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Author Archives: Jasmine Marchand

The Prisoner by B. A. Paris

The Prisoner begins with all the fraught tension you’d want in a thriller but quickly unravelled the longer it went on. The Prisoner opens with vicious men snat

Posted byJasmine MarchandOctober 17, 2022October 17, 2022Posted inMystery/Suspense, ThrillerTags:book review blog, book reviews, mystery, thriller, thriller book reviewLeave a comment on The Prisoner by B. A. Paris

Forget Me Not by Miranda Rijks

Forget Me Not has a slow start but gets progressively more gripping and twisty. Helen has pulled her life together since her husband Paul

Posted byJasmine MarchandOctober 13, 2022October 13, 2022Posted inMystery/Suspense, ThrillerTags:book review, book review blog, Swiss alps, thriller, thriller book reviewLeave a comment on Forget Me Not by Miranda Rijks

The Bequest by Joanna Margaret

The Bequest is an atmospheric dark academia thriller, but it will not appeal to everyone. Isabel Henley just arrived in Scotland to begin her Ph.D. under the…

Posted byJasmine MarchandOctober 11, 2022October 11, 2022Posted inFiction, Literary Fiction, Mystery/SuspenseTags:book review, book review blog, dark academia, literary fiction, mysteryLeave a comment on The Bequest by Joanna Margaret

Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura

Lonely Castle in the Mirror is a touching magical realism story about mental health and friendships. The thought of returning to school makes Kokoro sick to her

Posted byJasmine MarchandOctober 6, 2022October 6, 2022Posted inFantasy, Magical Realism, TranslatedTags:book review, book review blog, fiction, magical realism, translated fictionLeave a comment on Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsujimura

A Dowry of Blood by S. T. Gibson

A Dowry of Blood is a dark and delicious story of Dracula and his first bride, Constanta, spread across centuries. Constanta lies in the mud on the brink of…

Posted byJasmine MarchandOctober 3, 2022October 3, 2022Posted inFantasy, HorrorTags:book review, Dracula retelling, gothic horror novel, Horror novelLeave a comment on A Dowry of Blood by S. T. Gibson

Malice House by Megan Shepherd

Malice House is a well-written dark mystery where things go bump in the night. After leaving her marriage, with nowhere else to go, Haven Marbury moves into

Posted byJasmine MarchandSeptember 29, 2022September 29, 2022Posted inFiction, HorrorTags:book review, book review blog, fiction, horror, mysteryLeave a comment on Malice House by Megan Shepherd

The House at Phantom Park by Graham Masterton

The House at Phantom Park delivers on the creepy vibes but not much else. Lillian and David are in charge of overseeing the conversion of an old hospital into

Posted byJasmine MarchandSeptember 26, 2022September 26, 2022Posted inHorrorLeave a comment on The House at Phantom Park by Graham Masterton

A Familiar Stranger by A. R. Torre

A Familiar Stranger is a bumpy ride to say the least. Lillian Smith lives a boring life; she repeatedly says so herself. Lillian used to write obituaries for…

Posted byJasmine MarchandSeptember 22, 2022September 22, 2022Posted inMystery/Suspense, ThrillerTags:book review, book review blog, fiction, thrillerLeave a comment on A Familiar Stranger by A. R. Torre

Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout

Elizabeth Strout returns with her sparse but beautiful prose in Lucy by the Sea, book four in the Amgash series. It’s the early days of 2020 when COVID-19 was

Posted byJasmine MarchandSeptember 19, 2022Posted inGeneral Fiction, Literary FictionTags:book review, book review blog, Elizabeth Strout, fiction, literary fictionLeave a comment on Lucy by the Sea by Elizabeth Strout

The Darkness of Others by Cate Holahan

The Darkness of Others is a slow-burn thriller set in the early days of the pandemic in NYC. It opens with the gruesome death of a famed movie director.

Posted byJasmine MarchandSeptember 15, 2022September 15, 2022Posted inMystery/Suspense, ThrillerTags:book review, book review blog, fiction, mysteryLeave a comment on The Darkness of Others by Cate Holahan

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