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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: Lies and Weddings | Kevin Kwan

    / May 21, 2024

    Kevin Kwan’s trilogy starting with the smash hit, Crazy Rich Asians took the world by storm. He’s back with a new novel that delves into the world of extreme wealth, an opulent wedding,…

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  • Book Review,  Contemporary,  Fiction,  Romance

    Book Review: Lovers and Liars | Amanda Eyre Ward

    / May 10, 2024

    I grabbed this book without even reading what it’s about based on the sunny yellow cover and trio of redheads. It ended up being such a cute book! In New York Times bestselling…

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  • Book Review,  Contemporary,  Women's Fiction

    Book Review: Eliza Starts a Rumor | Jane L. Rosen

    / May 16, 2022

    Emotional, thought-provoking, captivating—Eliza Starts a Rumor by Jane L. Rosen is a genre-defying story about the damage a lie can cause, regardless of intention. Surprising and engaging! About the Book It wasn’t supposed…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller

    Book Review: Between the Lies | Michelle Adams

    / March 15, 2019

    Would there be anything more terrifying than waking up and not remembering who you were? When Chloe Daniels regains consciousness after a car accident, she doesn’t recognize her own family, and she isn’t…

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  • Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: The Perfect Liar | Thomas Christopher Greene

    / January 28, 2019

    Last week I finished reading Thomas Christopher Greene’s The Perfect Liar. This book was actually really hard to put down, because it is so fluidly written! But I also wanted to savor it, because…

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  • Book Club,  Book Review,  Psychological Thriller,  Suspense

    Book Review: The Liar’s Room | Simon Lelic

    / January 15, 2019

    As dark and twisted as it is suspenseful, The Liar’s Room by Simon Lelic is filled with long buried secrets and worst case scenarios. I wondered how it would feel to be in…

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  • Book Review,  Mystery,  Suspense

    Book Review: She Lies in Wait | Gytha Lodge

    / January 11, 2019

    A decades old disappearance brings the case back into the spotlight when the body is discovered. Secrets, deception, lies, and the search for the truth made this debut mystery She Lies in Wait…

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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: The Affair | Sheryl Browne

    / August 18, 2018

    A dark, twisted, emotional journey telling the story of a single affair and the lies that led to the destruction of trust among those who she loved most. Sheryl Browne has woven quite…

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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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