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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 Club,  Book Review,  Contemporary,  Romance

    BOOK REVIEW: Unbreak Me by Michelle Hazen @michellehazen @berkleypub #unbreakme

    / August 16, 2019

    A bold, socially-conscious contemporary romance novel that explores everything from race, culture, and social status in the midst of an emotional love story between people with darkness in their pasts. The characters in…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Contemporary,  Fiction

    BOOK REVIEW: Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center @katherinecenter @stmartinspress #thingsyousaveinafire

    / August 14, 2019

    Katherine Center’s newest book Things You Save in a Fire is the type of book that stays with you. It was actually the first book I read in 2019 and I absolutely loved…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Contemporary,  Fiction

    BOOK REVIEW: Life and Other Inconveniences by Kristan Higgins @kristan_higgins @berkleypub #lifeandotherinconveniences

    / August 13, 2019

    A beautifully complex story about an unconventional family and the healing power of forgiveness. I cannot believe I have never read anything by Kristan Higgins before! By the end of the very first…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    BOOK REVIEW: The Escape Room by Megan Goldin @megangoldin @stmartinspress #theescaperoom #psychologicalthriller

    / August 9, 2019

    Megan Goldin’s The Escape Room is the type of book that more than deserves every glowing review, every reader who calls it “unputdownable”, and every list who identifies it as a top-thriller of…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    BOOK REVIEW: The Time for Murder is Meow by T. C. LoTempio @RoccoBlogger @midnightinkbook @kayepublicity

    / August 8, 2019

    I’m three for three on cat-themed cozies in the past month and I couldn’t be happier! Two felines and their owner Shell help discover the identity of a killer amidst local politics, small-town…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    BLOG TOUR: A Whisker in the Dark @leighanndobbs @bookouture #cozymystery #awhiskerinthedark

    / August 2, 2019

    Well after reading this book, one thing is clear–humans are TERRIBLE at solving mysteries! Cats are the real detectives!! Do yourself a big favor if you are a fan of cute and cozy…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    BOOK REVIEW: A Stranger on the Beach by Michele Campbell @MCampbellBooks @StMartinsPress #astrangeronthebeach

    / August 1, 2019

    Compulsively readable and deeply satisfying—Michele Campbell’s latest psychological thriller is suspenseful and wild in the best way! I have read both of Michele Campbell’s previous books and I am a huge fan of…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    BOOK REVIEW: The Arrangement by Robyn Harding @rhardingwriter @GalleryBooks #thearrangement #sugarbaby #bookreview

    / July 29, 2019

    Whoa! What a dark and twisted tale Robyn Harding wove in The Arrangement! I found this book to be a read-in-a-day book for me, because I couldn’t put it down! This should be…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    BOOK REVIEW: The Pawful Truth by Miranda James @mirandajames57 @berkleypub #cozymystery #thepawfultruth #catinthestacks

    / July 26, 2019

    I’m back on my cozy train this week with a review of the latest Cat in the Stacks mystery, The Pawful Truth. What a great title, first of all. I know some don’t…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Suspense

    BOOK REVIEW: The Heart Keeper by Alex Dahl @alexdahlauthor @berkleypub #theheartkeeper #alexdahl #bookreview

    / July 22, 2019

    What if there were still a part of someone you lost still beating? What would you do to hold on to that person just a bit longer? A dark, heart-wrenching novel that was…

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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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