Morren Aconite

Most of what I read this month was just ok – generic thrillers I forget right after finishing. Some were entertaining, though.

Maneater, Ellie Graves

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I actually read this one a few months ago but kept forgetting to put it into a post. It was a fun revenge-centered story.

How To Be A Good Wife, Emma Chapman

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Insane and horrifying. A woman stops taking her meds and suddenly starts remembering the truth about how her marriage began.

Thornhedge, T. Kingfisher

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Short and atmospheric fairytale that spins the Sleeping Beauty story into something much darker.

Drop, S. R. Masters

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The premise of this novel was amazing – a group of college friends get stuck on a roller coaster and have to confess their secrets to get out.

The execution of the idea, however, wasn’t that great, though. It didn’t help that I literally wanted all those characters dead, so it was hard to root for them.

Served Him Right, Lisa Unger

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‘In my experience, when a man says that a woman is “a lot”, it generally means that he’s not enough, can’t handle intensity or passion, intelligence or independence.’

I do have a weak spot for books about women killing awful men, especially when those women are witches.

The Model Patient, Lucy Ashe

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‘She could not endure another day of waiting for life to happen.’

Creepy therapist who drives the MC crazy. The plot twist was… a stretch.

A Serial Killer’s Guide To Marriage, Asia Mackay

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‘Maybe the whole trouble was that I had been expecting too much of him. After all, he was a man.’

Two serial killers get married, make a kid, and have to deal with the boredom of their new, ‘normal’ lives.

Don’t Open Your Eyes, Liv Constantine

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A thriller with an interesting twist – the MC starts seeing the future in her dreams. It was pretty fun.

Connie, Charlotte Duckworth

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The whole premise here is that there is a female serial killer and nobody knows what her motives are. I thought it would be bloody and wild, and instead got an anemic story with a glaringly obvious twist.

A Sharp Scratch, Heather Darwent

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This was straight up weird. I can’t quite decide if it was more good weird or bad weird. The story was too dragged out, but other than that it’s a curious little novel.

Baby X, Kira Peikoff

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Humanity developed new methods that allow anyone to make reproductive cells out of any biological matter. So now there’s a whole black market that specializes in stolen celebrity DNA. The book was an easy and intriguing read.