Dead Silence by S.A. Barnes
Holy crap was this creepy. Just like the last book I reviewed, I recommend listening to the audiobook. The sense of dread is overwhelming, and I'm not sure you'd be able to create it that much for yourself by just reading. Claire is the team leader of a salvage crew in space. They're on their … [Read more]
Nights of the Living Dead by Jonathan Maberry and various
This is another one of those collaboration efforts by a bunch of well known (especially in the zombie genre) authors. Like all of the anthologies I've read this year (is anthology the right word?), some were realllllly really good, and I actually wanted to hear more about the … [Read more]
Odd Hours (Odd Thomas #4) by Dean Koontz
Odd Apocalypse (Odd Thomas #5) by Dean Koontz
OK, so I made it to book 4 of the Odd Thomas series. I don't know. I really liked the first book. Each subsequent book gets weirder and weirder though. And don't get me wrong, I'm ok with weird. It's almost like each book tries to out-weird the one before it though. We meet AnnaMaria too, and … [Read more]
On a Sunbeam by Tillie Walden
On a Sunbeam worked best for me when it kept it personal between Grace and Mia. I found myself begrudging the author anytime we'd shift back to the present because I wanted to see more of the two of them growing close. Maybe it was because the science fiction aspects didn't quite work for me, and … [Read more]
Stone Fruit by Lee Lai
In Stone Fruit, Bron and Ray help parent Ray's single-mother sister's daughter Nessie, retreating with her into a fantasy world largely of Bron's creation. Nessie readily takes to it, and the three of them seem like a happy family. That is, until Ray's sister calls and you realize the situation. She … [Read more]
The Perfect Crimes of Marian Hayes by Cat Sebastian
CW from author: blood, main character who survived dangerous pregnancy and for whom any future pregnancy would be dangerous (note: there is no pregnancy in this book), past arrest and imprisonment, gun violence, non-graphic allusion to sexual assault, elderly parent with Alzheimer’s disease, … [Read more]
