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THE GIRL IN THE MOON by Terry Goodkind

August 30, 2018 by Ariana Leave a Comment

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.

SKYJACK by K.J. Howe

July 22, 2018 by Ariana Leave a Comment

SKYJACK by K.J. Howe

Genre: Thriller and Suspense
Series: Thea Paris #2
Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
Pages: 368
Author’s Website
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars

SKYJACK was one of the most thrilling and suspenseful books I read this year. What really impressed me about the book is how K.J. Howe populates her world with so many diverse and interesting characters.

I love Thea Paris, and the best way to sum her up is how her enemies see her from this conversation between Prospero and priest during a confession.

MAZE MASTER by Kathleen O’Neal Gear

July 21, 2018 by Ariana Leave a Comment

MAZE MASTER by Kathleen O’Neal Gear

Genre: Thriller, Mystery, Suspense
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Pages: 352
Author’s Website
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars

If Michael Crichton and Dan Brown had collaborated on a book MAZE MASTER would be the result. But, Katheleen O’Neal Gear beat them to it. She uses her adept storytelling skills combined with her archaeologist and scientific knowledge to create a superb apocalyptic thriller.

IT SLEEPS IN ME (In me #1) Kathleen O’Neal Gear

July 7, 2018 by Ariana Leave a Comment

IT SLEEPS IN ME (IN ME #1) Kathleen O’Neal Gear

Genre: Fiction/Native American
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages: 320
Author’s Website
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars

Kathleen O’Neal Gear created a complex and intriguing character with Sora, the High Chieftess of the Black Falcon Nation. Gear pulled me immediately into wanting to know who Sora is with the first sentence in the book,“OF COURSE, YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND. HOW COULD ANY SANE person believe that he is still alive inside me?” As I delved deeper into Sora’s world it nt only showed me a culture’s beliefs, customs, and mythology but how the Native Americans explained schizophrenia or epilepsy. Not only does Sora have to deal with her condition, she has to decide the fate of her clan, their relationship with the other tribal nations, conspiracies, and deal with the return of her dead ex-husband’s soul—which was the most interesting scenes in the book.

THE LAST PARRISH by Liv Constantine

July 5, 2018 by Ariana Leave a Comment

THE LAST PARRISH by Liv Constantine

Genre: Fiction/Psychological Thriller
Publisher: Harper
Pages: 400
Author’s Website
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars

Talk about a dark, twisted story, THE LAST MRS. PARRISH is not the type of book I usually read but my librarian practically shoved the book in my hand and told I had to read it. Knowing she would question me about it when I saw her next, I sat down and to my surprise finished the book in one evening.

OUTPOST (Donovan Trilogy #1) W. Michael Gear

July 4, 2018 by Ariana Leave a Comment

OUTPOST (Donovan Trilogy #1) by W. Michael Gear

Genre: Science Fiction
Series: Donovan #1
Publisher: DAW
Pages: 432
Author’s Website
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars

I’m going to confess sci-fi is not a genre that has ever interested me, well except on the big screen. However when one of my favorite authors writes a sci-fi book, I had to give it try. OUTPOST by W. Michael Gear was an interesting read for me and I was surprised how much I enjoyed my first sci-fi book.

THE KEPT WOMAN by Karin Slaughter

July 2, 2018 by Ariana Leave a Comment

THE KEPT WOMAN by Karin Slaughter

Genre: Thriller & Mystery
Series: Will Trent #8
Publisher: William Morrow
Pages: 480
Author’s Website
Rating: 5 of 5 stars

Seriously I don’t know how Karin Slaughter keeps topping herself with each new book she puts out. THE KEPT WOMAN was %@#king fantastic! As much as I love reading about Sara and Will, this was Angie’s story, a character I’ve come to dislike immensely from the previous books.

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