Tag: POV – Third Person
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The Good Lie, by A.R. Torre
We went back to our beloved thriller genre for this next joint review. This story starts right away when Scott, a teenage boy who had been missing for weeks, suddenly returns home all battered, but alive. He was assumed to have been taken by the Bloody Heart Killer, a serial killer who had already claimed…
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The Lost Coast, by Daniel Robinson
Book Stats Book Rating Overall: ⭐⭐⭐ / 5 Spice: 🌶️/ 5 Summary & Review The Lost Coast, by Daniel Robinson, starts off strong with a violent massacre. Immediately, we’re transported into a story where white settlers decide they need to kill 250 Wiyot tribe members, sparing no one, not even women or children. It was…
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The Sorrowstones, by Felix Blackwell
We decided to try something new in our book club and chose something from the horror genre, rather than a thriller or fantasy. The Sorrowstones, by Felix Blackwell. This story follows Cole Graves, who starts receiving little statues/ figurines throughout the years from an unknown person. He quickly learns that these little statues have extraordinary…
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The Book of Doors, by Gareth Brown
For our next joint review, we decided to step away from thrillers to throw ourselves into a fantasy. The Book of Doors is a story full of magic, emotional moments (both sweet and sad), and powerful friendships. Gareth Brown created a world where Cassie inherits a book from her one of her regular cafe customers…
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Attachments, by Rainbow Rowell
Book Stats Book Rating Overall: ⭐⭐⭐ / 5 Spice: No spice Summary & Review This was my first book by Rainbow Rowell, but I kept seeing her name pop up as a well-known romance author with popular books. I can see why her books are so popular, if they’re anything like this one. The story…
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All Hail Chaos, by Sarah Rees Brennan
This is book 2 of the series. If you’d like to read a review of book 1, Long Live Evil, check out this link! Book Stats Book Rating Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/ 5 Spice: 🌶️🌶️/ 5 Summary & Review This story is a BLAST and it’s so chaotic, like all the time. I just love it. 💚…
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Long Live Evil, by Sarah Rees Brennan
Book Stats Book Rating Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐/ 5 Spice: 🌶️/ 5 Summary & Review The joy and humor I felt while reading this story rivaled Jasmine Mas’s Cruel Shifterverse series (which honestly says a lot & is super high praise). This plot is chaotic, wild, absurd, and hilarious and I am HERE 👏🏻FOR 👏🏻 IT 👏🏻.…
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Eldritch (Book 2), by Keri Lake
This is book 2 of the series. For our summary and review of book 1, Anathema, check out this link! Book Stats Book Rating Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Spice: 🌶️🌶️/5 Summary & Review If you read my review of Anathema, book 1 of the series, you’ll know how much I loved not only the writing and plot,…
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Body Count by Codie Crowley
Book Stats Book Rating Overall: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐/5 Review Absolutely phenomenal!! In a YA Horror that rivals Fear Street, Crowley tells us the story of Sundae Valentine, a little girl who makes a deal with a monster in a motel pool. The book goes back and forth between Sundae’s childhood and making the wish, and present day when…
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Alchemised, by SenLinYu
Our next joint review is the super popular (and very large) dark fantasy, Alchemised. Book Stats Shayna’s Review Book Rating: ⭐⭐⭐/5 stars & 🌶️/5 for spice For those who may not know, SenLinYu originally wrote a fanfiction, Manacled, that was sort of a mix between a Harry Potter dystopian and The Handsmaid’s Tale. It was…