ARC Review: The Last One To Fall – Gabriella Lepore
When Savana receives a message from her friend Jesse in the middle of the night asking her to meet him at an abandoned warehouse in the port, she goes without thinking twice. But she arrives there only to bear witness to someone being pushed out of the fourth floor window of the warehouse, and now of the six teens present there that night, one is dead and the remaining five suspects in a murder. With the police investigation underway, everyone is quick to accuse one or the other of being the culprit and Savana is worried about what will happen…
ARC Review: The Lake House – Sarah Beth Durst
Claire’s parents have sent her off to a remote summer camp in Maine and she’s less than happy about it since it sends her anxiety into overdrive, causing her to imagine all the ways this situation could go wrong, but never actually do. Except this time, it really does go sideways, when she and two other girls, Reyva and Mariana, arrive at the camp to find it burned to the ground with no survivors in sight. Left on the dock with few supplies and the boat not due to return for several weeks, they quickly realize the fire was no…
ARC Review: Four Found Dead – Natalie D. Richards
Tempest Theaters is closing tonight, and now that the last show is over, all the moviegoers have left. Jo and her six coworkers are eager to finish up their cleaning shift and leave too but when, after witnessing an altercation between their manager Clayton and his wife, the power suddenly goes out, they realize Clayton has disappeared – along with the keys to the exit doors and the safe where all their phones are. Their fright as they realize they are locked in the theatre is only the beginning of a terrifying night when one of them is murdered -…
ARC Review: The Last Heir to Blackwood Library – Hester Fox
In the aftermath of World War I, Ivy Radcliffe unexpectedly inherits the title of Lady Hayworth, and with it a Yorkshire estate known as Blackwood Abbey. Having lost all her family, Ivy does not hesitate to move into the manor, though she is uncertain about what awaits her there. The abbey is a strange place with less than welcoming servants and unexplainable occurrences, but she is overjoyed to discover the vast library it houses and is irresistibly drawn to it despite sensing at times, a presence lingering amongst the shelves. Ivy soon learns that there are many rumors surrounding the…
Mini Reviews #23
Hello readers, and welcome to Mini Reviews, where I talk about some of the books I don’t write full length reviews for. This installment I’m discussing The Sinister Booksellers of Bath, A Thousand Heartbeats, and Friends Like These.
Mini Reviews #22
Hello readers, and welcome to Mini Reviews, where I talk about some of the books I don’t write full length reviews for. This installment I’m discussing Legendborn, The Undercover Secretary and Five Survive.
Book Review: Nine Liars – Maureen Johnson
With David in London, no mystery to solve and college application deadlines looming, senior year is not going well for Stevie Bell. When David invites all of them to join him for a week in a study abroad program, they seize the opportunity – and arrive to be introduced to an unsolved murder case by his new friend Izzy. A group of nine friends, students from Cambridge, had a party at a country manor house that included a very drunken game of hide-and-seek on a dark and stormy night. The next day, two of their number were found murdered in…
A Million To One – Adiba Jaigirdar – ARC Review
Josefa, a thief, has set her sights on her grandest prize yet – the Rubaiyat, a priceless jewel encrusted book – that will be sailing aboard the RMS Titanic. But a heist this big takes more than one person and she gathers a group of girls with varied talents – Violet, an actress, Hinnah, an acrobat, and Emilie, an artist. The only thing they have in common is that they are all seeking a better life than the one they are currently leading in Dublin and the Rubaiyat is an opportunity at that. Stealing the book is easier said than…
Nothing More To Tell – Karen M McManus
Brynn Gallagher left her old high school, Saint Ambrose, shortly after the mysterious murder of a teacher Mr Larkin. Now, four years later, she is returning to finish up her senior year, with an internship to a famous true crime show under her belt, and what better case to investigate than the still unsolved murder? She is certain that the three students who found the teacher are hiding something, including her former best friend Tripp. But as she continues to dig into the events surrounding the case, the tale grows complicated and there are more and more secrets to unearth…
The Killing Code – Ellie Marney – TBR And Beyond Tours
The year is 1943, and Arlington Hall in Virginia, once a girls’ college, now serves as a center for codebreaking during the war. Former student Kit Sutherland is recruited to help in the war effort and joins the group of female codebreakers. When a series of murders take place in Washington DC, all government girls, Kit and her friends are determined to find the killer after they stumble onto the latest crime scene. With the police ignoring obvious connections between the murders, the girls begin to piece things together, but the murderer is closer than they know.
