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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,  Suspense,  Women's Fiction

    Book Review: You Were Always Mine | Nicole Baart

    / October 17, 2018

    This book by Nicole Baart came highly recommended to me by my friend Holly over at Dressed to Read and I’m so glad I was able to read it! What an emotional roller…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Women's Fiction

    Book Review: Open Your Eyes | Paula Daly

    / October 15, 2018

    A compulsively-good, twisty thriller that will make you consider the nightmare a life can become following a single moment!!! This is my first Paula Daly and I had a blast reading Open Your…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: The Warning | Kathryn Croft

    / October 12, 2018

    Twisted and deceptive—that is how I describe Kathryn Croft characters. And I don’t just mean the villain. Kathryn Croft writes about people and her novels are character-driven above all else. How do ordinary…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Fiction,  Historical Fiction,  Literary Fiction

    Book Review: The Clockmaker’s Daughter | Kate Morton

    / October 9, 2018

    How to describe a book like The Clockmaker’s Daughter by Kate Morton? The story itself is delicate, like spun sugar. It is timeless, not bound by a single story thread, but comprised of…

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  • Book Review,  Suspense,  Thriller

    Book Review: In Her Shadow | Mark Edwards

    / October 8, 2018

    Eerie, unsettling, and intense—I have come to look forward to the new Mark Edwards books the way I look forward to Fridays or crawling in bed after a long day. They are always…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: The Lies We Told | Camilla Way

    / October 5, 2018

    Compulsive, chilling, twisted—The Lies We Told was my first experience with Camilla Way’s writing and it blew my mind!! I must admit that for the first 75% of this novel, I had no…

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  • Book Review,  Cozy Mystery

    Book Review: Mardi Gras Murder | Ellen Byron

    / October 3, 2018

    Mardi Gras can be quite the party, and in the small town Pelican, Louisiana the party quickly turns from gumbo, treasure hunts, and Mardi Gras masks to murder! Even though the citizens of…

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  • Book Club,  Fiction,  Women's Fiction

    Book Review: The Dream Daughter | Diane Chamberlain

    / October 2, 2018

    Uplifting, heartfelt, and addictive—Diane Chamberlain’s newest book The Dream Daughter is one that I won’t soon forget! This is truly the story of the immense amount of love that one woman has to…

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  • Book Chat,  Book Club

    Author Q&A: Hester Fox answers questions about The Witch of Willow Hall

    / October 1, 2018

    Happy Monday! I want to start this week off by sharing a Q&A with Hester Fox, author of the Gothic Historical Fiction novel, The Witch of Willow Hall (publishing tomorrow, 10/2/2018). I posted…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Fiction,  Historical Fiction

    Book Review: The Witch of Willow Hall | Hester Fox

    / September 28, 2018

    Haunting, romantic, and atmospheric—Hester Fox’s The Witch of Willow Hall is a deeply engaging gothic historical fiction novel that explores the notion of how we choose to become who we are. Set in…

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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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