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> Tag: Suspense

What Is to Come Has Already Been Decided

The Angel Maker by Alex North

March 12, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

Katie and her brother Chris have had a strained relationship ever since the brutal attack on Chris that changed their lives forever. Decades later, it might be too late to fix things when Chris goes missing. In this book, we are introduced to two separate mysteries that inevitably wind together – the disappearance of Chris Shaw, and the murder of Alan Hobbs – and the way that they come together made me exercise my brain and sometimes stretched my incredulity. I would hesitate to call […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: alex north, ARC, audiobook, England, murder, NetGalley, Suspense

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:17 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Suspense · Tags: alex north, ARC, audiobook, England, murder, NetGalley, Suspense ·
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“I’m not holding you against your will; I’m holding you against your car.”

Mr. Perfect by Linda Howard

January 12, 2023 by Pooja Leave a Comment

CBR15 Passport Challenge: Books recommended by friends #1 When a list of attributes that “Mr. Perfect” must have goes viral, the worst that the four authors think will happen is some unwanted publicity – but they realize that things can get much worse as someone begins picking them off one by one. I picked this book up on a whim – I’d never read this book before, but one of my Goodreads friends reviewed and it seemed like a fun read. Most of the romantic […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Romance, Suspense Tagged With: CBR15Passport, Fiction, Linda Howard, murder, mystery, Romance, romantinc suspense, Suspense, thriller

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:6 · Genres: Fiction, Romance, Suspense · Tags: CBR15Passport, Fiction, Linda Howard, murder, mystery, Romance, romantinc suspense, Suspense, thriller ·
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The Dark Carnival

Hide by Kiersten White

January 5, 2023 by Pooja 2 Comments

Fourteen people participate in a mysterious competition for a chance to win a life-changing amount of money. The challenge: to hide in a decrepit amusement park, and not get found out. But what the hiders don’t know is the true nature of the seeker… One of the worst ‘hot takes’ I ever read on the Internet was a post positing that there must be a limited number of souls to go around to all the billions of people on Earth, and that most people must […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror Tagged With: ARC, Fiction, horror, Kiersten White, NetGalley, Suspense, thriller

Pooja's CBR15 Review No:3 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: ARC, Fiction, horror, Kiersten White, NetGalley, Suspense, thriller ·
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Quadruple Cannonballing for the first time! I may rest now.

Shiver by Allie Reynolds

December 31, 2022 by narfna 6 Comments

Well dang, what a wet raspberry of a book to end the year on. I have a couple more I’m trying to finish so hopefully at least one will be a banger, but this was not what I wanted it to be. Personal drama in a friend group as a basis for a thriller is just really, really not my thing. Especially when you don’t like any of the characters that make up the group, as was the case here for me. Not even the […]

Filed Under: Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: Allie Reynolds, mystery, narfna, Shiver, snowboarding, Suspense, thrillers

narfna's CBR14 Review No:260 · Genres: Mystery, Suspense · Tags: Allie Reynolds, mystery, narfna, Shiver, snowboarding, Suspense, thrillers ·
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“The first thing I hate is called a Russian doll. It holds a smaller version of itself inside it, and another inside that and so on. How awful. They are prisoners. I imagine them all screaming in the dark, unable to move or speak. The doll’s face is broad and blankly smiling. It looks so happy to be holding its children captive.”

The Last House on Needless Street by Catriona Ward

December 23, 2022 by narfna 3 Comments

So after a night where this book sat in my subconscious probably doing things to me, I’m upping my rating to five stars. I can’t stop thinking about it, and the ending did what I want more horror endings to to do for me. There are quite a few people who experience a sort of literary catharsis with the presence of violence and gore, but I am not one of those people (and maybe they don’t even care about catharsis! who knows!). This book has […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Horror, Mystery, Speculative Fiction, Suspense Tagged With: animal POV, audiobooks, Catriona Ward, genre bender, horror, Mental Health, mystery, narfna, Suspense, the last house on needless street

narfna's CBR14 Review No:226 · Genres: Audiobooks, Horror, Mystery, Speculative Fiction, Suspense · Tags: animal POV, audiobooks, Catriona Ward, genre bender, horror, Mental Health, mystery, narfna, Suspense, the last house on needless street ·
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“They were supposed to grow up with their hands in each other’s pockets, compensating for one another’s weaknesses, encouraging one another’s strengths.”

Middlegame (Alchemical Journeys, #1) by Seanan McGuire

December 23, 2022 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was my first Seanan McGuire book, which is a little unbelievable, both because she writes in genres I love, and because she writes so very prolifically. And I started with a really good one. I’m not against spoilers and frequently spoil myself for things, but I went into this book almost completely unspoiled, even for the premise, and I think that’s the way to go. The book is so weird it’s almost impossible to really sum up in a blurb anyway. So, how to […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Horror Tagged With: #fantasy, coming-of-age, horror, Middlegame, mystery, narfna, sci-fi, Seanan McGuire, sff, speculative, Suspense

narfna's CBR14 Review No:219 · Genres: Fantasy, Horror · Tags: #fantasy, coming-of-age, horror, Middlegame, mystery, narfna, sci-fi, Seanan McGuire, sff, speculative, Suspense ·
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