3 Reasons to Read No Exit. (A thrilling read!)

Where are my thriller lovers? Calling all thriller lovers! Honestly, I’ve been recommending this to anyone who will listen since finishing this book earlier this month.

And now I get to recommend it to you!

This post will be short and sweet. For a full review of No Exit click here.

1. It’s a fast-paced thriller

This is the fastest thriller I have read yet. It doesn’t take long for it to grip you. And once it’s got you, it holds on tight.

This book makes you feel like you’ve done cardio at times. But in a good way, haha!

All of these events happen in one night (about 9 hours) so it makes sense for there to be one reveal after another in this book.

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10 Creepy Books on my Radar for Fall

Fall season = creepy books?

To be honest, I read creepy books throughout the year. The thriller genre is one of my favorites (probably #1 fav) so I don’t restrict reading eerie books to the fall season. What fun would that be?

But I know there are those of you who love to save your creepy books for this time of year. So here are some books on my radar in case you want to add them to your TBR.

1. Mexican Gothic

A gothic story set in 1950s Mexico? Yes, please! I’m excited for this one. The main character is a Mexican woman (como yo!) who goes to investigate the well being of her cousin after receiving an unsettling letter.

Also the house seems to play an important part of the story; it invades her dreams with “blood and doom.” Haunted house? Maybe.

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Short Review: No Exit (Spoiler free. New Favorite Thriller!)

Gripping. Tense. Thrilling.

Heads up! You’ll need your seatbelt for this book. Seriously though, this book doesn’t take long to hook you, and from there on its a wild ride.


Title: No Exit

Author: Taylor Adams

Genre: Thriller

Pages: 287

Published: January 15, 2019

House: William Morrow

Rating:

Rating: 5 out of 5.

Synopsis:

A kidnapped little girl locked in a stranger’s van. No help for miles. What would you do?

On her way to Utah to see her dying mother, college student Darby Thorne gets caught in a fierce blizzard in the mountains of Colorado. With the roads impassable, she’s forced to wait out the storm at a remote highway rest stop. Inside, are some vending machines, a coffee maker, and four complete strangers.

Desperate to find a signal to call home, Darby goes back out into the storm . . . and makes a horrifying discovery. In the back of the van parked next to her car, a little girl is locked in an animal crate.

Who is the child? Why has she been taken? And how can Darby save her?

There is no cell phone reception, no telephone, and no way out. One of her fellow travelers is a kidnapper. But which one?
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Book Review: Final Girls by Riley Sager (THE THRILLER TO READ)

Title: Final Girls
Author: Riley Sager
Rating: 
Genre: Thriller, Mystery
Pages: 352
Expected Publication: July 11th, 2017
House: Dutton
Recieved from: NetGalley


Goodreads Synopsis:

Ten years ago, college student Quincy Carpenter went on vacation with five friends and came back alone, the only survivor of a horror movie–scale massacre. In an instant, she became a member of a club no one wants to belong to—a group of similar survivors known in the press as the Final Girls. Lisa, who lost nine sorority sisters to a college dropout’s knife; Sam, who went up against the Sack Man during her shift at the Nightlight Inn; and now Quincy, who ran bleeding through the woods to escape Pine Cottage and the man she refers to only as Him. The three girls are all attempting to put their nightmares behind them, and, with that, one another. Despite the media’s attempts, they never meet.

Now, Quincy is doing well—maybe even great, thanks to her Xanax prescription. She has a caring almost-fiancé, Jeff; a popular baking blog; a beautiful apartment; and a therapeutic presence in Coop, the police officer who saved her life all those years ago. Her memory won’t even allow her to recall the events of that night; the past is in the past.

That is, until Lisa, the first Final Girl, is found dead in her bathtub, wrists slit, and Sam, the second, appears on Quincy’s doorstep. Blowing through Quincy’s life like a whirlwind, Sam seems intent on making Quincy relive the past, with increasingly dire consequences, all of which makes Quincy question why Sam is really seeking her out. And when new details about Lisa’s death come to light, Quincy’s life becomes a race against time as she tries to unravel Sam’s truths from her lies, evade the police and hungry reporters, and, most crucially, remember what really happened at Pine Cottage, before what was started ten years ago is finished.Read More »

Author Interview: Laura Silverman! (Girl Out of Water)


Title: Girl Out of Water
Author: Laura Silverman
Genre: Contemporary
Pages: 320
Expected Publication: May 2nd, 2017
House: Sourcebooks Fire

Goodreads Synopsis:
Fans of Jenny Han and Sarah Dessen will fall in love this contemporary debut about finding yourself-and finding love-in unexpected places.

Ocean breeze in her hair and sand between her toes, Anise can’t wait to spend the summer before her senior year surfing and hanging out on the beach with friends. Santa Cruz is more than her home-it’s her heart. But when her aunt, a single mother, is in a serious car accident, Anise must say goodbye to California to help care for her three young cousins.

