Interesting concept poorly executed. She has some nice sentences, but pacing is way off. And I got halfway through and still didn’t care about what happened to the characters.
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Ardi rated A million Junes: 5 stars
A million Junes (2017, Razorbill)
A million Junes by Emily Henry
June O'Donnell a.k.a. Junior, a.k.a. Jack, a.k.a. Jonathan O'Donnell IV, a.k.a. the first female O'Donnell first-born has always been haunted …
Ardi rated Pallbearers Club: 4 stars
Pallbearers Club by Paul Tremblay
A cleverly voiced psychological thriller about an unforgettable—and unsettling—friendship, with blood-chilling twists, crackling wit, and a thrumming pulse in its …
Ardi rated Drowned Woods: 4 stars
Ardi rated The Beast is an animal: 4 stars
The Beast is an animal (2017, Margaret K. McElderry)
The Beast is an animal by Peternelle Van Arsdale
A girl with a secret talent must save her village from the encroaching darkness in this haunting and deeply satisfying …
Ardi rated Silver in the Wood: 4 stars
Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh
There is a Wild Man who lives in the deep quiet of Greenhollow, and he listens to the wood. Tobias, …
Ardi rated The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo: 4 stars
The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid
Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous …
Ardi rated The Cold Is in Her Bones: 4 stars
Ardi reviewed Thistlefoot by GennaRose Nethercott
In the tradition of modern fairytales like American Gods and Spinning Silver comes a sweeping …
Review of 'Thistlefoot' on 'Goodreads'
1 star
Ardi rated Beach Read: 4 stars
Ardi rated Nightbooks: 4 stars
Nightbooks (2018, HarperCollins Publishers)
Nightbooks by J. A. White
Alex’s original hair-raising tales are the only thing keeping the witch Natacha happy, but soon he’ll run out of pages …
Ardi reviewed HEX by Thomas Olde Heuvelt
"Welcome to Black Spring, the seemingly picturesque Hudson Valley town haunted by the Black Rock …
Review of 'HEX' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
A deeply unsettling love child of Stephen King and Clive Barker.
Ardi rated House of Hollow: 5 stars
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In this spectacular father/son collaboration, Stephen King and Owen King tell the highest of high-stakes …
Review of 'Sleeping Beauties [May 03, 2018] King, Stephen and King, Owen' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Superbly read by Marin Ireland for the audiobook. While well written, the binary view of gender was limiting and could have used more nuance.
