Like the spellbinding psychological suspense in The Girl on the Train and Luckiest Girl Alive, Megan Miranda’s novel is a nail-biting, breathtaking story about the disappearances of two young women—a decade apart—told in reverse. It’s been ten years since Nicolette Farrell left her rural hometown after her best friend, Corinne, disappeared from Cooley Ridge without…
Author: CharmedLfe
I graduated from UC:Riverside with a Bachelor's Degree in History specializing in Ancient and Medieval History. I constantly read with such a near insatiable appetite for literature, I tend to read two to three books at a time.
In other genres of literature appreciation I have been a fan of comic books since I was young. That fan appreciation has lead me to become a comic book reviewer for Zenescope Entertainment this year.
I love a variety of genre's including historical fiction, YA, Fantasy, Thrillers, Horror, and all other categories of Fiction. I love stories that involve stories about carnivals, the Victorian era, zombies, psychological thrillers, and all things supernatural. An author that writes as if they are painting so beautifully with words have always captured my attention. Some of my favorite authors are Lewis Carroll, Neil Gaiman, Laurell K Hamilton, Will Christopher Baer, Libba Bray, Erin Morgenstern, Mo Hayder, Chelsea Cain, Joe Hill, Cassandra Clare, Richelle Mead, James Patterson, and Dean Koontz... just to name a few.
Review of The Girls by Emma Cline
An indelible portrait of girls, the women they become, and that moment in life when everything can go horribly wrong—this stunning first novel is perfect for readers of Jeffrey Eugenides’s The Virgin Suicides and Jennifer Egan’s A Visit from the Goon Squad. Northern California, during the violent end of the 1960s. At the start…
Review of Tell the Wind and Fire
“Sarah Rees Brennan writes with fine control and wit, and I suspect that word of this magical thriller will pass through the populace with the energy of wind, of fire.” —Gregory Maguire, author of Wicked andEgg and Spoon In a city divided between opulent luxury in the Light and fierce privations in the Dark, a determined young woman…
Review of Siren’s Song by Mary Weber
“The realization hits: We’re not going to win. It’s why I couldn’t defeat Draewulf in Bron—because this power was never mine anyway. I drop my arms and let the energy die off. And turn around to Face Eogan.” After a fierce battle with Draewulf, Nym barely escaped with her life. Now, fleeing the scorched…
Review of the Widow by Fiona Barton
For fans of Gone Girl and The Girl on the Train, an electrifying thriller that will take you into the dark spaces that exist between a husband and a wife. When the police started asking questions, Jean Taylor turned into a different woman. One who enabled her and her husband to carry on,…
Review of Ashley Bell by Dean Koontz
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYBOOKPAGE • The must-read thriller of the year, for readers of dark psychological suspense and modern classics of mystery and adventure The girl who said no to death. Bibi Blair is a fierce, funny, dauntless young woman—whose doctor says she has…
Brother by Ania Ahlborn
Indiebound/Barnes & Nobles/Amazon Synopsis: From the bestselling horror author of Within These Walls and The Bird Eater comes a brand-new novel of terror that follows a teenager determined to break from his family’s unconventional—and deeply disturbing—traditions. Deep in the heart of Appalachia stands a crooked farmhouse miles from any road. The Morrows keep to themselves,…
Review of The Girl Without A Name by Sandra Block
Libro.FM(Audiobook)/ Indiebound/ Hachette Books/Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/Kobo Review Written by: Jessica C. Synopsis, Taken from Hachette Books: In what passes for an ordinary day in a psych ward, Dr. Zoe Goldman is stumped when a highly unusual case arrives. A young African American girl, found wandering the streets of Buffalo in a catatonic state, is brought…
Review of As Black as Ebony by Salla Simukka
Barnes & Nobles/Books-A-Million/Indiebound Review Written By: Jessica C. I’ve been watching you. I’ve been watching you when you didn’t know. I’ve been watching every move you make and every expression of your face. You thought you were invisible and unremarkable, but I have seen everything you do. I know you better than anyone else. I…
Review of Lobo vol 1: Targets
Barnes & Nobles/Indiebound/DC Comics/Books-A-Million Review written by: Jessica C. Lobo vol 1: Targets brings back Lobo all new and improved for the DC Universe’s new 52. The intergalatic bounty hunter has certainly got himself quite a makeover that even Tyra and her team could manage. Truth be told he looks a heck of a lot better…
Review of Awake by Natasha Preston
Barnes & Nobles/IndieBound/Kobo/Books-A-Million/Sourcebooks Review Written by: Jessica C. Since my review of White as Snow by Salla Simukka I have noticed a new abundance of novels and stories cropping up that include cults in the story line. Cults are unto themselves fascinating and twisted fixtures in fiction as much as reality, so to have a story…
Review of Alice by Christina Henry
Amazon/Barnes & Nobles/ Indiebound Review written by: Jessica C. For as long as I can remember, I have always been a fan of Lewis Carroll and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and of course the ongoing story for when she returned to Wonderland through the Looking Glass. Of course using the term “fan” for me when it comes…
A Bibliophile's Reverie 