The Cheerleaders by Kara Thomas Genre : Mystery, YA Stand alone About the Book  : There are no more cheerleaders in the town of Sunnybrook. First there was the car accident—two girls gone after hitting a tree on a rainy night. Not long after, the murders happened. Those two girls were killed by the man next door. The police shot him, so no one will ever know why he did it. Monica’s sister was the last cheerleader to die. After her...

Neverworld Wake by Marisha Pessl Genre : Mystery, YA Stand alone About the Book  : Once upon a time, Beatrice Hartley and her five best friends were the cool kids, the beautiful ones. Then the shocking death of Jim—their creative genius and Beatrice’s boyfriend—changed everything. One year after graduation, Beatrice is returning to Wincroft—the seaside estate where they spent so many nights sharing secrets, crushes, plans to...

There were many thrillers I was interested in reading this summer, but mixed reviews and a limited budget meant I had to make some tough decisions. Lucky for me, my library had many of them on audio. Though life, right? 🙂 I’m briefly reviewing 3 of these books today, because two of them didn’t work for me and I don’t really enjoy writing negative reviews. Let’s go! * The Favorite Sister by Jessica Knoll Narration...

Little Monsters by Kara Thomas Genre : Mystery, YA Stand alone About the Book  : Kacey is the new girl in Broken Falls. When she moved in with her father, she stepped into a brand-new life with a stepbrother, a stepmother, and strangest of all, an adoring younger half sister. Kacey’s new life is eerily charming compared with the wild highs and lows of the old one she lived with her volatile mother. And everyone is so nice in Broken...

Into the Water by Paula Hawkins Genre : Mystery Stand alone About the Book  : In the last days before her death, Nel called her sister. Jules didn’t pick up the phone, ignoring her plea for help. Now Nel is dead. They say she jumped. And Jules has been dragged back to the one place she hoped she had escaped for good, to care for the teenage girl her sister left behind. But Jules is afraid. So afraid. Of her long-buried memories, of the old...

Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi Genre : Fantasy Series : Legacy of Orïsha, book 1 About the Book  : They killed my mother. They took our magic. They tried to bury us. Now we rise. Zélie Adebola remembers when the soil of Orïsha hummed with magic. Burners ignited flames, Tiders beckoned waves, and Zélie’s Reaper mother summoned forth souls. But everything changed the night magic disappeared. Under the orders of a ruthless...

Dark Places by Gillian Flynn Genre : Thriller Stand alone About the Book  : Libby Day was seven when her mother and two sisters were murdered in “The Satan Sacrifice” of Kinnakee, Kansas. She survived—and famously testified that her fifteen-year-old brother, Ben, was the killer. Twenty-five years later, the Kill Club—a secret secret society obsessed with notorious crimes—locates Libby and pumps her for details. They hope to...

The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang Genre : Fantasy Series : Untitled (book 1) About the Book  : When Rin aced the Keju, the Empire-wide test to find the most talented youth to learn at the Academies, it was a shock to everyone. That she got into Sinegard, the most elite military school in Nikan, was even more surprising. But surprises aren’t always good. Because being a dark-skinned peasant girl from the south is not an easy thing at Sinegard....