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  • About PhDiva
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  • Book Review,  Gothic,  Mystery,  Suspense

    Book Review: When We Were Silent | Fiona McPhillips

    / May 20, 2024

    When I was invited to participate in the blog tour for Fiona McPhillips’ debut novel, When We Were Silent, they had me at “dark academia” and “Ireland”. I knew this was sure to…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Thriller

    Book Review: The Teacher | Freida McFadden

    / May 19, 2024

    This is a spoiler-free review of The Teacher by Freida McFadden. If you are looking for spoilers for The Teacher and more information about the ending and my thoughts, head over to my…

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  • Book Review,  Gothic,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: Only If You’re Lucky | Stacy Willingham

    / February 23, 2024

    I had been waiting to read Stacy Willingham’s Only If You’re Lucky because it was the February pick for my book club, and it was worth the wait! I’ve read and enjoyed all…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: Everyone Who Can Forgive Me is Dead | Jenny Hollander

    / February 7, 2024

    I love a book with an unreliable narrator, and Jenny Hollander’s debut Everyone Who Can Forgive Me is Dead delivers. After seeing a few less-than-favorable reviews of the ending, I was surprised to…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Psychological Thriller Review: I’m Not Done With You Yet | Jesse Q Sutanto

    / December 18, 2023

    Jesse Q Sutanto’s first psychological thriller, I’m Not Done With You Yet, tops my list of best books of 2023. This psychological thriller has everything I could want—a dark academia setting, a story…

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  • Book Recommendations,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    Psychological Thriller Review: Good Girls Lie | J. T. Ellison

    / November 9, 2023

    I have enjoyed everything I’ve read by J.T. Ellison. Her books are dark, her characters are compelling, the settings are top tier, and I have never read a book of hers that didn’t…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    Psychological Thriller Review: Never Saw Me Coming | Vera Kurian

    / November 1, 2023

    If you are looking for an absolutely wild and compulsive psychological thriller (particularly one about psychopathy)—Vera Kurian’s Never Saw Me Coming is your next read! I didn’t go into this with any expectations,…

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  • Book Review,  Fiction,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: For Your Own Good | Samantha Downing

    / October 23, 2023

    No one writes characters more twisted, unlikable, and delightfully fun than Samantha Downing. Every single book of hers is a surprise and delight! In For Your Own Good, a teacher at a prestigious…

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  • The Intern is a book of the month selection by Michele Campbell
    Book Recommendations,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    Psychological Thriller Review: The Intern | Michele Campbell

    / October 10, 2023

    I always wait with great anticipation for the newest Michele Campbell book and I was so excited to finally be able to read her newest book, The Intern. With the fall weather and…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    Psychological Thriller Review: Kill All Your Darlings | David Bell

    / September 30, 2023

    If you are anything like me, back-to-school season will have you wanting all of the dark academia, set-on-college-campus, university-themed thrillers. I hadn’t had a chance to read David Bell’s dark academic thriller, Kill…

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Mackenzie Harms is the owner and author of all content of the PhDiva book blog

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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