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

    Book Review: One Star Romance | Laura Hankin

    / July 2, 2024

    I’m always up for a new Laura Hankin, after enjoying two of her prior books. Happy and You Know It is the one that gets the most attention (it was a Book of…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological,  Psychological Thriller,  Thriller

    Book Review: Love Letters to a Serial Killer | Tasha Coryell

    / June 29, 2024

    An unhinged, self-absorbed narrator begins writing to an accused serial killer in Love Letters to a Serial Killer. I found this book so fun—if you enjoy unlikable narrators, this is a great read!…

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  • The House on Biscayne Bay is a gothic historical mystery fiction book by Chanel Cleeton set in Miami in the early 1900s
    Book Review,  Gothic,  Historical Fiction,  Mystery

    Book Review: The House on Biscayne Bay | Chanel Cleeton

    / April 7, 2024

    I’ve been a fan of New York Times bestselling author, Chanel Cleeton, ever since I was introduced to her writing in Reese’s Book Club pick, Next Year in Havana. I’ve come to expect…

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  • If I Disappear is a psychological thriller by Eliza Jane brazier featuring a strange woman who is obsessed with saving the host of her favorite podcast
    Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: If I Disappear | Eliza Jane Brazier

    / April 7, 2024

    I absolutely loved Eliza Jane Brazier’s third book, Good Rich People, so I wanted to go back and read her debut. One thing is certain, Brazier writes some of the most bizarre and…

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  • Murder Backstage is the 58th book in the Murder, She Wrote series featuring Jessica Fletcher
    Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Cozy Mystery Review: Murder Backstage | Jessica Fletcher and Terrie Farley Moran | Murder, She Wrote #58

    / April 6, 2024

    Jessica Fletcher knows a thing or two about solving mysteries, and so does her current co-writer Terrie Farley Moran! I never turn down a chance to sink back into Jessica Fletcher’s world in…

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  • Book Review,  Contemporary,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery,  Romance

    Cozy Mystery Review: Dial A for Aunties | Jesse Q. Sutanto | Aunties #1

    / March 23, 2024

    Jesse Q. Sutano kicks off a new cozy mystery series with a group of chaotic aunties and a murder in Dial A for Aunties. What happens when you mix 1 (accidental) murder with…

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  • Murder Road is a supernatural mystery by Simone St James showing a dark road with a car driving towards the viewer with bright headlights
    Book Review,  Mystery,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: Murder Road | Simone St. James

    / March 22, 2024

    Simone St. James has a way of writing what I would describe as intellectual gripping supernatural psychological thrillers. But since that is a confusing mouthful, let’s just say that while all of her…

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  • Speculations in Sin is an historical mystery set in the victorian era that shows a cook and single mother Kat Holloway running up the stairs of a bank where she is investigating embezzlement.
    Book Review,  Historical Fiction,  Mystery

    Historical Mystery Review: Speculations in Sin | Jennifer Ashley

    / March 10, 2024

    To save an innocent man’s life, amateur sleuth and cook Kat Holloway must expose a financial scam that could ruin the most powerful aristocrats in Victorian-era London in New York Times bestselling author…

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  • Murder in the Tea Leaves is the 27th Tea Shop Mystery by Laura Childs set in Charleston SC in a charming cozy mystery series
    Book Review,  Cozy Mystery,  Mystery

    Cozy Mystery Review: Murder in the Tea Leaves | Laura Childs | A Tea Shop Mystery #27

    / March 6, 2024

    I’m always excited to settle in with a new Tea Shop Mystery by Laura Childs. The historic Charleston setting, the adorable tea shop, and the brazen tea maven, Theodosia Browning, never disappoint! In…

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  • Book Review,  Gothic,  Horror

    Horror Book Review: Island Witch | Amanda Jayatissa

    / March 6, 2024

    Amanda Jayatissa’s latest novel, Island Witch is an atmospheric, gothic horror novel set in the 19th century in Sri Lanka. A tense story about a young woman and the truths she uncovers 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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