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Book Review – Gretchen by Shannon Kirk

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Gretchen: A Thriller

I loved this author’s other book (Method 15/33) so I was REALLY excited about this new release when I found out about it. I love stories about people on the run, in hiding, and especially when it involves children (and she has a knack for writing creepy-ish yet clever teens).

Such an intriguing blurb, and the reviews were promising (for the most part – but it seems this one may have been better as an audiobook!) so I dropped everything and jumped right in. Unfortunately, in the last half to last quarter of the book, it seemed I was dropping the story, and doing everything else instead. *sigh* I hate when that happens. read more

Book Review – Baby Teeth by Zoje Stage

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Baby Teeth: A Novel
I was DESPERATE to read this book the minute it came out and kept stalking it to see if it would go on sale. I AM ALWAYS in the mood for this genre, and the day it finally did go on sale, I one clicked that sucker SO HARD and I swear I SQUEEED SO LOUD, the whole book-world could hear it. 😉

Yep, it’s not only alpha males that make me squee. The creepy stuff does too! *snort* 😛

Cynthia: …a new one you shouldn’t miss, “Baby Teeth” by Zoje Stage… Little girls are supposed to love their mothers…. read more

Book Review – Trespassing: A Novel by Brandi Reeds

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Trespassing: A Novel
Psych-thriller alert!!! After all of my romance love lately, I needed a good rush of a different kind (the adrenaline kind!!), and I had been eyeing this one in my own library since it was released, so I jumped in!

GAH!!! THAT BLURB!!! How could I possibly resist it any longer?

Great read that had me guessing from the very start with an eerie beginning that had me sure I knew where it was going! And yet, as clues were revealed, I was imagining at least three different potential outcomes until finally… finalllllllly… it came to a head in the last quarter. And that was just enough time to clear up my mind (although, in my personal opinion, I think one of my own theories would have been more exciting). Tee hee!!! LOL!!! 😛 read more

Book Review – Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson

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Allegedly
Oooooh I just finished it. Oh yes. I have goosebumps. *shivers* LOL!!!!! Oh how it caught me in its web and spun itself around me. Look at that cover. Doesn’t it just haunt you? The story will, too.

And thanks to a few of my thrill-seeking book-buds, this one came highly recommended and was everything I imagined it would be.

Tasha: “This one was crazy. Crazy, crazy. Lol And thrilling and powerful. It put my nerves through the ringer! Mary’s narrative was extremely compelling. The only thing I could’ve done without, was the twist. I felt it took away from the message.” read more

Book Review – My Sister Rosa by Justine Larbalestier

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My Sister Rosa

“What if the most terrifying person you know is your ten-year-old sister? 

Che Taylor loves his younger sister, Rosa. But he’s also certain that she’s a psychopath—clinically, threateningly, dangerously. Recently Rosa has been making trouble, hurting things. 

Che is the only one who knows; he’s the only one his sister trusts. Rosa is smart, talented, pretty, and very good at hiding what she is and the manipulation she’s capable of….”

Yep. With a blurb like that, you know I one-clicked it so hard. I was DYING to read this. I’m so into any story that has to do with psychological issues and relationships or society. From all sorts of standpoints, whether it’s a romance, or a psych-thriller, but especially from the perspective of the one with the disorder, or the victim (or relationship partner… what have you). read more