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NO EXIT by Taylor Adams

March 30, 2019 by Ariana Leave a Comment

Genre: Suspense, Thriller
Publisher: William & Morrow
Pages: 352
Author’s Website
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars

As 2019 started out I was in a reading slump. Every new book I picked up didn’t grab my attention enough to keep reading, was boring, or I disliked the protagonist. After putting down the 27th book uncompleted I thought maybe it was me, perhaps I didn’t like to read anymore or could be burned out from reading. Then I saw Taylor Adam’s NO EXIT. I read the excerpt which piqued my interest enough to buy it. Well, let me say I found out I still loved reading and wasn’t burned out from it as I feared.

DEEPEST BLUE by Sarah Beth Durst

March 5, 2019 by Ariana Leave a Comment

DEEPEST BLUE by Sarah Beth Durst
Genre: Fantasy
Series:The Queens of Renthia: Book 4
Publisher: Harper Voyager
Pages: 368
Author’s Website
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars

I was thrilled to see Sarah Beth Durst did a standalone novel in the Queens of Renthia series and immediately dove into THE DEEPEST BLUE to see where she would take us in the world of Renthia.

RUNNER by Patrick Lee

October 7, 2018 by Ariana Leave a Comment

RUNNER by PATRICK LEE

Genre: Thriller, Suspense, Mystery
Series: Sam Dryden Book 1
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Pages: 336
Author’s Website
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars

RUNNER is one of the most entertaining and enjoyable books I’ve read this year. Steve Berry’s blurb for the book really sums it up, “This is thriller done right. It literally begs to be read on one sitting. I said it before and I’ll say it again: Patrick Lee is the real deal.”

THE BROKEN GIRLS by Simone ST. James

September 20, 2018 by Ariana Leave a Comment

THE BROKEN GIRLS by Simone ST. James

Genre Mystery, Suspense, Thriller
Publisher: Berkley
Pages: 326
Author’s Website
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars

Take a 1950s boarding school for unwanted girls, a ghost that shows you your darkest fears, the murder of two girls found at the boarding school, a mystery, and you have one gripping novel.

THE GREY BASTARDS by Jonthan French

September 9, 2018 by Ariana Leave a Comment

THE GREY BASTARDS by Jonathan French

Genre: Fantasy
Series: The Lot Lands #1
Publisher: Crown
Pages: 432
Author’s Website
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars

THE GREY BASTARDS is one of the best fleshed out fantasy worlds I have read this year. Hell, it’s one of the few fantasy books I finished this year. Jonathan French is a talented storyteller and created a cast of characters I enjoyed following.

INTO THE BLACK NOWHERE by Meg Gardiner

September 2, 2018 by Ariana Leave a Comment

INTO THE BLACK NOWHERE by Meg Gardiner

Genre: Thriller and Suspense
Series: Unsub
Publisher: Dutton
Pages: 368
Author’s Website
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars

Meg Gardiner doesn’t waste any time jumping right into the action with INTO THE BACK NOWHERE. I love how lean her writing is and how she focuses on the meat of the story, sprinkling enough FBI procedural, profiling and intimate looks into her character’s lives to keep you hooked.

THE GIRL IN THE MOON by Terry Goodkind

August 30, 2018 by Ariana Leave a Comment

THE GIRL IN THE MOON by Terry Goodkind

Genre: Thriller and Suspense
Series: Jack Raines
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Pages: 488
Author’s Website
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars

We have all seen news footage or read actual accounts of people and their families lives torn apart by the brutality and senseless acts of killers and madmen. I’m sure we all have wanted those monsters found, and justice served so they couldn’t do it again. Well, Terry Goodkind lets us live that fantasy in THE GIRL IN THE MOON through Angela Constantine.

PENDULUM by Andy Hamdy

August 27, 2018 by Ariana Leave a Comment

PENDULUM by Adam Hamdy

Genre: Thriller and Suspense
Series: Pendulum Trilogy
Publisher: Quercus
Pages: 496
Author’s Website
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars

Pendulum is a high octane thriller in the same vein as The Fugitive. Andy Hamdy plunges the reader right into the action from page one with John Wallace coming to conscious with a noose around his neck and his killer still in his apartment, and it goes from bad to devastating for Wallace.

DODGING AND BURNING by John Copenhaver

August 1, 2018 by Ariana Leave a Comment

DODGING AND BURNING by John Copenhaver

Genre: Mystery, Historical Fiction
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Pages: 365
Author’s Website
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars

When I began reading John Copenhaver’s DODGING AND BURNING, his language and the way he started the story to me were reminiscent of To Kill A Mockingbird. And like To Kill A Mockingbird this story is about love, family, friendships, and coming of age.

CAGED by Ellison Cooper

July 23, 2018 by Ariana 2 Comments

CAGED by Ellison Cooper

Genre: Thriller & Suspense
Publisher: Minotaur Books
Pages: 368
Author’s Website
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars

Debut author Ellison Cooper had me up until 3am reading her dark and disturbing novel CAGED.

What I enjoyed about this book, besides being a great story, was how Copper’s vividly described her characters physically. For example with this passage describing a killer.

The man filled the space around him like a mountain forged from solid rock. Thick Jowls hung like slabs of met off his face. Matted blond hair sprung from his head like a bird’s nest. Most terrifying were the killer’s hands, with fingers like muscled eels.