Category: Book Review

  • Book Review: I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai

    Book Review: I Have Some Questions For You by Rebecca Makkai

    I didn’t know what to expect when I picked up this book at the library. I hadn’t read anything from Rebecca Makkai before and honestly never heard of her. Now I feel like every think piece that resonates with me is written by her! She has infiltrated my life. About I Have Some Questions For…

  • What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall – Spoiler-Free Review

    What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall – Spoiler-Free Review

    Naomi Shaw used to believe in magic. Twenty-two years ago, she and her two bets friends spent the summer roaming in the woods, playing a game that became an obsession and a refuge. That sanctuary was shattered when Naomi was attacked. Miraculously, she survived her stab wounds, and the girls’ testimony put away a serial…

  • The Serial Killer’s Daughter by Alice Hunter – Spoiler-Free Review

    The Serial Killer’s Daughter by Alice Hunter – Spoiler-Free Review

    Is murder in the blood? In a sleepy Devon village, a woman is taken from the streets. Local vet Jenny is horrified. This kind of thing doesn’t happen here. But it’s not the first time she’s been so close to a crime scene. The daughter of a prolific serial killer, she’s spent her whole life…

  • Hope to Die by Cara Hunter – Spoiler-free Book Review

    Hope to Die by Cara Hunter – Spoiler-free Book Review

    When a body is found in a farmhouse in a gruesome state, DI Adam Fawley is one of the first on the scene. The murder leads Fawley to a convoluted investigation from the past, and a family torn apart by a devastating crime involving the disappearance of a child. Can Fawley piece together the facts…

  • Spoiler Free Book Review: Weyward by Emilia Hart

    Spoiler Free Book Review: Weyward by Emilia Hart

    It’s been a hot minute since I wrote a decent book review! But I felt like I needed to write more about this book. This is Emilia Hart’s debut novel and I am quite excited to see what else she will write! But first a little bit about the book. Kate, 2019 Kate flees London…

  • What I have been reading #2

    What I have been reading #2

    I’ve been in such a reading slump lately! And what a better way to try to start reading more than to write about some of the books I have finished! Todes Rache by Andreas Gruber 1/5 Ehhh, this book was just long. I didn’t like the main plot points in it, but I think it…

  • What I’ve been reading.

    What I’ve been reading.

    I wanted to write a book review about every book I read in my 101 things in 1001 days challenge but then I read faster than I could sit down and write and I just made it all much bigger in my head and then I just didn’t do it. But at the same time…

  • Book Review: The Perfect Girlfriend by Karen Hamilton

    Book Review: The Perfect Girlfriend by Karen Hamilton

    I am not sure what it was that made me pick up the The Perfect Girlfriend and decide to read it. I think it sounded just interesting and I wanted to see if it was as predictable as I assumed it would be. Honestly, I was quite excited to read something new and exciting. The…

  • Book Review: The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

    Book Review: The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton

    For some strange reason the book has two names. The US version is called The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle (Amazon affiliate link) whilst the UK version is The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. I am not sure what the extra half death is all about. What really grabbed my attention with this book…

  • Book Review: Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews

    Book Review: Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews

    I picked up Red Sparrow (affiliate link) at the library because I had heard about it. I hadn’t heard good or bad things just that it was a book and a film. I haven’t seen the film but decided that a spy novel might be a fun read, similar to crime novels but different. The…