The Weight of Blood – Tiffany D. Jackson | ARC Review
Maddy Washington has always been bullied at her high school in a small Georgia town. But when a sudden rainstorm reveals her to be biracial – something she has been forced to hide by her white father – things go completely downhill. After a video of Maddy being bullied is leaked and goes viral, exposing the racist roots of the school and town, the student leaders devise a plan to change their image by hosting the school’s very first integrated prom. Kenny, the school’s star quarterback, is convinced by his popular girlfriend to ask Maddy to prom and Maddy is…
The Final Gambit – Jennifer Lynn Barnes – TBR And Beyond Tours
Avery is weeks away from officially inheriting a fortune numbered in the billions. All she has to do is survive living in Hawthorne House until then. As the day draws closer, the pressure is increasing, whether it’s the paparazzi, how to handle her future finances, and one last mystery to solve as a visitor arrives, seeking Avery’s help. But this might be the most dangerous puzzle of all as the Hawthorne brothers and Avery are drawn into a game with an unknown player – and the stakes are higher than anyone of them can imagine.
Mini Reviews #20
Hello readers, and welcome to Mini Reviews, where I talk about some of the books I don’t write full length reviews for. This installment, let’s chat about: One for All, The Bombay Prince and Crown of Cinders.
A Dreadful Splendor – B. R. Myers | ARC Review
Genevieve Timmons is a fake spiritualist who pretends to be able to contact the spirits of the dead in order to trick wealthy mourners, but when she slips up, she lands in jail, almost certainly headed for the gallows. A stranger approaches her with an offer: conduct a fake seance to convince his employer, an earl, that the spirit of bride-to-be is at peace after her tragic suicide and he will get her out of the sticky situation she is in. This is exactly the kind of task Genevieve is good at, and she expects it will be easy enough,…
Never Coming Home – Kate Williams – ARC Review
Ten famous influencers are invited to the exclusive opening of Unknown Island, an all expenses paid private resort, seemingly chosen to have an eclectic mix of personalities after the owners run a marketing campaign that goes viral. But their selection is not coincidental at all and each of them has something to hide. When they arrive on the island, it quickly becomes clear that something is not quite right about the place and it is nothing like the luxurious retreat they have been promised – instead, it is a trap that someone has laid with the intention that none of…
Go Hunt Me – Kelly DeVos – ARC Review
Alex and her friends, all horror movie fans, are shooting a short film that they hope will get some of them into film school. When they get the opportunity to shoot on site at a remote castle in Romania, they’re sure it will be the perfect setting for their story, a reimagining of Dracula. But when they arrive, things are not exactly what they expected. The dark and creepy castle certainly is the ideal backdrop for the movie, but as soon as they get there, their crowdfunded money goes missing and all the adults in the place take off, leaving…
Mini Reviews #19
Hello readers, and welcome to Mini Reviews, where I talk about some of the books I don’t write full length reviews for. This installment, let’s chat about: Aru Shah & the Nectar of Immortality, This Golden State and Dreams Bigger Than Heartbreak.
Queen of the Tiles – Hannah Alkaf – ARC Review
A year after Scrabble champion Trina mysterious dies during a competition, her best friend Najwa returns to the same contest, her first time back in the game since the incident. It has been a hard year for her, but she is hoping that this will be a way for her to heal and move on from her grief, and win the tournament in her friend’s memory. But the competition is at an all time high this year – with Trina gone, everyone is vying to be the new champion. When Trina’s Instagram account suddenly becomes active and starts posting cryptic…
Dig Two Graves – Gretchen McNeil – ARC Review
After a betrayal by her best friend Yasmin basically made her the school outcast, Neve Lanier finds herself at a girl’s empowerment camp for the summer as her family hopes that it will help her. The girls at the camp are much nicer than she expected, and she makes friends much more easily than she has ever been able to before. She is particularly drawn to Diane, a beautiful and charismatic girl despite warnings from some of the others to be careful. Diane tells her about her predatory step-brother Javier harassing her and Neve tells her about Yasmin’s betrayal, which…
Killing Time – Brenna Ehrlich – Inkyard Press Winter 2022 YA Blog Tours
Recent high school graduate Natalie is obsessed with true crime, much to her overprotective mother’s dismay, who does everything she can to discourage it. This is the last summer before everyone heads off to college and it should be a time to enjoy herself with her friends and party, but things take a turn when her favorite teacher and mentor, Mrs Halsey is murdered. Her teacher was the only one who understood her curiosity and interest in true crime, so Natalie is determined to find out who is responsible and begins her own investigation.
