Review: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Gone Girl Gillian Flynn Marriage can be a real killer. On a warm summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, it is Nick and Amy Dunne’s fifth wedding anniversary. Presents are being wrapped and reservations are being made when Nick’s clever and beautiful wife disappears from their rented McMansion on the Mississippi River. Husband-of-the-Year Nick isn’t…

Review: Wraith by Joe Hill

Wraith Welcome to Christmasland #1-6 Joe Hill Illustrator: Charles Paul Wilson III Joe Hill's New York Times Bestselling novel, NOS4A2, introduced readers to the terrifying funhouse world of Christmasland, and the mad man who rules there: Charlie Talent Manx III. Now, in an original new comic miniseries, Hill throws wide the candy cane gates to…

Review: The Girl From the Well by Rin Chupeco || I want to be Okiku when I grow up… or maybe not

The Girl From the WellThe Girl From the Well #1Rin ChupecoYou may think me biased, being murdered myself. But my state of being has nothing to do with the curiosity toward my own species, if we can be called such. We do not go gentle, as your poet encourages, into that good night.A dead girl…

Review: Illusions of Fate by Kiersten White || Where were you when I needed you most romance?

Illusions of Fate Kiersten White I did my best to keep you from crossing paths with this world. And I shall do my best to protect you now that you have. Jessamin has been an outcast since she moved from her island home of Melei to the dreary country of Albion. Everything changes when she…

Review: The Young Elites by Marie Lu || Well… this was dark…

The Young ElitesThe Young Elites #1Marie LuI am tired of being used, hurt, and cast aside.Adelina Amouteru is a survivor of the blood fever. A decade ago, the deadly illness swept through her nation. Most of the infected perished, while many of the children who survived were left with strange markings. Adelina’s black hair turned silver,…

Review: Heir of Fire by Sarah J. Maas || The witch has potential… maybe… I’m still not sure yet

Heir of FireThrone of Glass #3Sarah J. MaasCelaena has survived deadly contests and shattering heartbreak―but at an unspeakable cost. Now, she must travel to a new land to confront her darkest truth . . . a truth about her heritage that could change her life―and her future―forever. Meanwhile, brutal and monstrous forces are gathering on…

Review: The Bullet Catcher’s Daughter by Rod Duncan || Wasn’t what I was expecting, but good nonetheless

The Bullet Catcher's DaughterFall of the Gas-Lit Empire #1Rod DuncanElizabeth Barnabus lives a double life—as herself and as her brother, the private detective. She is trying to solve the mystery of a disappearing aristocrat and a hoard of arcane machines. In her way stand the rogues, freaks and self-proclaimed alchemists of a travelling circus. But…

Review: Ignite Me by Tahereh Mafi || The ship has sailed with a WTF ending

Ignite MeShatter Me #3 Tahereh Mafi The heart-stopping conclusion to the New York Times bestselling Shatter Me series, which Ransom Riggs, bestselling author of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, called “a thrilling, high-stakes saga of self-discovery and forbidden love.”With Omega Point destroyed, Juliette doesn’t know if the rebels, her friends, or even Adam are alive.…

Review: The Martian by Andy Weir || Isolation on Mars has never been more funny

The Martian Andy Weir Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone…

Review: Dreams of Gods and Monsters by Laini Taylor || Second chances and redemption

Dreams of Gods and Monsters Daughter of Smoke and Bone #3 Laini Taylor Two worlds are poised on the brink of a vicious war. By way of a staggering deception, Karou has taken control of the chimaera's rebellion and is intent on steering its course away from dead-end vengeance. The future rests on her. When…