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- 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 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
- 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 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
- Six More Bossy Favorite Historical Fiction Reads from the Past Year
I haven't read Oliver Twist in many years, yet Fagin has remained ingrained in my head as a selfish, to life by tackling the McCarthy era--in what feels like a very timely novel about free speech, the twisting
- 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 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
- 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 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
- 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
- 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.
- September Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
I haven't read Oliver Twist in many years, yet Fagin has remained ingrained in my head as a selfish, The tone of the book is quiet, shadowy, and reflective, but there are rich, sordid, often unexpected twists
- Review of The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
horrifying, unjust, and incredibly infuriating, as they not only do terrible things but consistently twist
- 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
- November Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
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 satisfying, the emotional connections June ultimately makes are poignant, and there's a character-reveal twist
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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, 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 Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young
satisfying, the emotional connections June ultimately makes are poignant, and there's a character-reveal twist
- Review of The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
funny, self-deprecating, and irresistibly tender-hearted as he recounts his musical influences, the twists
- 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 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.
- Review of Rule of Wolves (King of Scars #2) by Leigh Bardugo
Bardugo's story line offered great twists and turns, intrigue, romance, and, as always, characters I The Zoya and Nikolai love-that-must-not-be twists and turns without being melodramatic, but it's exquisitely She also wrote The Language of Thorns: Midnight Tales and Dangerous Magic, which are twists on folklore
- Review of Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
After twists and turns, momentous changes, and several years, Elizabeth is a single mother who becomes
- 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 Wife Upstairs by Rachel Hawkins
The characters aren't deeply developed, but twists and turns make The Wife Upstairs a magnetic, fast occurred--but then Hawkins turned my feelings about the protagonists' feelings upside down with a story twist book that there is not a lot of character depth so that the plot surprises can feel plausible, but its twists
- 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 Goddess in the Machine by Lora Beth Johnson
I didn't anticipate the twists Johnson provides, and I was delighted by each of them. I didn't anticipate the twist/double twist here, and I loved being surprised again and again.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/18/21 Edition
is Alexandra Andrews's first book, and so far the mystery's twists and turns are fantastic. This book is reminding me a little bit of my recent read The Plot, but so far Maud Dixon has more twists
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 5/29/23 Edition
geek, the best friend intrigued by him, the meathead, the "it" girl, and an omniscient narrator with a twisted
- Review of The Seven Year Slip by Ashley Poston
Several of my Greedy Reading Lists highlight some of my very favorite books that twist time: Six Riveting
- Review of The Loneliest Girl in the Universe by Lauren James
vulnerability and then her growing doubts, her self-reliance and quick thinking, and the shifts and twists her growing doubts--her self-reliance, quick thinking, and strength of character, and the shifts and twists
- Review of The Unwilling by John Hart
The twists and turns here are excellent, with interestingly layered motivations and compromises. The twists and turns here are excellent, with interestingly layered motivations and complications.
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 7/22/21 Edition
King of Scars, Nikolai was a king rebuilding the kingdom of Ravka following a long civil war--and with twists he offers a literary fiction story in which Krishan examines his young life, analyzes his romantic twists
- May Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
life as we age, and second chances; Wrong Place, Wrong Time, Gillian McAllister's fascinating time-twisting Summer After. 04 Wrong Place, Wrong Time by Gillian McAllister McAllister offers a smart, intriguing, twisty Gillian McAllister's twisty mystery Wrong Place Wrong Time plays with time, and I love books that play check out This Time It's Real. 06 Silver in the Bone by Alexandra Bracken Alternative Arthurian legends twist
- Six More Four-Star (and Up) Mysteries I Loved in the Past Year
I wasn't shocked by the story's twist, but Glass didn't make me feel manipulated or red-herring me to I like the way Willingham builds tension and offers twists without making me feel manipulated by shifty
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/20/23 Edition
Jane Harper Jane Harper's The Dry (Aaron Falk #1) is set in small-town Australia with dark secrets and twists
- September Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
The story takes us inside the claustrophobic, twisted, abusive, extremely disturbing compound where Ellie I adore all of the twists on the heroine-villain setup.
- Review of Swift the Storm, Fierce the Flame by Meg Long
One important plot point related to a key character revolves around a twist that feels unbelievable:
- Review of Fourth Wing (The Empyrean #1) by Rebecca Yarros
heavier editorial hand in the copyediting stage of this one, Fourth Wing was a fun read, and I loved the twist
- Review of Greenwich Park by Katherine Faulkner
Faulkner's debut mystery is twisty and turny, with various potential bad seeds and complications--and Faulkner twists and turns through multiple potential suspects and snapshots of behind-the-scenes details
- July Wrap-Up: My Favorite Reads of the Month
This is a character-driven mystery with a twist. This is a character-driven mystery with an interesting twist.
- Review of The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben Macintyre
is a wonderfully paced and recounted Cold War-era true story of spy intrigue, paranoia, bravery, and twists wonderfully paced and skillfully recounted Cold War-era story of spy intrigue, paranoia, bravery, and the twists
- Six Compelling Nonfiction Reads
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 The Drowning Kind by Jennifer McMahon
But disaster strikes, and Jax finds herself trying to unravel the twisted, complicated history of her Yet the water provides enough twisted miracles and temporary healing to keep characters greedily coming
- Review of The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell
(And there's a twist and a double twist I loved.) What did you think?
- Review of Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi
follows Sitara through unlikely alliances, a desperate plan to escape her fiery homeland, and a life with twists

















































