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Review: Chimera by Mira Grant

Title: Chimera Author: Mira Grant Series: Paraistology #3 Rating: 4 Stars 488 pages Published November 24th 2015 by Orbit Bought Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Mira Grant – of Feed fame – has finished another wonderful science-fiction trilogy, proving again that she knows how to write good endings. In the final Parasitology book, the […]

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Review: The Owl Killers by Karen Maitland

Title: The Owl Killers Author: Karen Maitland Series: Standalone Rating: 4 Stars 640 pages Published March 1st 2010 by Penguin Books Bought Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository I don’t often read historical fiction, but when I do, I read novels like The Owl Killers – books backed up with solid research, featuring issues that […]

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Interview with Julie Wassmer (Murder-on-Sea)

Though Nyx Book Reviews is generally dedicated to books of the fantastic persuasion, I also occasionally read outside of speculative fiction. The first book in the Whitstable Pearl series was one of those times (read my review). The second book in Julie’s series is being published this month, and I got to ask her some […]

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Review: The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin

Title: The Stepford Wives Author: Ira Levin Series: Standalone Rating: 3 Stars 135 pages Published July 23rd 2002 by Perennial Read on Scribd Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Unlike most of my reviews, this review contains hints towards the final revelation in The Stepford Wives. It’s safe to read if you know what the […]

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DNF Review: House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski

Title: House of Leaves Author: Mark Z. Danielewski Series: Standalone Rating: 1 Star 709 pages Published March 7th 2000 by Pantheon Bought Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Stopped reading around page 320. This book is so meta that even meta isn’t meta enough for it. Sheesh. As someone who has been trained in literary […]

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Review: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Title: Gone Girl Author: Gillian Flynn Series: Standalone Rating: 3 Stars 496 pages Published January 3rd by Phoenix Bought Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository Gone Girl. The book that had everyone talking. A dark, twisted psychological thriller about a man whose wife is missing – but all signs are pointing towards him. Yet he […]

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Review: Don’t Stay Up Late by R.L. Stine

Title: Don’t Stay Up Late Author: R.L. Stine Series: Fear Street Relaunch #2 Rating: 3 Stars 304 pages Expected publication April 7th 2015 by St. Martin’s Griffin Review copy received from the publisher Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository When I was around the age of eight, I lived on R.L. Stine novels. Together with […]

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YA Mini-Reviews #1

Title: Find Me (Find Me #1) Author: Romily Bernard Published September 24th 2013 by HarperTeen Find Me is a young-adult thriller about a girl from a messed up family that tries to find out who killed one of her childhood friends. Although I quite liked this idea of a more gritty kind of thriller featuring […]

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Review: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

Title: We Were Liars Author: E. Lockhart Series: None Rating: 3 Stars 227 pages Published May 13th 2014 by Delacorte Press Bought Goodreads | Amazon | Book Depository We Were Liars is one of those hyped books that I’ve somehow managed to completely miss. I’ve seen it around, of course, but I never read a […]

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