These Deadly Games – Diana Urban
Crystal Donovan receives a cryptic message on a mysterious app that appears on her phone that states that her little sister Caelyn has been kidnapped, and in order to keep her from being hurt and get her back, Crystal needs to play a game. The initial tasks seem random if risky, but soon enough Crystal starts to see a pattern between them – they are all aimed at severely harming, if not killing her closest friends and teammates for an upcoming gaming tournament. Unable to tell anyone the truth for fear of her sister’s safety, Crystal must play along with…
The Rumor Game – Dhonielle Clayton & Sona Charaipotra – ARC Review
At Foxham Prep, an elite high school in Washington DC, rumors can make or break a student’s reputation. It is something that former popular girl Bryn Colburn has been experiencing of late after one horrible mistake has made her a social pariah and even her best friend Cora, the cheer captain, won’t talk to her. But it’s a new school year and the latest interest on the rumor mill is Georgie, Bryn’s next door neighbor, newly returned from weight loss camp and a summer makeover. Georgie finds herself suddenly popular, but that comes at a price, namely, placing her at…
The Fear – Natasha Preston – ARC Review
A meme on social media goes viral in the town of Rock Bay, where people share their worst way to die, and initially, it seems like just another silly meme. But when students actually start to die in the same manner they described in their posts, it quickly becomes clear that something more sinister is afoot. Izzy, who discovers the body of a classmate, is determined to find the truth as everyone who reposted could be a target, including her best friend and cousin. Each murder hits closer, and somehow Izzy seems to end up at the center. Will she…
League of Liars – Astrid Scholte – ARC Review
The use of edem, extradimensional magic that can be found only in the shadows, is illegal in the land of Telene. Ever since his mother was killed as a result of someone wielding edem, Cayder Broduck has always wanted to bring criminals responsible for such occurrences to justice. When he gets a summer internship with a public defender, he is excited to finally learn the tricks of the trade that will help him in his ultimate goal to become a prosecutor. He is initially not all that interested in what justification for their actions the criminals he is supposed to…
How We Fall Apart – Katie Zhao | Blogmas 2021: Day 14
When popular, rich, top ranked junior Jamie Ruan disappears and is later found dead, the news takes the elite Sinclair Prep high school by shock, especially her four former best friends Nancy, Krystal, Alexander and Akil. When a mysterious person calling themself The Proctor sends out a cryptic, accusatory message to everyone in the school, the four friends become the prime suspects. And while they know they didn’t have anything to do with Jamie’s death, they all certainly have secrets that they don’t want getting out, secrets that Jamie knew and that The Proctor now knows too. The four of…
You’ll Be The Death of Me – Karen M McManus – The Write Reads Ultimate Blog Tour
Ivy, Mateo and Cal used to be close friends, but have drifted apart, until one day in high school, when they are all having a terrible start to the day. None of them are eager to face their problems and so they decide to skip school and head into the city, just like old times, but things turn awkward within minutes. What initially promised to be a dull day quickly takes a turn when the trio spot another student from their school also skipping and out of curiosity follow him – only to walk into the scene of his murder.…
As Good As Dead – Holly Jackson
Pip is struggling with PTSD from the events of her last case and the way it ended. With the success of her podcast, Pip is no stranger to online threats, but she notices one repeated message from an anonymous sender that troubles her. She is weeks away from heading off to university when the threats escalate and strange things start to happen around her, Pip realizes that someone is stalking her in real life. So she does what she does best – investigate. But her findings lead her to the case of a local serial killer that was closed years…
White Smoke – Tiffany D Jackson – ARC Review
Marigold’s family moves to the city of Cedarville, looking forward to a fresh start as Mari still struggles with some recent traumatizing events that she has been through. Though their new house on Maple Street seems lovely, it is surrounded by an extremely run down neighborhood and wary neighbors. Mari soon begins to notice some strange things about the house: doors open on their own, the lights flicker, there are odd shadows and voices, and strangest of all, her brat of a stepsister, Piper, keeps talking about an imaginary friend who wants Mari gone. As the occurrences go from strange…
Lies My Memory Told Me – Sacha Wunsch – Inkyard Press Fall 2021 YA Blog Tours
