Search Results
294 results found for "twist"
- Six Books Set in Australia that Are Fair Dinkum Fascinating
I love Aaron Falk stories and I loved the twisty interconnectedness of the characters in Exiles. Jane Harper's The Dry (Aaron Falk #1) is set in small-town Australia with dark secrets and twists and For my full review, check out Exiles. 02 The Wife and the Widow by Christian White White's twisty mystery White offers cleverness with timelines that create an intriguing twist, and I didn’t predict the denouement mysterious stories from 1900, 1975, and 2005 and a vivid setting, interesting characters, and enough twists
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 9/22/25 Edition
to life by tackling the McCarthy era--in what feels like a very timely novel about free speech, the twisting
- Review of Big Swiss by Jen Beagin
Twisted humor and awkwardness constantly underlie the situation as Greta continues regularly listening Yet in a twisted fashion, these lies seem to free her to be honest about everything else.
- Review of Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
In this gothic Victorian tale, Waters offers a slow build to heartbreak, twists and double twists, hesitant The story offers heartbreak, twists and double twists, hesitant attempts at unorthodox love (I recall
- Review of The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
Winternight trilogy, here shares a mysterious, haunting historical fiction story with a speculative twist
- Review of Troubled Blood by Robert Galbraith
But in taking on the first cold case of his career, Strike doesn't bargain for the current-day twists It was nicely paced, and I liked having time to dig into the characters' evolution and the mystery's twists
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 12/14/21 Edition
But in taking on the first cold case of his career, Strike doesn't bargain for the current-day twists feels nicely paced, and I like having time to dig into the characters' evolution and the mystery's twists Voiceless and alone, Shiori searches for her brothers--and discovers a dark, twisted conspiracy to take
- Review of The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave
Dave offers unexpected twists and turns and complex relationships in this great mystery. The story offers unexpected twists and turns without manipulating the reader or relying on red herrings
- Review of The Return of Ellie Black by Emiko Jean
The story takes us inside the claustrophobic, twisted, abusive, extremely disturbing compound where Ellie
- Six Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels
an adult title but felt to me like a dark young adult postapocalyptic novel, and it offered several twists really interesting, and also character driven, which feels unusual given one of the aforementioned twists The Boy on the Bridge offers adventure, twists, turns, love, scientific exploration, betrayal, and an odd twist of hope.
- Review of Six Crimson Cranes (Six Crimson Cranes #1) by Elizabeth Lim
Voiceless and alone, Shiori searches for her brothers--and discovers a dark, twisted conspiracy to take She's also the author of The Blood of Stars series and multiple Twisted Tales books.
- Review of The Hallmarked Man by Robert Galbraith
The Robin-Strike tension is finally spoken aloud, although not resolved, and the mystery twists to involve
- Review of The Summer War by Naomi Novik
Novik's novella The Summer War reads like a fable, with unexpected twists and turns; duty, clever evasion
- Review of The Favorites by Layne Fargo
The relentless pacing, romantic obsession, twists and turns, dramatic setbacks, exhilarating success,
- Review of Goodnight Beautiful by Aimee Molloy
But this book has a major twist. Yet listening to the twist occur in the audiobook may have made the unreliable narrator aspect even more After the story's twist becomes clear, the rest of the book is a waiting game; the reader stands by while Molloy is also the author of The Perfect Mother, which has its own twist and unreliable narrator. How did you think the structure of the twists compared?
- Review of The Boy on the Bridge by M.R. Carey
The Boy on the Bridge offers adventure, twists, turns, love, scientific exploration, betrayal, and an odd twist on hope. Carey's The Boy on the Bridge offers adventure, twists, turns, love, scientific exploration, betrayal , and an odd twist on hope.
