Category Archives: suspense
Feedback – Robinson Wells
Spoiler Alert! If you have not read Variant, please do not read this review. That Benson can take a punch and keep on going. It is amazing that a teen with no training in combat sports can wallop and disable … Continue reading
The Assault – Brian Falkner
Aliens fleeing from a doomed planet wormed their way onto Earth by asking for a small corner of Australian desert for their new homeland. Nope, they wanted the entire planet. When the story opens, only the Americas have not been … Continue reading
Monstrous Beauty – Elizabeth Fama
In 1872, budding naturalist Ezra Doyle follows stories of sea demons to the fishing town of Plymouth, Massachusetts. Ezra comes face to face with Syrenka, a mermaid who has lived for over 1000 years. Over time, they fall in love, … Continue reading
The Kill Order – James Dashner
a prequel to The Maze Runner Trilogy The solar flares devastated the planet, forever changing life as they knew it. Surviving from day to day was challenging beyond anything they could have imagined. Then the Bergs came and introduced a … Continue reading
False Memory – Dan Krokos
Miranda has lost her memory. In the middle of an altercation at a mall, she feels a massive headache, signals the release of her superpowers leaving people dashing about in a frantic, panicked rush, with many dead. Peter sits by … Continue reading
Garment of Shadows – Laurie R. King
This is the twelfth installment in the mystery and adventure series featuring Mary Russell and her husband, Sherlock Holmes. Having awakened in bed with a skull throbbing so painfully she wanted to weep, she realized that she could not just … Continue reading
Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 – Richard Paul Evans
Following the common storyline of superpower kids fighting evil, Michael Vey is a very good read for the target audience. Teen Michael Vey can produce a killer electric shock upon touch, but he is a nice guy. Often bullied at … Continue reading
Something Strange and Deadly – Susan Dennard
I was dreading another zombie novel, and was pleased that this is more about necromancy and the determination of strong characters to fight evil forces. Against the unique backdrop of the Philadelphia Exposition of 1876, the author explains the rules … Continue reading
The Unquiet – Jeannine Garsee
Rinn’s bipolar disorder has wreaked havoc on her and her family. Promising to stay on her medication, Rinn and her mother seek a fresh start in her mother’s small home town in Ohio. Her new school has a ghost, an … Continue reading
UnWholly – Neal Shusterman
Spoiler alert – Please read Unwind first before reading this review. Unwind, one of my favorite dystopian thrillers, is another masterpiece by Neal Shusterman and so engrossing that I was a tad reluctant to read the sequel in fear of … Continue reading
Unraveling – Elizabeth Norris
A truck appears out of nowhere and mows down Janelle days before her junior year. She dies instantly. A severed spinal cord is just one of her massive injuries. As her life flashes before her, Ben appears and she can … Continue reading
The Hunt – Andrew Fukuda
Instead of the traditional humans turning into zombies storyline that wipes out humanity, humans are facing extinction from a vampire-ish majority that crave a diet of the few remaining true humans called hepers. The story opens with Gene, a heper doing … Continue reading
The Child Who – Simon Lelic
Leo Curtice, an attorney in a town in southern England, is excited when asked to defend a 12-year-old boy accused of murdering an 11-year-old girl. This is a career-making case. The excitement is short lived however, as Leo experiences the … Continue reading
Illuminate – Aimee Agresti
Illuminate has a mix of elements that will attract a variety of readers. It is a combination of romance, mystery, coming-of-age, self-discovery, and paranormal good versus evil. Haven is an over-achieving, hard working girl, whose adoptive mother found her outside … Continue reading
Starters – Lissa Price
We’ve got another bleak future in store. This time, civilization has been ravaged by germ warfare. Only the youth and the elderly are vaccinated and survive. The elderly have been surviving quite nicely, living well into their 100s. But there … Continue reading
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