I’ve always been interested in the stories about organ transplant patients who suddenly start displaying behaviors or preferences that they didn’t have before the surgery, and these are sometimes found to be the same as those of the organ donors. A fantastic podcast that I listen to weekly, Mysterious Universe, has covered the topic […]
With summer finally in full swing here in Chicago, I’m in the mood for a fun, lighter read to pass the time, and the cozy mystery Destined for Trouble by Claudia Lefeve definitely fit the bill. I’ve read and reviewed Claudia’s previous self-published young adult paranormal works (Travelers series, Darkly Beings), and now she has […]
Horror is my go-to genre, and I’ve read so much that it’s hard to find a thing that hasn’t been done to death (pun-intended) or overcooked until it’s mushy and just tastes sub-par on the palate. Heather Herrman’s debut Consumption is chock full of gore and depravity on a scale that makes sense in a […]
I really love the urban fantasy world that JL Bryan has created in his Ellie Jordan, Ghost Trapper series, and he’s delivered three solid books with solid world building full of believable characters while displaying his trademark wit as the ghosts get more evil and harder to get rid of in each book. In the […]
My Thoughts: The Clairmont siblings are known as the Tribe of Five in their town, and with four brothers and just one sister left to fend for themselves after their parents died in a plane crash, every one of them has floundered in one way or another–even if they outwardly seem successful. Ruby Ink tells […]
I really enjoyed the first book in the Ghostly Southern Mysteries series, A Ghostly Undertaking, where Emma Lee Raines was introduced as an undertaker who could suddenly see a certain type of ghost after being knocked hard on the head by a plastic Santa Clause. But with the people that she’d buried in the past […]
Today I’m going to do things a little differently than my usual review style and tell you the Five Reasons why I think you should read or would enjoy Canary by Duane Swierczynski. I listened to the excellent audiobook provided by Hachette Audio. Sarie takes being a confidential informant as serious as her college […]
I enjoy a good cozy mystery and I especially love paranormal novels, and A Ghostly Undertaking fits the bill in both regards. This is book one in a new series from new-to-me author Tonya Kappes, featuring awkward funeral director Emma Lee Raines who can now see, touch, and hear ghosts thanks to a bonk on the head […]
I love Maureen Johnson, and The Shades of London series is a great series full of ghosts, thrilling chases, and mysteries to solve. But the wait for this third installment just about killed me at nearly two years. Even though The Shadow Cabinet picks up right where The Madness Underneath left off, I struggled to remember […]
When I discovered the Darcy Walker series over last Christmas, I burned through the three available books one right after the other, eager to delve deeper into the fun and often dangerous world of young ADHD sleuth Darcy and her group of boys that do her dirty work. I reviewed books one through three in one […]
Purchase Links Amazon / Barnes and Noble / iBooks / Indiebound / Kobo / Target / Add to Goodreads The Girls of Mischief Bay is my first foray into Susan Mallery’s works, and I was not disappointed by this emotional, vibrant contemporary story about three friends of different ages and stages in their lives. I posted […]
Jacqueline Talbot hasn’t led an easy life since she was orphaned at a young age, shuffling from foster home to home ever since. She’s been seen as a bit troubled since her father received the death penalty for murdering several people after her mother passed away. But just when the last foster home seemed like […]
Heather and Danny here for a joint review of one of the books we both loved so much, and where we couldn’t wait to hold the sequel in our hands. The Winner’s Curse was such a surprise last year, and even though sequels are so often a let down…. we can say right now that […]