Nova is the daughter of two scientists who invented Enhanced Memory, a technology that has taken the world by storm and changed the lives of people everywhere. A form of memory sharing, it makes it possible to experience anything, from learning new skills, to traveling the world, to partaking in the most dangerous of adventure sports in a completely risk free manner. Nova has always considered it a gift that has made people’s lives better, until she meets Kade, a critic of the technology who claims that there are serious long term effects to using it. He runs a secret…
This Is Why We Lie – Gabriella Lepore – Inkyard Press Fall 2021 YA Blog Tours
Jenna Dallas is near the beach at dawn, taking photos as she usually does when she hears a cry for help, only to discover that it is Adam Cole, who has found a body in the water – Colleen O’Dell, who attends the same school as Jenna. The coastal town is shocked by the news, especially after it becomes clear that this was no accidental drowning. Jenna and all her friends are interviewed by the police in light of this revelation and when her best friend, becomes a key suspect, Jenna is determined to get to the bottom of things.…
All These Bodies – Kendare Blake – ARC Review
In the summer of 1958, there is a trail of mysterious murders across the Midwest where the victims are found completely drained of blood. The Carlson family, who live in a small Minnesota town is the site of the latest murders, but this time, a girl named Marie Catherine Hale is found at the scene covered in blood. Initially assumed to be a survivor, she is taken into custody when it is found that none of the blood is hers, and she has not a single scratch upon her. The hunt begins for her accomplice, because a teenage girl could…
Lies Like Wildfire – Jennifer Lynn Alvarez – The Write Reads Ultimate Blog Tour
Five best friends have spent every summer together in their hometown of Gap Mountain. This year is different though: with college and work on the horizon, they decide to make the most of this last summer, until plans for a lazy afternoon by the lake go awry and they accidentally start a wildfire in the forest. As the sheriff’s daughter, Hannah Warner knows well the penalties for starting a wildfire in California, and so they do the only thing that comes to mind – lie to the investigators. But the fire grows increasingly deadly, and with each day it rages…
Dark and Shallow Lies – Ginny Myers Sain – ARC Review
Grey returns to the remote bayou town of La Cachette, Louisiana, where she always spends her summers with her grandmother. But this year is different. Her best friend, Elora, has been missing for the past six months ever since she seemingly disappeared into thin air one night, and no one in the entire town of psychics has been able to figure out what happened to her. Even worse, Grey has been experiencing strange visions that seem to be flashbacks and she’s sure they are connected to Elora’s disappearance. Determined to find out the truth, Grey begins to dig deeper into…
A Lesson in Vengeance – Victoria Lee – ARC Review
Felicity Morrow has returned to Dalloway School to redo her final year after she had to take some time away to recover from her girlfriend, Alex’s death. She is determined to move past all that and focus on graduating, but when Ellis Haley, a new student and prodigy writer, asks for help researching the Dalloway Five, the mystery of five students who died on campus centuries ago in incidents proclaimed as witchcraft, Felicity can’t help but be drawn back into her fascination with the occult. As a method writer, Ellis wants to recreate the murders and disprove the existence of…
Ace of Spades – Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé
Chiamaka Adebayo has been chosen for the prestigious position of Head Girl at Niveus Private Academy, an elite high school. No surprises there, as she is both popular and talented, the Queen Bee of the school. Devon Richards, a talented musician, becoming Senior Prefect on the other hand is quite unexpected as he tends to keep to himself. Both students have high aspirations, with Chi set on Yale and Devon aiming for Juilliard along with the scholarship he desperately needs to be able to afford it. When these two students, who are poles apart socially, become the target of an…
The Box In The Woods – Maureen Johnson
Solving the Ellingham murder case gained Stevie a few fleeting moments of fame but now she has a very boring, normal summer ahead of her. When she gets an email from the owner of Sunny Pines summer camp formerly Camp Wonder Falls, which was the site of an unsolved murder case in the 70s known as the Box in the Woods Murders, she can’t resist the opportunity to solve another mystery – especially since she is invited to bring her friends along too. As Stevie begins to investigate, she realizes that though the case is long dormant, trouble still lingers…
That Weekend – Kara Thomas – ARC Review
Claire is found injured and alone on a hiking trail with no memory of the past 48 hours. She, along with her best friends Kat and Jesse, had decided to skip prom and instead spend the weekend at Kat’s family lake house. Now her friends are missing and she has no idea when they went hiking, let alone what happened on the mountain. As the search drags on for days, then weeks, everyone is desperate for answers, and Claire most of all. But even as she tries to piece things together from what little she recalls, everyone around her seems…
The Ivies – Alexa Donne – ARC Review – 500th Blog Post!!
