The Masque of the Red Death
Araby Worth lives in a city destroyed by disease and controlled by the cruel Prince Prospero. The contagion first struck when she was a child and she was the first to wear a mask, made by her father, to keep the germs at bay. But…
The Violinist’s Thumb
DNA. It’s in all of us but did you know it tells a story? Both of the human race and its own story of discovery. The Violinist’s Thumb is not only an introduction to the science of DNA but a trip through history from Mendel…
666 Park Avenue
“Right, because it’s every girl’s fantasy to live in the world’s creepiest house with her fiancé’s controlling family and then have the rest of the world act insane just because she’s about to share their last name.” Jane’s living in Paris when she meets too-good-to-be-true…
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
Hosted by Sheila @ Book Journey Still not doing very well with Paris in July, it’s like the curse of the readathon all over again! Though thinking back, I have read a few books with France as a setting. To make up for my failure…
Incoming!
AKA Showcase Sunday I managed to read and review Last to Die already even though I only received it Friday… Was so excited to get a copy early and Rizzoli and Isles are such easy reading. I’ve been looking forward to Bethany Griffin’s The Masque…
Pushing the Limits
Echo has no memories of the event that left her arms horribly scared. Once part of the popular crowd, she now hides away from the rumours flying around school about her. Her so-called friends think if she would only get back together with her ex-boyfriend,…
Last to Die
Three children, orphaned twice over, first their birth families, then three years later the families that took them in. Detective Jane Rizzoli doesn’t believe in coincidences but must stand back whilst Crowe chases after the wrong guy. Maura meets two of the children at Evensong…
Criminal
Atlanta, 1974: Amanda Wagner and Evelyn Mitchell are young, female police officers in a man’s world. A step up from secretaries, they are assigned to sex crimes and rarely see a serious case. When they are sent to Techwood Homes in the projects to speak…
The Uninvited
When the others joined him and saw the blood, they all had the same thought: a terrible accident. But it was a mistake to think that, because a few seconds later the child jolted awake and grabbed the tool again. Before anyone realised her intention,…
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading?
Hosted by Sheila @ Book Journey Well I’ve made a tiny start on Paris in July although one novella isn’t good going for half-way through the month! And, why are all my books blue? Read last week: The City’s Son by Tom Pollock Shadow of…
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Black Sun
Today he would become a god. His mother had told him so. The opening line may seem like something any mother would tell her son, but in the case of Serapio, his mother truly believes he will become the Crow God reborn. She blinds him,…
Legendborn
The day Bree gets accepted into an early college placement at UNC, is the day her mother dies. The last words they spoke were of anger. Unable to deal with her dad’s grief on top of her own, Bree goes ahead with the placement. Once…
Ninth House
Alex Stern does not belong at Yale. When she awakes as the sole survivor of a multiple homicide, presumed a drug deal gone wrong, she is given an unlikely offer. Come to Yale, join the House of Lethe and oversee the rituals of the other…
A Beautifully Foolish Endeavor
Just let me dust off this blog thing, I have a review for you! One of my anticipated reads released during lockdown was the follow-up to An Absolutely Remarkable Thing. If you read that, of course will will be dying to know what happened to…