Anna Dressed in Blood – book review

Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake Audio edition Horror Supernatural Suspense Thriller * * * * Stars (Great!) Cas is a professional teenage ghost hunter. He uses his father’s athame (specially blessed – or possibly cursed – knife) to send harmful, destructive, dangerous spirits to their eternal rest. His father was killed several years ago, and while Cas is following in his footsteps, he’s also amassing the knowledge, experience, and power he will need … Read more

Ashes (Bick) – book review

Ashes by Ilsa Bick Audio edition Horror Supernatural Suspense Thriller * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) Alex, a teenage girl with cancer, decides to hike out into the woods to scatter her parents’ ashes and make some decisions about her own life. While she’s out in the wilderness, something catastrophic happens – perhaps an EMP (electro-magnetic pulse) – and the whole world changes. Some people die outright, some people change into zombie-like cannibalistic creatures, … Read more

Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick – book review

Au Revoir, Crazy European Chick by Joe Schreiber Mystery Realistic Fiction Suspense Thriller * * * * Stars (Great!) Perry Stormaire’s family has been hosting Gobija Zaksauskas – a Lithuanian foreign exchange student – for the past few months. Gobi is definitely not what Perry had hoped for (hot, experienced), although she does have an outrageous accent. But she’s not what she seems, either. Just before she’s supposed to go back to Lithuania, she expresses … Read more

January – book review

January Conspiracy 365 #1 by Gabrielle Lord Suspense Thriller * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) It is New Year’s Eve, and 15-year-old Callum Ormond is chased down the street by a staggering, sick man with a deadly warning, “They killed your father. They’ll kill you. You must survive the next 365 days”. Following the first attempt on his life Callum is accused of a crime he didn’t commit. He is hurled into a life … Read more

Long Walk – Read It and Rate It

The Long Walk by Stephen King Horror Suspense Thriller * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) One hundred teenage boys walk throughout the country. Ray Garraty is a sixteen year old who participates in this event. The catch is that you must not fall under speed, stumble, or sit down. You are allowed three warnings, but after those three, you will get your ticket. Once you get your ticket, you will never return home again.

Rules of Survival – book review

The Rules of Survival by Nancy Werlin Realistic Fiction Suspense Thriller * * * Stars (Pretty Good) Matthew knows that something has to be done about his mother, Nikki. She’s vicious, unpredictable, abusive, and she’s constantly putting him and his sisters, Callie and Emmy, in danger. So, when he sees Murdoch – a man he doesn’t even know yet – standing up for another kid, he comes up with a plan. Maybe Murdoch will protect … Read more

Last Known Victim – Read It and Rate It

Last Known Victim by Erica Spindler Mystery Suspense Thriller * * * * Stars (Great!) A cop, Captain Patti O’Shay, is put on a case where the serial killer murdered six women before Hurricane Katrina while dealing with her husband, another cop’s death. After Katrina, they find a corpse that they know the murderer killed along with Patti’s husband’s police badge. Patti works extra hard on the case, or else she could become the last … Read more

Locked Inside – Read It and Rate It

Locked Inside by Nancy Werlin Realistic Fiction Suspense Thriller * * * * Stars (Great!) Marnie Skydottir is the daughter of a famous person. She spends most of her time on the computer where she talks with a person called “The Elf” on the game. She went on too much, so they took her computer away. She then finds herself kidnapped and thrown in a locked cell in a basement. The only person who can … Read more

Bad Beginning – Read It and Rate It

The Bad Beginning A Series of Unfortunate Events #1 by Lemony Snicket Adventure Mystery Suspense Thriller Review # 1 * * * * Stars (Great!) This is the first book in the “Unfortunate Events” series. In the book, Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire lose their parents in a fire. They are then sent to live with Count Olaf, a distant relative. While living with him, they find out about an evil plan that he has. … Read more

Gregor and the Marks of Secret – Read It and Rate It

Gregor and the Marks of Secret The Underland Chronicles series #4 by Suzanne Collins Adventure Fantasy Suspense Thriller Review #1 * * * * * Stars (Amazing!) This book is the 4th in the ‘Underland Chronicles’ series. It continues the story of Gregor and Boots. I loved it because of the great descriptions and the fast-paced plot. Review #2 * * * * Stars (Great!) Gregor’s bond Ares and his mother are recovering from the … Read more