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- Review of Fable by Adrienne Young
plucky young heroine who rejects her expected place in society, and atmospheric descriptions of imagined twisted
- Review of Things in Jars by Jess Kidd
solid historical fiction details of Victorian London, which I love, within a creepy mystery with dark twists
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 8/15/22 Edition
After twists and turns and several years, Elizabeth is a single mother who becomes the star of a hit
- Review of Vengeful by V.E. Schwab
I loved the first book, Vicious, which was a dark, revenge-filled, twisted, supernatural tale.
- Review of Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by Elle Cosimano
I liked the twist of potential trust-breaking from within Finlay's inner circle.
- December Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
With a twist! I love a time-travel book (see lists of some of my favorites, linked below). In A.G. I did not see the fascinating twist of the book coming, and it's laid bare for the reader relatively Devious series delivers more smart, creative sleuthing from Stevie Bell and the gang, great dialogue, twisty
- Six Fascinating Stories Set in Space
vulnerability and then her growing doubts, her self-reliance and quick thinking, and the shifts and twists self-reliance, romanticized ideas, quick thinking, and strength of character, along with the shifts and twists
- Review of The Queen of Nothing by Holly Black
Black offers wonderfully twisted humor, various satisfying endings (including regarding Jude and Cardan
- Review of The World That We Knew by Alice Hoffman
My book club read this refreshing twist on one of my favorite historical fiction book topics, World War
- Six More Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year
Life by Rosie Walsh In The Love of My Life, Rosie Walsh offers a contemporary fiction thriller with twists offers satisfying character development, but The Love of My Life is also a psychological thriller with twists think "science fiction," but Quantum Girl Theory is rooted in historical fiction and offers a solid, twisty
- Six 2020 Mysteries for You to Check Out
Characters' motivations are often unclear or remain constant, which allows for great twists and turns appealingly old-fashioned; Home Before Dark is suspenseful and has supernatural elements; Pretty Things has a twist /double twist that I loved; and Long Bright River and Blacktop Wasteland felt more modern and character
- Review of Serpent & Dove by Shelby Mahurin
Things quickly get complicated, and there's a twist: circumstances demand that nemeses and diametrically
- Review of The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez
There is a will they/won’t they tension that takes the reader through twists and turns.
- Review of Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian
The community's collective suspicion builds and grows into panic and paranoia, twisting Mary up in its
- Six More Backlist Favorites to Check Out
Oceanography of the Moon. 02 Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel Darling Rose Gold is a wonderfully twisted There are some wonderfully devilish dark twists and turns as events evolve and as the characters' layers
- Review of The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell
Some of the twists at the end felt implausible (not recognizing the Professor for who he really was,
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/15/21 Edition
Transcendent Kingdom, Yaa Gyasi's wonderful book about a Ghanaian family in Alabama and the family members' twists
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/14/22 Edition
follows Sitara through unlikely alliances, a desperate plan to escape her fiery homeland, and a life with twists
- Review of The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
The twisted interpretations of the scripture by the Prophet and his unchecked, cruel power were disturbing
- Review of She's Too Pretty to Burn by Wendy Heard
Heard's young adult thriller follows the twists and turns at the intersection of three volatile young
- Review of Comedy Comedy Comedy Drama: A Memoir by Bob Odenkirk
unexpected satisfaction he has discovered through taking on deeper dramatic roles--and, in a surprise twist
- August Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
, disturbing premise--but I was fascinated with the character depth, explorations of grief, and the twist But the truth of what has occurred is horrible, terrifying, twisty--and absolutely fascinating. There was a twist that I didn't see coming, and I thought it worked beautifully.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/31/21 Edition
The Books I'm Reading Now Two of these books are largely about redemption, two focus on the twisted blessing-and-curse
- January Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
I never would have predicted the twists. The unexpected twists and turns kept me riveted while Pip's unfailing bravery and her hero's struggles
- May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Life by Rosie Walsh In The Love of My Life, Rosie Walsh offers a contemporary fiction thriller with twists offers satisfying character development, but The Love of My Life is also a psychological thriller with twists
- Six of the Best Nonfiction Books I've Read This Year
wonderfully paced and skillfully recounted Cold War-era story of spy intrigue, paranoia, bravery, and the twists The events in Catch and Kill are carefully researched and documented, with twists and turns that feel
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/13/20 Edition
fictionalized celebrity story with heart; a young adult mystery with a nerdy heroine and a dark plot twist
- Review of And Then She Vanished (Joseph Bridgman #1) by Nick Jones
The resolution involves a twist I had anticipated and leaves a main character in a state of upheaval
- Review of This is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone
This is How You Lose the Time War is only about 200 pages, and there are some clever twists toward the
- Six More Great Fiction Titles I Loved This Year
review of this book, see Where the Forest Meets the Stars. 02 Darling Rose Gold What a wonderfully twisted There are some wonderfully devilish dark twists and turns as events evolve and as the characters' layers
- Six Science Fiction Favorites to Dive Into
The journey isn't too easy, there are some identity realizations, love connections, and plot twists, I didn't anticipate the twists Johnson provides, and I was delighted by each of them.
