Category: Book Review

Locust Lane

Locust Lane Thank you to NetGalley and Celadon Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: harm to an animal (unintentional), murder, gore, substance use, addiction, death, sexual assault, misogyny, self-harm For fans of Mystic River by Dennis Lehane […]

Witchful Thinking

Witchful Thinking Thank you to Forever for sending me a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. Love is the trickiest spell of all. Lucinda Caraway loves living in Freya Grove, the mystic seaside town where charms, hexes, and magical beings of all kinds are […]

Better The Blood

Better the Blood Thank you to NetGalley and Grove Atlantic for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: rape, violence, blood, murder, death of a child, mention of addiction, suicide, grief A DETECTIVE IN SEARCH OF THE TRUTH Hana […]

Phaedra

Phaedra Thank you to NetGalley and Alcove Press for providing me with an ARC or this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: blood, gore, murder, suicide, rape Debut novelist Laura Shepperson offers a powerful feminist retelling of Phaedra and her unyielding quest for justice, perfect […]

City Under One Roof

City Under One Roof Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley Books for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: gore, mention of death, mention of death of a child, blood, grief, mention of domestic violence, gun violence, murder A […]

The Auschwitz Violinist

The Auschwitz Violinist Thank you to Jonathan Dunsky for providing me with a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: Holocaust imagery, grief, suicide, PTSD, antisemitism, violence, murder Death isn’t always what it seems. And neither is murder.  When a former Auschwitz inmate […]

In The Shadow Garden

In the Shadow Garden Thank you to Forever and Angie Man for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: mention of abuse, violence, blood, death of a parent, murder, grief, trauma The richly atmospheric and luminous debut about three generations […]

The Villa

The Villa Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: mention of death of a child, grief, murder, mention of suicide, mention of drugs, violence, blood From New York Times bestselling author Rachel […]

Vinyl Resting Place

Vinyl Resting Place Thank you to NetGalley and St. Martin’s Press for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: murder, blood When Juni Jessup and her sisters Tansy and Maggie put all their beans in one basket to open […]