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Review: Ghost Eaters by Clay McLeod Chapman #murdermonstersmayhem

Posted on October 3, 2022 by Jenn

If you’ve read Chapman’s previous two books, The Remaking or A Whisper Down the Lane,  you know he can weave a completely terrifying horror novel.  This one may be the darkest, not just due to the horror aspect, but the … Continue reading →

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Review: The House Across the Lake by Riley Sager

Posted on June 21, 2022 by Jenn

It seems like it’s a new tradition to kick off a summer of reading with the latest Riley Sager! Once again, he doesn’t disappoint.  Never could I have imagined the route this book was going to take! Sager leaves you … Continue reading →

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Review: The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon

Posted on April 6, 2021 by Jenn

I’m a long-time fan of McMahon’s work.  She excels at crafting stores centered around sibling relationships, usually with a spooky twist.  This one is even more chilling! I’m a swimmer myself; I love to swim.   However, I intentionally avoid natural … Continue reading →

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Review: Never Far Away by Michael Koryta

Posted on February 25, 2021 by Jenn

When life has my mind and soul reeling, I revert back to the things that I cherish and bring joy to my life.  For me, one of those things is reading. We lost my mother-in-law to COVID-19 a week ago.  … Continue reading →

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Review: The Hollow Places by T. Kingfisher

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Jenn

I know each time I read a novel by T. Kingfisher (Ursula Vernon) that I’m in for a treat.  This is no exception. Inspired by a novella by Algernon Blackwood called, The Willows, Kingfisher introduces her reader to a terror like none … Continue reading →

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Review: Night of the Mannequins by Stephen Graham Jones

Posted on September 2, 2020 by Jenn

This is a truly brilliant novella. Jones takes bits of all those corny teen slasher movies I grew up watching and uses the very best characteristics to pull together this immensely captivating read. Sure, it’s quirky; a mannequin comes to … Continue reading →

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Review: Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Jenn

I chose to read this novel as a palette cleanser of sorts, something to break up some of the darker thrillers I’ve been reading lately.  Within the first dozen pages or so, I knew I’d come across my first five-star … Continue reading →

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Review: His & Hers by Alice Feeney

Posted on July 28, 2020 by Jenn

This is most certainly going to be one of the top thrillers of the summer! The storyline, its execution, the characters, the narration, are all outstanding. The narration is told in a he said/she said method, with three points of … Continue reading →

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Review: Home Before Dark by Riley Sager

Posted on June 29, 2020 by Jenn

This is one of the books of the summer you cannot miss, the very kind of book I’ve been seeking. I love a good haunted house tale and this one certainly reeled me in.   Told in alternating time periods/points of … Continue reading →

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Review: You Let Me In by Camilla Bruce

Posted on April 28, 2020 by Jenn

When I started reading this book, I had no idea what I was getting into.  The cover is dark and pretty ominous.  The premise alludes to a dark and deadly past.  A story within a story, which is to believed? … Continue reading →

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