Information: Author: Rory Power Genre: Thriller Page Count: 269 Year Published: 2025 Read This If You Like: Thrillers Morally gray main characters with something to hide Under 300 page books Dual Timelines Midwest settings (specifically Utah) Mysterious canyons and rivers Shocking endings Mysterious Prose Synopsis: It's been exactly a year since the incident at Devil's… Continue reading Kill Creatures (Review)
Information: Author: Trish Lundy Genre: Thriller, Contemporary Page Count: 376 Year Published: 2024 Read This if You Like: YA Thrillers High School Stories Mysterious Boyfriends Lots of social commentary Soccer Main Characters with Dark Pasts Awkward Parenting Dynamics Good Old Blood on the Cover Synopsis: Lauren O'Brian has just moved to Happy Valley, Pennsylvania, and… Continue reading The One That Got Away with Murder (Review)
Information: Author: Maureen Johnson Genre: Mystery, Thriller Page Count: 366 Year Published: 2024 Read This If You Like: Dual Timelines Accidental Troublemaker Main Characters Queer Representation Upstate NY/Canada Settings1 Mysterious Summer Houses More Atmospheric Reads Large Friend Groups Petrichor2 Synopsis: Morning House, located on an island near the border of New York and Canada used… Continue reading Death At Morning House (Review)
Information: Author: Goldy Moldavsky Genre: Thriller, Contemporary, Humor/Satire Page Count: 320 Year Published: 2016 Read This If You Like: Older YA books (because YA published before 2018ish seems to be considered more "classic") Satire/commentary on fandom/celebrities Unlikable main characters British boy bands Books that take place within only a few days Rather boring covers Less… Continue reading Kill the Boy Band (Review)
Information: Author: Maureen Johnson Genre: Mystery Length of Series: 5 books Page Count: 416 (first book) Year published: 2018 (first book) Read This if You Like: Mystery Series (also trilogies, sort of) Boarding Schools More popular YA series Snarky Female Protagonists Dragged out, slow paced storylines Corrupt Politicians (It's a side part of the story)… Continue reading Truly Devious (Series Review)
Information: Author: Stacey Lee Genre: Historical. Mystery, Thriller Page count: 390 Year Published: 2024 Read This if You Like: Asian American/Chinese American Protagonists Murder Mysteries Sisters Working Together 1930s, Depression-era settings Historical Fiction Old Hollywood Films Themes on Gentrification and Racism Glamorous Hollywood Settings Dual POV Spoiler-Free Summary: Los Angeles, 1932: The Chow sisters, Gemma,… Continue reading Kill Her Twice (Review)
Information: Author: Erin Cotter Genre: Historical fiction, thriller, romance Page count: 464 Year published: 2023 Read This If You Like: Shakespeare-era stories Lgbtq+ representation Inspiration from real-life events Enemies to (forbidden) lovers Theatre High society books Historical thrillers Synopsis: London, 1593. Will Hughes is an actor who has been down on his luck lately and… Continue reading By Any Other Name (Review)
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