- Six Four-Star Mysteries to Keep You Guessing
Panowich offers a story about a complicated family and sense of duty, with ruthless mountain gangsters, twists
- ICYMI: Six Compelling Nonfiction Books that Read Like Fiction
wonderfully paced and skillfully recounted Cold War-era story of spy intrigue, paranoia, bravery, and the twists The events in Catch and Kill are carefully researched and documented, with twists and turns that feel
- Review of Writers & Lovers by Lily King
King must be a former waiter; Casey's experiences working in a restaurant and the twisted but familial
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 11/17/20 Edition
King must be a former waiter; Casey's experience working in a restaurant and the twisted community forged
- Six More Science Fiction and Fantasy Reads I Loved in the Past Year
environment, a loss of human connection, and threatening pandemics--then turns all of it on its head with a twisty environmental implosion, fascinating imagined technological advancements, and more, while offering great twists Harrow Starling House is another wonderful, dark, twisty story from Alix E.
- Review of Catch and Kill by Ronan Farrow
Carefully researched and documented, with twists and turns that feel so outlandish as to seem like fiction
- Review of The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
eleven-year-old Sarah Grimke as a gift for her birthday, and the two girls' lives become unevenly, twistingly Wings also follows a version of events in which the real-life figure of Sarah Grimke makes a slow, twisting
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/28/21 Edition
Bohjalian traces the city's collective suspicion as it grows into panic and paranoia, twisting Mary up
- Review of Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be by Frank Bruni
maters do not appear on Top 50 lists, and when interviewed, the individuals emphasize the unexpected twists
- Review of The Manningtree Witches by A.K. Blakemore
most exposed to mistrust and devastating punishments, all of which are carried out in the name of a twisted
- March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
for each other, but the clarity about their incompatibility is longer in coming to Andy, who remains wistful know how beautiful you are" types of lines; unrealistically convenient run-ins; not-dead-after-all twists
- Review of The Dry (Aaron Falk #1) by Jane Harper
Harper's small-town Australia dark secrets and twists and turns have me totally hooked. Her small-town Australia dark secrets and twists and turns have me totally hooked.
- March Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
Black offers wonderfully twisted humor, various satisfying endings (including regarding Jude and Cardan Heard's young adult thriller follows the twists and turns at the intersection of the lives of three volatile
- Review of The Maidens by Alex Michaelides
Silent Patient, although I felt like there was some timeline-fudging necessary in order to make the twist
- Six Four-Star Mysteries I Loved Last Year
Doesn't the cold winter feel like the perfect time to cozy up with a mystery that hooks you with its twists , check out A Marvellous Light. 02 Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner Faulkner's debut mystery is twisty Devious series delivers more smart, creative sleuthing from Stevie Bell and the gang, great dialogue, twisty The mystery within What Happened to the Bennetts is twisty without being manipulative, and the denouement
- Another Six Wonderfully Witchy Stories to Charm You
The tone frequently felt geared toward young readers to me, and I had no trouble predicting the twist
- Six Four-Star Mysteries to Check Out, ICYMI
Panowich offers a story about a complicated family and sense of duty, with ruthless mountain gangsters, twists
- Review of The Exiles by Christina Baker Kline
About halfway through the book Kline takes the reader through a plot twist that dramatically affects
- Six Riveting Backlist Reads
Wasteland here. 04 Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell In Utopia Avenue, Mitchell takes us through the twists