- Review of Only If You're Lucky by Stacy Willingham
The twists didn't lead the story exactly where I thought they would, and I was surprised by several turns
- Review of The Night Ship by Jess Kidd
As with Things in Jars, in The Night Ship Kidd offers twists and turns, irresistible protagonists, and
- Review of The Traitor (Alias Emma #2) by Ava Glass
I wasn't shocked by the story's twist, but Glass didn't make me feel manipulated or red-herring me to
- Review of A Dangerous Collaboration (Veronica Speedwell #4) by Deanna Raybourn
It wasn't my favorite of the series mysteries thus far, but I enjoyed the dark, gothic feel of twisting
- Six Royally Magical Young Adult Series
I love Bardugo's pacing, dialogue, twists and turns, character development, all of it, and I gave this It's dark and darkly funny, with twists, turns, and satisfying relationship growth. 04 The Folk of the loved the intrigue, clever plotting, complicated loyalties and desires, creatures of all kinds, plus: a twist ...and double twist! luckily for us, it begins Turner's six-book series, which offers wonderfully flawed characters, plot twists
- Review of The Perfect Mother by Aimee Molloy
you missed it: Aimee Molloy's page-turner is a quick read with a major--if manipulative-feeling--plot twist If you like mysteries with twist, you may be in for Molloy's newest book, Goodnight Beautiful. either or both of these books, I'd love to talk about the similarities and differences in the books' twists
- Review of Darling Rose Gold by Stephanie Wrobel
A wonderfully twisted tale, with double-crossing, codependence, and dark turns. What a wonderfully twisted little tale this was from Stephanie Wrobel! There are some wonderfully playful dark twists and turns as the plot evolves and characters' layers of
- Six More Riveting Time-Travel Stories to Explore
Some of the twists at the end felt implausible, but others wrapped up frustrating revelations in satisfying With a twist! When we created Absalom, we weren't trying to build a time machine. Time . 04 Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister Gillian McAllister offers a smart, intriguing, twisty Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery begins with a mother awaiting her teenage son's return home late
- Review of Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
This fast-paced suspense read is the ultimate "trouble in paradise" story, with twist and turns that Rachel Hawkins is also the author of The Wife Upstairs--another solid suspense read with magnetic twists
- Review of As Good As Dead (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder #3) by Holly Jackson
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
- Review of A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar
Majumdar twists the situation between thief and mother, continually shifting the reader's loyalties as
- Review of A Passage North by Anuk Arudpragasam
This is introspective literary fiction in which Krishan examines his young life, analyzes the romantic twists North is introspective literary fiction in which Krishan examines his young life, analyzes the romantic twists
- Six of My Favorite Reads of the Year So Far
I love Aaron Falk stories and I loved the twisty interconnectedness of the characters in Exiles. Jane Harper's The Dry (Aaron Falk #1) is set in small-town Australia with dark secrets and twists and 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
- Review of The Love of My Life by Rosie Walsh
In The Love of My Life, Rosie Walsh offers a twisty contemporary fiction novel and psychological thriller offers satisfying character development, but The Love of My Life is also a psychological thriller with twists
- Review of Dream State by Eric Puchner
They were acting all along with free will, after all, and reasonable adults must realize that life twists
- Review of The Women by Kristin Hannah
know how beautiful you are" types of lines; unrealistically convenient run-ins; not-dead-after-all twists
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/22/24 Edition
Tragedy and looming doom are twisted through this story of a hard-fought love story between Gaunt and
- Review of In the Wild Light by Jeff Zentner
Zentner allows complex scenarios to wriggle and twist into something new.
- Review of VenCo by Cherie Dimaline
The tone frequently feels geared toward young readers to me, and I had no trouble predicting the twist
- Review of Silver in the Bone (Silver in the Bone #1) by Alexandra Bracken
Alternative Arthurian legends twist through this first in a young adult fantasy series, but what hooked
- Review of The Twyford Code by Janice Hallett
I had predicted some of the twists that are eventually revealed, and I was too irritated to feel invested
- Review of All the Dangerous Things by Stacy Willingham
I like the way Willingham builds tension and offers twists without making me feel manipulated by shifty
- Six Great Stories about Robots
There's a twist/double twist in Goddess in the Machine that I didn't see coming, and I found the whole
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 10/10/22 Edition
, Adam Hamdy's twisty mystery about interconnected characters. The Other Side of Night twists and turns its way to a surprising ending.
- One More List of My Favorite Historical Fiction Reads of the Year
know how beautiful you are" types of lines; unrealistically convenient run-ins; not-dead-after-all twists Winternight trilogy, here shares a mysterious, haunting historical fiction story with a speculative twist
- Review of The Survivors by Jane Harper
are set in Australia, and she makes me care about her characters while keeping me guessing through twists The Dry (Aaron Falk #1) is set in small-town Australia with dark secrets and twists and turns; and she
- 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.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 4/20/21 Edition
first in a series; I'm also listening to Sarah Waters's spooky, gothic tale of deceit that's full of twists are set in Australia, and she makes me care about her characters while keeping me guessing through twists Her book The Dry (Aaron Falk #1) is set in small-town Australia with dark secrets and twists and turns
- Review of the Cormoran Strike series books 1-4 by Robert Galbraith
Galbraith's pacing pulls you along without cheap twists, and the writing is precise and wonderful, with I like that the books are long enough to delve into various twist and turns and to slowly develop the Lethal White is another solid installment in the Cormoran Strike series of twists and turns and double-crossing
- Review of The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
funny, self-deprecating, and irresistibly tender-hearted as he recounts his musical influences, the twists
- Review of In a Holidaze by Christina Lauren
In a Holidaze is a romantic holiday time twist with sexy interludes and a reliably happy ending. I read In a Holidaze during Christmas week, and it was a romantic holiday time twist with sexy interludes
- Review of The Secret Book of Flora Lea by Patti Callahan Henry
in conversations, which felt unlikely and jarring; a twist that's hinted at repeatedly and that I therefore
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/23/22 Edition
also plays with time; and The Love of My Life, Rosie Walsh's contemporary fiction with a psychological twist this feels like contemporary fiction, but The Love of My Life is also a psychological thriller with twists
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 1/16/23 Edition
I'm hoping for more twists and turns, irresistible protagonists, and vivid setting detail as in Things

















































