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  • Book Review,  Mystery,  Suspense

    Book Review: The Main Character | Jaclyn Goldis

    / May 27, 2024

    I loved Jaclyn Goldis’s first mystery novel, The Chateau. It was a compelling locked room mystery with deep backstories. It’s rare for the sophomore mystery to be better than the debut, but in…

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  • Book Review,  Contemporary,  Fiction,  Romance

    Book Review: Better Left Unsent | Lia Louis

    / May 16, 2024

    Have you ever accidentally overshared with someone you shouldn’t? The shame spiral afterwards makes me cringe just thinking about it! In Lia Louis’s Better Left Unsent, a woman accidentally spills all of her…

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  • Book Review,  Gothic,  Horror,  Mystery

    Book Review: The Paleontologist | Luke Dumas

    / January 22, 2024

    A haunting portrayal of memory, grief, and the insatiable search for truth. Luke Dumas’s novel, The Paleontologist, blends science and the metaphysical in a story of one man’s search for answers to his…

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  • The Chateau by Jaclyn Goldis is a psychological thriller about a girls trip gone wrong, following a locked room format
    Book Recommendations,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    Psychological Thriller Review: The Chateau | Jaclyn Goldis

    / August 22, 2023

    If you’re looking for a psychological thriller that transports you to a beautiful French chateau in Provence that has some fairly dark secrets, look no further than The Chateau by Jaclyn Goldis. A…

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  • Contemporary,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Book Review: The Golden Spoon | Jessa Maxwell

    / July 7, 2023

    Part cozy mystery, part feel good baking novel, and part quirky contemporary fiction, The Golden Spoon is the sort of easy read that is a perfect palate cleanser. Not unlike the appeal of…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    BOOK REVIEW: The Heights by Louise Candlish @louise_candlish @atriabooks #theheights #bookreview

    / April 12, 2022

    A different style of thriller for Louise Candlish, The Heights is a story that reminds you that only those present in a situation can ever truly know what happens. A gripping story of…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: Your Life is Mine | Nathan Ripley

    / October 25, 2019

    In Your Life is Mine, instant national bestseller Nathan Ripley follows up the success of Find You in the Dark with another suspenseful page-turner—this time about a woman whose notorious father died when…

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  • Book Review,  Contemporary,  Women's Fiction

    BOOK REVIEW: Breathe In, Cash Out by Madeleine Henry @MadeleineSHenry @atriabooks #breatheincashout #bookreview

    / July 13, 2019

    Madeleine Henry’s Breathe In, Cash Out is a charming, laugh-out-loud story that had me hooked from page one! Allegra is so relatable to me, someone who also has a high-stress job (though my…

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  • Watching You is a gripping psychological thriller by Lisa Jewell with a great twist. The cover is green and shows plants, and the book is on a green background.
    Book Club,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: Watching You | Lisa Jewell

    / December 26, 2018

    Intelligent, suspenseful, and shocking—my first experience reading the incredible Lisa Jewell blew my mind!!! There are times when an author is hyped up (for good reason), but I feel a small sense of…

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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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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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