Landlocked Nebraska is the last place Anise wants to be. Sure, she loves her family, but it’s hard to put her past behind her when she’s living in the childhood house of the mother who abandoned her. And with every Instagram post, her friends back home feel further away.

Then she meets Lincoln, a charismatic, one-armed skater who challenges her to swap her surfboard for a skateboard. Because sometimes the only way to find your footing is to let go.

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Comic Book Review: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol.1

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Title: The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl, Vol1. : Squirrel Power
Author:
Ryan North
Artist:
Erica Henderson
Rating: 
Genre:
Suoerheroes, Humor (Young Adult)
Pages:
128
Published:
September 1st, 2015
House:
Marvel
Format:
E-book


Goodreads Synopsis:
Wolverine, Deadpool, Doctor Doom, Thanos: There’s one hero that’s beaten them all-and now she’s got her own ongoing series! (Not that she’s bragging.) That’s right, you asked for it, you got it, it’s SQUIRREL GIRL! (She’s also starting college this semester.) It’s the start of a brand-new set of adventures starring the nuttiest and most upbeat super hero in the world!

My Thoughts:

When my brothers first told me about Squirrel Girl, who beat some of the most badass people in the marvel universe including, Doctor Doom, Wolverine, Deadpool and even Thanos, with nothing but squirrel like abilities! I thought Marvel was playing a joke. I mean, clearly it had to be. How could one person beat Thanos, the most powerful being in the marvel universe with squirrel like abilities?? It’s a joke. Right?

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(Belated) Unicorn Tracks Excerpt! + Swag Pack Giveaway!

Title: Unicorn Tracks
Author: Julia Ember
Genre: Fantasy, (Young Adult)
Pages: 180
Published: April 21st, 2016
House: Harmony Ink Press

Goodreads Synopsis:

After a savage attack drives her from her home, sixteen-year-old Mnemba finds a place in her cousin Tumelo’s successful safari business, where she quickly excels as a guide. Surrounding herself with nature and the mystical animals inhabiting the savannah not only allows Mnemba’s tracking skills to shine, it helps her to hide from the terrible memories that haunt her.

Mnemba is employed to guide Mr. Harving and his daughter, Kara, through the wilderness as they study Unicorns. The young women are drawn to each other, despite that fact that Kara is betrothed. During their research, they discover a conspiracy by a group of poachers to capture the Unicorns and exploit their supernatural strength to build a railway. Together, they must find a way to protect the creatures Kara adores while resisting the love they know they can never indulge.

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ARC Review: Beyond the Red + Giveaway!

Title: Beyond the Red
Author: Ava Jae
Rating: 
Genre: Sci-Fi, (Young Adult)
Pages: 360
Published: March 1st, 2016
House: Sky Pony Press
Format: E-book
Source: Edelweiss

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Goodreads Synopsis:

Alien queen Kora has a problem as vast as the endless crimson deserts. She’s the first female ruler of her territory in generations, but her people are rioting and call for her violent younger twin brother to take the throne. Despite assassination attempts, a mounting uprising of nomadic human rebels, and pressure to find a mate to help her rule, she’s determined to protect her people from her brother’s would-be tyrannical rule.

Eros is a rebel soldier hated by aliens and human alike for being a half-blood. Yet that doesn’t stop him from defending his people, at least until Kora’s soldiers raze his camp and take him captive. He’s given an ultimatum: be an enslaved bodyguard to Kora, or be executed for his true identity—a secret kept even from him.

When Kora and Eros are framed for the attempted assassination of her betrothed, they flee. Their only chance of survival is to turn themselves into the high court, where revealing Eros’s secret could mean a swift public execution. But when they uncover a violent plot to end the human insurgency, they must find a way to work together to prevent genocide

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Comic Book Review: Giant Days

Title: Giant Days
Author: John Allison
Artists: Lissa Treiman, Whitney Cogar (Colors)
Rating: 
Genre: Contemporary, Fiction, (Comic Book)
Pages: 128
Published: November 24th, 2015
House: BOOM! Box
Format: E-book
Source: Borrowed

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Goodreads:
Susan, Esther, and Daisy started at university three weeks ago and became fast friends. Now, away from home for the first time, all three want to reinvent themselves. But in the face of handwringing boys, “personal experimentation,” influenza, mystery mold, nuchauvinism, and the willful, unwanted intrusion of “academia,” they may be lucky just to make it to spring alive. Collects issues #1-4.

My Thoughts:

I wasn’t a huge fan of this in the beginning. It wasn’t that I didn’t like it; it’s just that with all the things I heard from it I was expecting…more? But by the time I read issue #2 I loved it! So if you feel like that in the beginning keep reading; just give it some time.Read More »