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- Review of The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon
horrifying, unjust, and incredibly infuriating, as they not only do terrible things but consistently twist
- 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 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 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.
- 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
- 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 Unmaking of June Farrow by Adrienne Young
satisfying, the emotional connections June ultimately makes are poignant, and there's a character-reveal twist
- 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 Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus
After twists and turns, momentous changes, and several years, Elizabeth is a single mother who becomes
- 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
- 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 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
- 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
- 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 Silent Companions by Laura Purcell
(And there's a twist and a double twist I loved.) What did you think?
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 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:
- 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
- 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
- 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 Ink & Sigil by Kevin Hearne
everyday occurrences, and supernatural events are regularly intermingled with detective work with a twist everyday occurrences, and supernatural events are regularly intermingled with detective work with a twist
- 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 Sparks Like Stars by Nadia Hashimi
follows Sitara through unlikely alliances, a desperate plan to escape her fiery homeland, and a life with 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 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
- Review of Steelstriker (Skyhunter #2) by Marie Lu
After the unprecedented twists and developments Talin experiences in Steelstriker, she must reimagine
- Review of The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
Once I delved in, I realized that the title suits the plot and the twists of Gailey's story wonderfully
- Review of Utopia Avenue by David Mitchell
Mitchell takes us through the twists and turns of a fictional psychedelic British sixties band on its In Utopia Avenue, Mitchell takes us through the twists and turns of a fictional psychedelic British sixties
- Review of Sleeping Giants (Themis Files #1) by Sylvain Neuvel
potential for unreliable narrators, characters who are hiding important information, and many resulting twists
- 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
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 3/29/21 Edition
and NetGalley. 02 She's Too Pretty to Burn by Wendy Heard Heard's young adult thriller follows the twists But disaster strikes, and Jax finds herself trying to unravel the twisted, complicated history of her
- 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 Great Stories about Robots, Humans and Alien Life, and AI
There's a twist/double twist I didn't see coming, and I found the whole story compelling. potential for unreliable narrators, characters who are hiding important information, and many resulting twists
- Six Fantastic Dystopian and Postapocalyptic Novels
listed as an adult title but feels to me like a dark young adult post-apocalyptic novel with 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.
- 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
- 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
- Three Books I'm Reading Now, 2/9/21 Edition
This book has a major twist, made even more interesting by listening to the audio version. 03 Office heartbreaking and heartwarming book about unlikely friendship and a young man's bravery; a mystery with a twist
- Review of The Story Thieves (Story Thieves #1) by James Riley
I laughed, rooted for the main protagonists and their allies, and loved the twists and turns and realizations
- Review of Finlay Donovan Knocks 'Em Dead by Elle Cosimano
I liked the twist of potential trust-breaking from within Finlay's inner circle.
- Review of Pretty Things by Janelle Brown
Not everyone's motivations are clear or remain constant, which allows for the twists and turns.
- Review of Girl One by Sara Flannery Murphy
The journey isn't too easy, there are some identity realizations, love connections, and plot twists,
- 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 What We Can Know by Ian McEwan
The tone of the book is quiet, shadowy, and reflective, but there are rich, sordid, often unexpected twists
- 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















































