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  • About PhDiva
    • About My Reviews
  • Book Spoilers
  • Book Reviews by Author
  • Book Reviews by Genre
    • Contemporary
    • Fiction
    • Mystery
    • Psychological Thriller
    • Romance
    • Suspense
    • Thriller
    • Women’s Fiction

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  • Book Review,  Contemporary,  Fiction

    Book Review: Clickbait | Holly Baxter

    / January 12, 2025

    Journalists are meant to cover the news, not to be the news. Unfortunately Natasha finds herself on the wrong side of this equation in Holly Baxter’s Clickbait. Don’t let the cute cover and title…

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  • Book Review,  Contemporary,  Fiction,  Mystery

    Book Review: Here One Moment | Liane Moriarty

    / December 24, 2024

    If you knew your future, would you try to fight fate? If you are new to Liane Moriarty, I would first ask you what you have been doing with your time? But after…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: House of Glass | Sarah Pekkanen

    / October 21, 2024

    I absolutely loved Sarah Pekkanen and Greer Hendricks’ collaborative thrillers (highly recommend An Anonymous Girl, The Golden Couple, and a book I consider to be an O.G. genre-defining psychological thriller, The Wife Between Us). I…

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  • Book Review,  Contemporary,  Fiction,  Romance

    Book Review: Until Next Summer | Ali Brady

    / October 17, 2024

    Nostalgic, heartwarming, and uplifting! Ali Brady’s Until Next Summer sees two best friends reunite at their former summer camp for one more summer fling. As they say, “once a camp person, always a camp person.”…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: The Boyfriend | Freida McFadden

    / October 14, 2024

    Are you looking for spoilers for The Boyfriend? Those are over on the spoiler review where I go into how it ended and where I think there could be a sequel. I have…

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  • Book Review,  Suspense,  Thriller

    Book Review: Worst Case Scenario | T.J. Newman

    / October 10, 2024

    This is a spoiler-free review. If you’re looking for spoilers, you can find them on the spoiler-page. If you haven’t read T. J. Newman before, she’s known for her heart-pounding thrillers set around…

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  • Book Review,  Magical Realism

    Book Review: The Full Moon Cafe | Mai Mchizuki (translated by Jesse Kirkwood)

    / October 7, 2024

    Translated from Japanese, The Full Moon Coffee Shop is a lovely novel. Expect magical realism, if you aren’t familiar with this genre of books. Heartfelt! What is The Full Moon Coffee Shop about? Translated from the Japanese…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery

    Book Review: Fatal Fudge Swirl | Meri Allen

    / October 3, 2024

    It’s approaching Halloween (the best season in my opinion!) and it has been unseasonably warm in the Midwest. I’m talking it is still hitting 90 degrees when it is usually in the 60s…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: The Housemaid is Watching | Freida McFadden

    / September 28, 2024

    This is a spoiler-free review of the third book in the trilogy, The Housemaid is Watching. If you’re looking for spoilers and how it ends, head to the spoiler review. We have reached…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: Ladykiller | Katherine Woods

    / September 22, 2024

    A twisted little number full of secrets, deception, an heiress, and perhaps even a few who aren’t exactly up front with their true identities. Katherine Wood’s Ladykiller is a perfect vacation read. I stayed up…

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Hi! I'm Mackenzie, the Ph.D. student behind the book reviews and blog. Reading books has always been my favorite pastime and I love sharing my thoughts about them with the world. Now I should probably get back to writing that dissertation...

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