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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,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: The Wives | Tarryn Fisher

    / January 15, 2020

    What a book!!! This one is a read-in-a-day type of story. It’s so unique, the premise for this! And I found the main character Thursday to be fascinating. Essentially, Thursday’s husband has two…

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  • Book Review,  Suspense

    BLOG TOUR: The Playground by Jane Shemilt @janeshemilt @TLCbooktours @WmMorrowBooks #theplayground #bookreview

    / January 7, 2020

    Oh what a tangled web of secrets are woven among three couples brought together by their kids, but held together by their actions… Until something shocking occurs… This is quite a book! A…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Book Review: Brewed Awakening | Cleo Coyle

    / January 6, 2020

    This was a delightful twist on the cozy mystery! Very different than any story I’d read before and so much fun! In Cleo Coyle’s Brewed Awakening, a coffee-shop owner and expert barista awakens…

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  • Book Review,  Contemporary,  Fiction,  Women's Fiction

    BOOK REVIEW: Holly Banks Full of Angst by Julie Valerie @julie_valerie @KCC_PR @LUAuthors #bookreview #hollybanksfullofangst

    / January 3, 2020

    Do you ever think that a book was just simply meant for you to read when you did? I had been having a really stressful few weeks at work when my copy of…

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  • Book Review,  Non-fiction

    BOOK REVIEW: My Friend Anna by Rachel DeLoache Williams @gallerybooks #botm #bookreview

    / January 2, 2020

    This is the type of story that is easy to judge if you don’t delve into the details. A young woman stuck paying for an expensive vacation she took because she thought someone…

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  • Book Review,  Fiction,  Women's Fiction

    Book Review: The Favorite Daughter | Patti Callahan Henry

    / December 24, 2019

    Emotional, heartfelt, and powerful—Patti Callahan Henry’s The Favorite Daughter is a story of the complexity of families, the anguish of loss, and the profound healing power of forgiveness. About the Book | The…

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  • Book Review,  Historical Fiction,  Mystery

    BLOG TOUR: A Trace of Deceit by Karen Odden @karen_odden @tlcbooktours @morrow_pb @wmmorrowbooks #atraceofdeceit

    / December 23, 2019

    A Victorian mystery with everything you could want—a strong leading lady, a murder in London’s art world, a meticulous detective, and a missing painting. A Trace of Deceit is a gripping and complex…

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  • Book Review,  Thriller

    BLOG TOUR: The Network by L.C. Shaw @LCShawAuthor @suzyAPbooktours @harperbooks #thenetwork

    / December 20, 2019

    Fast-paced and intense! What I love about The Network by L.C. Shaw is that it is a true thriller. Not a psychological thriller, not a suspense thriller, not a mystery thriller—but a thriller…

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  • Book Review,  Science Fiction,  Thriller

    BOOK REVIEW: Anyone by Charles Soule @charlessoule @harperperennial #anyonebook #bookreview

    / December 17, 2019

    This is the sort of mind-blowing, thought-provoking thriller that will not only have you on the edge of your seat, it will have you thinking in a very different way about our identities…

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  • Book Review,  Fiction,  Romance

    BOOK REVIEW: A Christmas Home by Marta Perry @berkleypub #bookreview #achristmashome

    / December 11, 2019

    I like to mix up my book genre so I only read a few holiday books each December. This year one of the ones I chose is the first in a series about…

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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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