The Ivies are a group of five girls at the elite private school Claflin Academy with one mission: to get into an Ivy League college by any means possible. Except, things don’t go according to plan. When Avery gets rejected by Harvard and Emma who was not supposed to apply at all (since Harvard was ‘Avery’s school’), gets accepted, they have a huge fight. The next morning, Emma turns up dead. Olivia is determined to get to the bottom of this and find out who the killer is. The Ivies are willing to go to great lengths to get what…
Mini Reviews #14
Hello readers, and welcome to another round of Mini Reviews, where I talk about some of the books I don’t write full length reviews for. It’s been a while since I did one of these posts! This installment, let’s chat about: The Game, Wings of Fury and Yes No Maybe So.
Good Girl, Bad Blood – Holly Jackson – ARC Review
Although she successfully solved the Andie Bell case, Pip is still quite shaken up by how things ended and has decided she is done with detective work, turning her attention back to normal life and a true-crime podcast about how she solved the case. But when Jamie Reynolds, her friend’s brother, goes missing and the police refuse to do anything about it, Pip realizes she has no choice but to help. She knows it will be risky, especially now that she has people actually watching, listening and judging her actions to see if she will succeed or fail, but time…
The Girls I’ve Been – Tess Sharpe – ARC Review
What starts out as an ordinary, if awkward morning depositing money turns deadly for Nora, her girlfriend Iris and her ex-boyfriend Wes as they find themselves in the midst of a bank robbery. But Nora is not any ordinary girl. The daughter of a con-artist, she was raised as her protégé and has played many roles in the past. And now, five years after escaping that life and building something resembling normality, it’s time for her to pull out those old skills again in order to save herself and her friends.
Influence – Sara Shepard & Lilia Buckingham – ARC Review
Delilah Rollins has been catapulted into the world of social media influencers after one of her videos unexpectedly goes viral and she moves to LA, and she finds fast friends in Jasmine and Fiona. Child star turned popular influencer, Jasmine Walters-Diaz has grown up in the spotlight, but is beginning to feel boxed in and suffocated by the image she must maintain in order to keep her fanbase. Aspiring actress Fiona Jacobs struggles with a secret from her past that could ruin her career if it became known. Then there’s Scarlet Leigh, who seems to have the perfect life and…
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder – Holly Jackson | Blogmas Day 11
For her senior year project, Pippa Fitz-Amobi decides to reinvestigate a closed murder case that happened in her own town. Five years ago, 17 year old Andie Bell went missing, and was presumed murdered by her boyfriend Sal. Pip has always felt that there was more to the story, and she decides to find out, using her project as a convenient cover, what really happened to Andie that night, and if Sal was really guilty. But her investigation takes a turn as she begins to notice several inconsistencies in the official narrative, stumbling onto some dark secrets and it quickly…
The Devil and the Dark Water – Stuart Turton
The year is 1634 and the merchant vessel, Saardam, prepares to sail for Amsterdam. Aboard the ship are a number of passengers, amongst them, the famous detective Samuel Pipps who is set to be executed on arrival for crimes unknown. His faithful bodyguard, Arent Hayes, is determined to prove him innocent. Even ordinarily, this 8 month journey would be a perilous one, with the threat of pirates and storms, but this one seems jinxed even before the voyage begins, when a leper seemingly places a curse on the ship and bursts into flames on the dock. Things don’t get any…
The Cousins – Karen M. McManus – The Write Reads Ultimate Blog Tour
Twenty-four years ago, the Story siblings Adam, Anders, Allison and Archer were disinherited by their rich mother with only the explanation of a letter stating “You know what you did”. When cousins Milly, Aubrey and Jonah each receive a letter from the grandmother they’ve never met, inviting them to work at her island resort for the summer, their parents insist they go. The cousins don’t really know each other all that well, but they’re curious not only about what could have made their grandmother reach out now, but also about what exactly happened all those years ago. But when the…
You Were Never Here – Kathleen Peacock – ARC Review
Cat Montgomery arrives in Montgomery Falls to visit her Aunt for the summer after some terrible events back home in New York, only to find out that her childhood friend, Riley Fraser, is missing. Even after three months, no one is any closer to finding him and he seems to have simply disappeared. Montgomery Falls hasn’t yet had its fill of mysterious events though, and when a girl is found floating in the river with no memories of who attacked her, it seems like Riley’s disappearance may not have been an isolated incident. When his brother Noah asks Cat to…
