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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,  Psychological Thriller

    BOOK REVIEW: I’ll Never Tell by Catherine McKenzie @CEMcKenzie1 @AmazonPub #illnevertell @lakeunionpublishing #bookreview

    / June 26, 2019

    Secrets, secrets hurt someone… Wow this family had a LOT of secrets! Secrets they kept to protect themselves, secrets they kept to protect others, and secrets that can threaten to destroy everything. Suspenseful,…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Historical Fiction

    BOOK REVIEW: The Great Pretenders by Laura Kalpakian @LauraKalpakian @BerkleyPub #thegreatpretenders #bookreview

    / June 23, 2019

    If you love a strong female lead and an old-Hollywood setting, Laura Kalpakian’s The Great Pretenders is a must-read book! Set in the 1950s, the book tells the story of Roxanne Granville, granddaughter…

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  • Book Review,  Romance,  Women's Fiction

    BLOG TOUR: It’s Not You, It’s Him by Sophie Ranald @SophieRanald @Bookouture #blogblitz #booksontour #blogtour #itsnotyouitshim

    / June 22, 2019

    This is the second book I’ve read by Sophie Ranald and she has cemented herself as one of my favorite romance and chick lit authors that I’ve read! I literally just went on…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    BOOK REVIEW: The Book Supremacy by Kate Carlisle @KateCarlisle @BerkleyPub @BerkleyMystery #TheBookSupremacy #cozymystery

    / June 21, 2019

    A cozy mystery series based around old books and spies is a pretty hard-to-turn-down combination! Kate Carlisle’s The Book Supremacy is a really fun mystery that has vintage elements in a modern setting.…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Women's Fiction

    Book Review: Mine | Courtney Cole

    / June 18, 2019

    Mine by Courtney Cole is an intense, heart-pounding portrayal of what happens when a woman cheated on finds herself locked in with her husband’s mistress hours after finding out about the affair. The…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    BOOK REVIEW: Cherry Scones and Broken Bones by Darci Hannah @midnightinkbook @kayepublicity #cherrysconesandbrokenbones #cozymystery

    / June 16, 2019

    If a cherry-themed cozy isn’t the most adorable thing, I don’t know what is! I finished reading the second book in the Very Cherry Mysteries this week and I loved it—so charming! In…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    BOOK REVIEW: Those People by Louise Candlish @louise_candlish @berkleypub #thosepeople #louisecandlish #bookreview

    / June 12, 2019

    It’s the type of block that everyone wants to live on. When you live on Lowland Way, you’re one of the privileged few who are protected from the outside by your closely bonded…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Women's Fiction

    BOOK REVIEW: The Friends We Keep by Jane Green @JaneGreen @BerkleyPub #TheFriendsWeKeep #BookReview

    / June 9, 2019

    Friendship, forgiveness, and finding your way in life. In Jane Green’s The Friends We Keep, three best friends are followed over decades, as they lose touch and come back together. This is a…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    BOOK REVIEW: A Shot of Murder by J. A. Kazimer @JAKazimer @midnightinkbook @KayePublicity #AShotofMurder #cozymystery #bookreview

    / June 8, 2019

    200 years ago, a whisky distillery was founded in Gett, Florida named Lucky Whisky. When Lucky shared his secret recipe with this best friend Gett, he stole it and started a rival distillery.…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    BLOG TOUR: The Honeymoon by Rona Halsall @RonaHalsallAuth @bookouture #booksontour #blogblitz #thehoneymoon

    / June 7, 2019

    A whirlwind romance leads to a dream honeymoon…but what if that dream turns out to be a nightmare? I have to say, UK psychological thrillers are almost always pretty wild rides, and this…

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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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