Category: Book Reviews

Girl Forgotten by April Henry

Posted 03/31/2023 by Charli in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

Today we are taking a look at Girl Forgotten by April Henry. Girl Forgotten is a young adult thriller novel that I have to say, I loved. This was the first time I’ve read an April Henry novel and I must say, I am definitely interested in reading her backlist! Thank you so much to TBR & Beyond Tours for allowing me to be part of this blog tour! CW: Murder, Suicide, Overdose, Drug Use Ok, so we all know this will be the usual CAWPILE/CAWPIRE review – so here we go! Girl Forgotten – The Review Characters There are a LOT of characters in this book, so I’m just going to give a quick overview of how I felt about a couple of them. I love Piper! She’s funky, she’s cool, and she loves true crime podcasts. I also love true crime podcasts, so I connected with her from […]

I Will Find You Again by Sarah..

Posted 03/17/2023 by Charli in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

Hello lovelies. Today I’m bringing you a blog tour and review for Sarah Lyu’s I Will Find You Again. Of course, as you all know, I’m a sucker for a YA Mystery/Thriller novel and this one was no exception. Read on to see what I thought of the book, as well as pick up some information on where to buy the book & the book’s author, Sarah Lyu. Brought to you by Charli’s Book Box and TBR & Beyond Tours. CW: Drug Use, Mentions of Suicide, Depression, Anxiety Representation: Queer, Lesbian, Sapphic, Asian, Anxiety I Will Find You Again – Characters There are three characters I’m going to go over here – Chase, Lia, and Hunter. There are other characters, but they’re more background/side characters than anything else, so I won’t detail them here. Chase The first character from I Will Find You Again I’m going to talk about is […]

Royal Blood by Aimee Carter

Posted 03/12/2023 by Charli in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

I’m a sucker for thrillers and if it’s a YA thriller, then all the better. Don’t ask me why I like YA so much better than adult books, but I do. I mean, yes, I read adult books, but I have a strong preference for YA over adult books. So when I saw this come up as one of the blog tours, I knew I had to sign up. Now if you know me, you know that I’m not usually a fan of anything that involves royalty, but the description of the book sounded so good, I had to read it. I’m so glad I did. Characters I’m going to be honest, there’s a ton of characters in this book and it can be tough to get a feel for all of them – especially since we don’t see a lot of all of them. So if I missed a […]

Suburban Monsters by Christoph..

Posted 03/05/2023 by Charli in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

Ok, so we know I love horror. I’ve said it a million times. So when I saw Suburban Monsters, a horror short story collection by Christopher Hawkins on NetGalley, I had to give it a try. Unfortunately, I wasn’t as thrilled with the collection as I’d hoped. Read on to see my thoughts on the various stories. Suburban Monsters – The Stories Green Eyes This story isn’t too terribly scary or creepy. It’s more sad than anything, with just a touch of horror at the very end of the story. It only takes a few minutes to read (less than 30) and it’s a nice story to start Suburban Monsters off. I rather liked it. Moonrise Over Water With Sargassum, 2022. Oil on Canvas Again, this story in Suburban Monsters isn’t terribly scary or creepy. It’s more sad and perhaps a cautionary tale of what can happen when a husband […]

Kill Joy by Holly Jackson

Posted 02/28/2023 by Charli in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

I’m back with my third review of a Holly Jackson book. This time it’s for Kill Joy, the prequel novella to the A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder trilogy. If you haven’t figured it out by now, I’m a big fan of Holly Jackson’s books. So suffice it to say, yes, I liked this one a lot. So let’s get into the review. Kill Joy – Characters There are several characters in Kill Joy – seven characters that we’ll be dealing with for the majority of the story. Pip Pip is our main character. She’s one of those super serious, super studious girls that if you ask her what her idea of fun is, she’ll tell you doing her homework or planning out a project. She’s that annoying girl who has to be right all the time, but yet you still manage to like her. I like Pip – she’s […]