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Eden by Candice Fox – The daughter of Hades, a chip off the old block
After reading the debut novel Hades, I was excited to read the next instalment and relished the chance to delve a little deeper into the minds and lives of Hades and his dark daughter Eden. Eden did not disappoint and I picked up right where I left off. Immediately I…
YOU Review – Creepy prose which keeps you page turning
YOU is told from the point of view of a stalker, who works in a bookshop and has a cage in the shop basement. It is a book which is dark, clever, smart and full of obsession, revenge, cunning and nail biting suspense. It took me a while to get a…
You by Caroline Kepnes – Because I like to scare myself silly
My next read. I hope it delivers! Gone Girl meets Fatal Attraction in Caroline Kepnes' You, a chilling account of the twisted psychology behind unrelenting passion. When aspiring writer Guinevere Beck strides into the bookstore where Joe works he is instantly smitten. Beck is everything Joe has ever wanted: tough,…
One Kick by Chelsea Cain … A real book hangover
Kick was abducted when she was six, from her front yard, by a senior member of a paedophile ring. She did what she was told and learnt what she could, until she was found by Detective Frank six years later. He found her in a secluded home, off a main…
Book Review – Skinjob by Bruce McCabe
I first learned of Skinjob at the Book Bloggers forum which Penguin Random House held in April. Bruce McCabe was at the forum where he spoke briefly about his book journey and I knew, out of the pile of lovey free books I received, this would be my first read.…