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It’s townies versus summer folks in The Last House Guest

The Last House Guest by Megan Miranda

January 28, 2021 by msvreadsbooks 1 Comment

The Last House Guest is a prime example of the female-centered mystery narrative – unexplained tragedy, intense female friendships, and jumping around in time.  A year ago, Sadie Loman was found dead having fallen or jumped off of a cliff by her family’s summer house in Littleport, Maine. She was supposed to attend a party where her best friend, Avery Greer, was waiting for her. A year later, and Avery has not come to terms with the loss. It must be difficult since she works […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Megan Miranda

msvreadsbooks's CBR13 Review No:4 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Megan Miranda ·
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“I wish his darkness lived outside of him, because you have to know it’s there to see it. Like all real monsters, he hides in plain sight.”

Sadie by Courtney Summers

February 14, 2019 by scootsa1000 3 Comments

A few weeks ago, I had a chance to go and see Cannonball favorite Karen McManus talking about her new book, Two Can Keep a Secret, along with another YA author I hadn’t previously heard of, Megan Miranda. I asked them a few questions during the panel, including wondering what they — as writers of suspenseful YA fiction — liked to read, and were currently reading. They both, without hesitation, told me to read Sadie by Courtney Summers, right away. So, I did. I knew […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult Tagged With: cbr11, Courtney Summers, karen m mcmanus, Megan Miranda, sadie, Scootsa1000

scootsa1000's CBR11 Review No:10 · Genres: Fiction, Mystery, Young Adult · Tags: cbr11, Courtney Summers, karen m mcmanus, Megan Miranda, sadie, Scootsa1000 ·
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Woefully Underdeveloped

February 21, 2017 by Classic Leave a Comment

This book was terrible. Besides a gimmick of telling the main story backwards (which I swear I have seen before in books like “The Secret History”) there was nothing appealing about this book. The main character was terrible, her family was terrible, and there was no development at all with secondary characters. I didn’t get a sense of anyone at all and when I got to the letdown of an ending I was really ticked I had wasted any time at all with this. Nicolette […]

Filed Under: Mystery Tagged With: All the Missing Girls, Megan Miranda, mystery

Classic's CBR9 Review No:59 · Genres: Mystery · Tags: All the Missing Girls, Megan Miranda, mystery ·
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