My Top 5 Reads of October
I managed to read so many great books this month! I don’t know how I can choose, but these five books shocked me, made me laugh, made me cry and are books I will NEVER forget! Have you read any of these? OMMGGGG this book was so much better than I expected. I mean the book title alone told me that it contained my two favorite scary things…. clowns and cornfields…. And BOY DID IT DELIVER! The book started off with such a bag and kept me guessing until the very end. I was so in love with this book and had to finish reading it in one sitting. I…
Horrid
Jane North-Robinson has suffered a tragic loss that has left her family full of grief and broke so they are forced to move cross country to her grandparents estate in Maine. This house has more secrets about Jane’s life than she could have imagined Jane finds herself facing something truly horrid…. My Thoughts I remember when this book first came out and I was purely obsessed with the cover and wanted to know more. However, as I usually am, I was distracted by so many other books on my shelf that I ended up forgetting about this read. But, when a friend asked my buddy to read it during this…
The Stillwater Girls
Two sisters raised to fear the modern world and a woman who wishes to be a mother. When their worlds collide, secrets about both their lives will be revealed and intertwined. My Thoughts I have had this audiobook on my audible shelf for so long! I got it with credits purely based on the spooky cover so I was expecting a lot more spook and a lot less drama. I mean I saw the cover and honestly thought it was bloody and violent. However, that is NOT what I got, but in the end I enjoyed this read and it warmed my soul in ways I never knew a thriller…
The Grimrose Girls
Once upon a time, there were four girls and then one of them drowned. Was it suicide or was it murder? My Thoughts Thank you so much to the author, NetGalley, and Sourcebooks Fire for a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. I went into this book completely blind and was so surprised by this unique concept and how much I enjoyed this slow burn thrill! So this book was definitely a slowwwwwww burn and at first I was hesitant to continue the read. I was very overwhelmed by all the characters and their conflicting stories and I just didn’t know what to think. It was…
The Shadows
25 years ago, Charlie Crabtree used his dark imagination to convince his friends to do horrible deeds and then disappeared. A new case causes Charlie’s name to appear once again and the past to come to a whole new life. My Thoughts: I have had this audiobook in my Audible shelf for like a year so when spooky season came around, I just had to read it. Boy am I happy I did because it was creepy and spooky and terrifying in the best way. It was what my spooky heart was yearning for this season. I read The Whisper Man last year and fell instantly in love with this…
No Beauties or Monsters
For fans of Veronica Mars and Stranger Things comes an all-new YA mystery about a girl whose desperate search for her missing friend unearths dark secrets, preternatural threats, and a truth that could ultimately tear her family, friends, and town apart. Welcome to Twentynine Palms, where nothing is what it seems. Rylie hasn’t been back to Twentynine Palms since her dad died. She left a lot of memories out there, buried in the sand of the Mojave Desert. Memories about her dad, her old friends Nathan and Lily, and most of all, her enigmatic grandfather, a man who cut ties with Rylie’s family before he passed away. But her mom’s…
Savage Bonds
Oleander Fallows is back and is fighting tooth and nail to keep her bonds safe. But with Destiny pushing her closer and closer to complete the bond, will she be able to do just that? My Thoughts OOOOOOOO J. Bree…. I see what you did there…. You took a slow burn to a whole other level and although I kinda hate you for it, I also am obsessed with you and fell for it. Hook, line, and sinker… Youuuuu smart cookie! So if you have been reading my reviews… you know that I was kind of disappointed with the first book of this series and was super sad about it….…
Clown in a Cornfield
Quinn Maybrook and her father have moved to a small town in the midwest for a fresh start. However, the town mascot may have a more sinister side to it than she ever could have imagined and this town may not be as quiet as she thought…. My Thoughts OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG this read was so better than I thought it was going to be. It gave me alllll the Halloween vibes I’ve been wanting to have this month and a plot that went beyond horror. This book was like Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Children of the Corn characters dressed up in clown outfits and it was brilliant,…
Little Thieves
Once upon a time there was a horrible girl caught between Death and Fortune. They give her an impossible choice so she decides to steal her future back, by any means necessary. My Thoughts I am so grateful to NetGalley, Henry Holt, and the author for this copy in exchange for an honest review! This was such a crazy retelling from a story that I had never read, but has become one of my favorites! Margaret Owens has a way with telling a fantastic story and introducing us to female characters that are what I wish I had been introduced to when I was younger. This was such a…
The Frequency
Deep within the bowels of an abandoned Cornish mine a covert occult group, known as the Network, protects the living from the dead. Their mediums host a plethora of abilities — from telepathy to astral projection — because of their connection to an energy source called the frequency. My Thoughts I am so grateful to Books of Match Media, Pennard Press, and the author for a physical copy in exchange for an honest review! This book was a well executed paranormal thriller that kept me peeked until the very end! This book was such an epic paranormal read that I was NOT expecting, but ended up loving! When the read…
