Mindy

I've been a fan of Dea's for some time now. She write taut thrillers, and while this is different from her police investigation thrillers, it's still a great book.

Adele has it all: the perfect life, a successful business, and a loving husband.

Or does she?

When her husband goes missing, her perfect life starts to unravel. As you read, you question who's behind it all? Is her husband up to no good? Is it her bitchy assistant? The ex-patient who's accused her of pushing a client to suicide? Or does it have to do with the mysterious death of her parents? And then there's Adele, who isn't the most reliable narrator.

If you're looking for a nail-biter, the is the book for you. Enjoy!

The story is a great, creative twist on the teen paranormal phenomenon, bringing with it great ideas for werewolves and vampires. I had no problems with the plot.

What I did struggle with were some of the word and phrasing choices. The author uses quite a few words in the normal narrative that many readers would struggle to comprehend. It's one thing if the dialog of certain characters was structured that way to build depth, but with the general narrative, an author risks alienating his readers. Also, some of the phrasings seem to be colloquialisms to the Pennsylvania region and steel industry, but when used only sparingly, as they are in this work, they just don't seem to fit.

Criticisms aside, I really enjoyed this book. If you really enjoyed the series on Netflix, you'll enjoy this book. You get a bit more depth to the teenage characters, especially Shelly, who is my favorite. You can see what they had to flesh out with the series, ie the sheriff and Chasser partnership. But the book doesn't suffer by not having those pieces. I really hope to see this book become a series as I'd love to continue following Roman and Peter's friendship now that the arc has concluded.

I love Carey's books ever since I picked up The Girl With All the Gifts a few years back. He tells a great story that pulls you along with it. This was my first time reading one of the books in this series, but now I want to go back and read the series from the beginning.

This book follows exorcist Felix Castor, who, along with a number of other exorcists, responds to an intriguing newspaper ad. He's selected to determine what happened to Gavril Ustinov by Ustinov's daughter Ksenia. He also wants to explore the matins that haunt Brierley House, where Ksenia lives. Castor's friends, including a zombie and a demon, help him along the way.

This novella features plenty of twists and turns and a clever mystery. Of course, it's the story behind the matins that leaves me wanting to read more. This is a fascinating world, and I want more of it.

I've been struggling to decide how I feel about this book. It has an interesting presentation that's difficult to talk about without spoiling it. Essentially, you're given three stories: the story of a boy haunted by a a house, the author of the first story, and then something I absolutely did not see coming and won't say, because it would absolutely spoil the end of this book. Of course, that makes it difficult, because the first two stories are fantastic ways to present the same story. But then you get to the final story, and I still can't tell whether I liked the twist. I don't know if it's creative or a cop-out, and that's having sat on the story for a while. It's definitely a creative book, and having only read one other book by Jo Nesbo, I can say that he is a great author. The horror presented in this story is good, although it does first come across as a YA horror. It's only when you get to the second and third parts that you realize there's so much more to it. I definitely encourage readers to check out this book. I'm curious to see what they think.