Colony by Ron Wolff: REVIEW Synopsis 17-year-old Adam Flynn was the first human to be born on Mars. He’s grown up among only a handful of scientists, so when the first ship of colonists arrives, he’s thrilled and also terrified to meet other kids his age for the first time. But when one of the…
This Happened To Me: A Reckoning by Kate Price: REVIEW Synopsis The inspiring memoir of a woman who realizes as an adult that her abusive father trafficked her as a child. She must then set out to not only heal from her physical and psychological wounds, but also to prove to herself and the world…
How Bad Things Can Get by Darcy Coates: REVIEW Synopsis The NetGalley blurb describes this book as “The Blair Witch Project meets Fyre Fest,” and that’s a fairly accurate comparison. A social media influencer throws a lavish party on a remote island for his fans and fellow content creators. Among the attendees is Ruth, a…
Not Quite Dead Yet by Holly Jackson: REVIEW Synopsis Jet Mason has 7 days to live, and she intends to spend every minute she has left tracking down the person who has murdered her. My Review After loving Five Survive and the Good Girl’s Guide to Murder installments I’ve read so far, Holly Jackson has become an…
A Truce That Is Not Peace by Miriam Toews: REVIEW Synopsis In this memoir slash stream-of-consciousness essay, Miriam Toews struggles to answer the question, “Why do I write?” while dealing with thoughts of suicide. My Review Word to the wise: This isn’t one for the easily triggered. In this era of dancing around the word…
Joy Moody Is Out of Time by Kerryn Mayne: REVIEW Synopsis Joy Moody has been lying to her twin daughters their whole lives. She was only trying to protect them at first, and she intended to tell them the truth eventually. But now she’s suffering from an illness that’s blurring the lines between what’s real…
Killer on the Road / The Babysitter Lives by Stephen Graham Jones: REVIEW Synopsis In The Killer on the Road, teenage runaway Harper intends to hitchhike as far away from her controlling mother as she can get, but a truck-driving serial killer has other plans for her. And in The Babysitter Lives, teenage babysitter Charlotte takes…