The tagline for this book says you’ve never seen Watson and Holmes like this before and, at least for me, this turned out to be true. There have been many, many retellings and re-stagings of the Holmes and Watson relationship, and while this book adds to an already crowded field, I think it did an […]
Genre: Mystery
Average Rating: 3.75
Last Seen Leaving By Caleb Roehrig
I am not a big mystery reader, as I have said many times in my reviews, so I’ll be honest and say that I wasn’t expecting to enjoy Last Seen Leaving as much as I did. The darkness of January’s disappearance, coupled with Flynn’s personal journey made for a compelling story. Flynn’s […]
Blog Tour: Never Missing, Never Found
Kidnappings seem to be a popular theme this summer and fall in YA, and in Never Missing, Never Found, we are thrown into Scarlett’s story with a haunting prologue. Even though it has been more than a few years since her return, things aren’t the same. Her sister ignores her, her mother is gone, […]
Blog Tour: The Darkest Corners
The first thing I knew about Tessa was that she held painful secrets, even from herself. As the book opens, Tessa is heading home and the memories that “home” beings are not pleasant. Slowly, the reader learns about why Tessa left and why her return home has brought back so many memories. Apart from […]
Waiting On Wednesday
Waiting on Wednesday is a feature hosted by Breaking The Spine where I talk about books that I am eagerly anticipating! This week, my WoW pick is….. While I’m not super crazy about the cover, I love mysteries where the detective has some sort of ability, especially if that ability is rooted in science. […]
Waiting On Wednesday
Waiting on Wednesday is a feature hosted by Breaking The Spine where I talk about books that I am eagerly anticipating! This week, my WoW pick is….. The Naturals is a great series that features a group of teens with extraordinary abilities who are brought into an FBI program to hunt down serial killers. […]
Cut Me Free By J.R. Johansson
Cut Me Free begins with a girl who you can tell right away has survived something traumatic. What you find as you read this book is that she is rebuilding her life after surviving horrible circumstances. The descriptions of abuse are pretty detailed, so they could be triggering for some readers. Charlotte’s character, despite being […]
Killer Instinct By Jennifer Lynn Barnes
I enjoyed book one in this series, The Naturals, but Killer Instinct really kicked it up a notch. After surviving a serial killer and coming to terms, somewhat, with her mother’s murder, Cassie is dealing with her feelings about her close call and escape from a killer in their midst, while still getting to […]
Evidence Of Things Not Seen By Lindsey Lane
What I thought was going to be a mystery about a missing teen turned into a story that wasn’t quite non-linear, but wasn’t quite linear, either. The disappearance of Tommy Smythe has confounded the small Texas town where he lived. The story is told in first person, one sided conversations with law enforcement, scraps of […]
Rooms By Lauren Oliver
I suppose if you forced me to reduce this book to a one sentence recap, it would be that we are all haunted, in one way or another. Lauren Oliver sets up a deeply dysfunctional family with an almost too slow start, but the story gained its momentum and I ended up enjoying the writing, […]