The Inheritance Games – Jennifer Lynn Barnes – The Write Reads Ultimate Blog Tour
One day Avery is a normal teenager, living in her car, just waiting to get through high school, and the next, her life is turned upside down when Tobias Hawthorne, billionaire and philanthropist, dies and names her the heiress to most of his enormous fortune. Which would be great, except he has disinherited his two daughters and four grandsons in the process – oh, and Avery doesn’t have a clue who he was. As required by the Will, Avery moves into Hawthorne House where she must live for the next year in order to receive her inheritance, right alongside the…
The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle – Stuart Turton
Evelyn Hardcastle has returned home after years living abroad in Paris, and her parents have planned a grand party at the isolated family manor, Blackheath, to celebrate. But Blackheath holds a dark past – it is the place where the youngest Hardcastle son, Thomas was murdered, and the guests invited to this gala are the very same guests who were in the house on that fateful day, nineteen years ago. But this time, the murder is Evelyn’s own. Aiden Bishop wakes up in the body of one of the guests with no memories of his own, and is told that…
All Your Twisted Secrets – Diana Urban – ARC Review
All Your Twisted Secrets follows six high school students who are invited to a scholarship dinner, but arrive to find themselves trapped in a room. On the table is a syringe containing poison, a bomb and a note saying that they have one hour to decide who amongst themselves will die, or the bomb goes off and kills them all. Amber is determined to get everyone out alive, but even as they frantically search for a way out, the bigger question is why they are all there – six students who couldn’t be more unalike, but each have secrets tying…
The Hand on the Wall – Maureen Johnson
Stevie Bell has done it. She’s solved the cold case that has baffled investigators for decades and figured out the mystery of Truly Devious, and the instigator of the Ellingham kidnappings. But there are still pieces of the puzzle missing. What happened to Alice Ellingham? What is the truth behind the three present day deaths and are they really as accidental as they seem? And might there be a link between Alice’s fate and the strange happenings at Ellingham Academy decades later? Stevie certainly thinks so, but before she can pursue the clues further, the school is evacuated due to…
One of Us Is Next – Karen M. McManus
Eighteen months have passed since the events of One of Us Is Lying, and the shock of things is only just starting to die down when a new game begins – Truth or Dare. Many laugh it off as yet another of the copycat gossip apps that popped up in the wake of Simon’s death, but Bayview High’s thirst for gossip has not abated, and when the first truths are revealed, and the dares quickly turn dangerous, things begin to get out of hand. Maeve Rojas, Phoebe Lawton and Knox Meyers are targeted one after another as devastating secrets are…
Truly Devious – Maureen Johnson
True-crime enthusiast Stevie Bell arrives for her first year at the famous Ellingham academy, and her goal is to unravel the decades old mystery that hangs over the school – the kidnapping of the wife and daughter of the school’s wealthy founder, Albert Ellingham. The only clue found at the time was a mocking letter signed with the pseudonym, Truly Devious. But is this cold case really a thing of the past? Stevie’s investigation suddenly turns a lot more dangerous – for Truly Devious has returned to Ellingham Academy, and murder with it.
Mind Games – Shana Silver – ARC Review
Arden Varga is a computer genius and a skilled hacker. At the exclusive STEM focussed high school she attends, everyone uses a technology called HiveMind, created by her father, which syncs to a persons brainwaves and allows them to upload all their memories into the cloud and access them at any time, essentially ensuring that you’ll never forget anything. Arden however, has hacked this system, and has a business of stealing and selling others’ memories along with her friend Zoey. Everything is great until Arden realizes that her own memory has not only been hacked but thousands of her memories…
Mini Reviews #2
Hello readers, and welcome back to Mini Reviews! This installment, let’s chat about four books: We Set the Dark on Fire, A Question of Holmes, Three Dark Crowns and Four Dead Queens.
The Vanishing Stair – Maureen Johnson
In this riveting sequel to Truly Devious, Stevie continues to investigate the Ellingham murders, but Ellingham Academy still has more secrets to be told. As the half century old mystery unfolds, more and more questions arise as the plot thickens in present day
Two Can Keep A Secret – Karen M. McManus
It feels so good to get back to the mystery genre after all this time! I basically grew up on a diet of Enid Blyton novels and later, Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys mysteries. And while I still pick up those once in a while, just to refresh my memory, I’ve had a really hard time finding an author who writes the mystery genre for YA – until I came across McManus’ first novel, One of Us is Lying.
Worlds Unlike Our Own 