😍”
2 Star Review: I Am Not a Number
Name: I Am Not A Number Author: Lisa Heathfield Published: 2019 They promised to make the country better for everyone. They didn’t promise this. The Traditionals have been voted to lead the country, winning people over with talks of healing a broken society, of stronger families and safer streets. They promised a happier future forContinue reading “2 Star Review: I Am Not a Number”
The Best Dystopian Thriller of This Year: Killer T
Name: Killer T Author: Robert Muchamore Published: 2018 Harry and Charlie live in a world of designer babies, gene splicing in garages and genetically modified bugs. Now, with a lab in your cellar, you can enhance your brain to pass tests or change a few genes to get a permanent tan and bikini body. But the world didn’t expect the devastation thatContinue reading “The Best Dystopian Thriller of This Year: Killer T”
A B-Tech Jurasic Park: The Extinction Trials
Name: The Extinction Trials Author: S M Wilson Published: 2017 Everyone knows dinosaurs were wiped out millions of years ago. But what if they weren’t? In a near future reality, dinosaurs are no longer things of myth and legend. They are real. And for humans on Earthasia, food is limited and space is close to none. TheContinue reading “A B-Tech Jurasic Park: The Extinction Trials”
Never World Wake
Name: Never World Wake Author: Marisha Pessl Published: 2018 Beatrice hasn’t seen her best friends since Jim’s death. A year later, with her boyfriend’s mysterious demise still an unsolved case, she decides to meet with them one more time. One last time. How wrong she would be. After a close brush with death, a stranger visits their isolated seasideContinue reading “Never World Wake”
The Hate List
Name: The Hate List Author: Jennifer Brown Published: 2009 May 2. Enemies fight, friends tease, bullies torment. Then the first gun shot began. Ever since her boyfriend – Nick – killed students and a teacher in her school cafeteria before turning the gun on himself, Valerie Leftman has struggled with life. As her brother leavesContinue reading “The Hate List”
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