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CAGED by Ellison Cooper

July 23, 2018 by Ariana 2 Comments

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.

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS by B.A. Paris

May 30, 2018 by Ariana Leave a Comment

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS by B.A. Paris

Genre: Thriller, Suspense
Publisher: St. Martin’s press
Pages:304
Author’s Twitter
Rating: 4 of 5 Stars

It’s almost impossible to review BEHIND CLOSED DOORS without giving way all the juicy and shocking details that made me not want to put it down.

I was hooked from chapter one and the way B.A. Paris introduced us to Jack and Grace Angel, the happy and perfect married couple throwing a dinner party for friends. Paris does a wonderful job of sprinkling in that first chapter doubts on what we are really seeing, from Grace’s inner monologues to the subtle actions she and her husband do that don’t quite mesh with the image of being the perfect couple.

WIT’CH STAR by James Clemens

May 22, 2018 by Ariana Leave a Comment

WIT’CH STAR by James Clemens

Genre: Fantasy
Series: The Banned and The Banished: Book 5
Publisher: Audible Studios
Length: 22h 41m
Author’s Website
Rating: 5 of 5 stars

I can’t believe The Banned and Banished story is done and I have to close the book on these wonderful characters James Clemens created.

In WIT’CH STAR the stakes are even higher, the quests harder, the battles more bloody, the sacrifices more heart rendering, and the characters develop more-some shifting to the side of good and others to the side of evil…some you would be shocked to discover. Not only are there betrayals, there is love found and strengthened, motives finally revealed, and characters finding the strength within themselves to overcome the odds stacked against them.

CRIMINAL (Will Trent #6) by Karin Slaughter

May 21, 2018 by Ariana Leave a Comment

CRIMINAL by Karin Slaughter

Genre: Thriller & Mystery
Series: Will Trent #6
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Pages: 448
Author’s Website
Rating: 5 of 5 Stars

CRIMINAL by Karin Slaughter can be summed up by Lee Child’s blurb on the cover of this book:

“Karin Slaughter’s best yet by far: All her signature strengths are amplified a hundredfold by the past explaining the present. Reading the book was like watching a great athlete having a career year”

I had one word to describe her talent when it came to writing this story “genius”.

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