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When Oceans Rise by Robin Alva..

Posted 05/23/2023 by Charli in Book Reviews / 2 Comments

Today I’m featuring a review of When Oceans Rise by Robin Alvarez. This review is part of my stop on the blog tour organized by TBR & Beyond Tours. For some reason when I started reading When Oceans Rise, I didn’t realize it was a Little Mermaid retelling – until certain things happened and my brain said “Oh, ok! Little Mermaid retelling!” Just add a little bit of spice… such as Filipino mythology, monsters, and gods. Now we all know by now that I’m a fan of fairy tale retellings, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that I liked this one. Although I wasn’t as fond of it as I have been with other retellings, that’s more because I’m not as big of a fan of the Little Mermaid as I am other fairy tales than it is anything to do with the actual book. As far as the characters […]

We’ll Never Tell by Wend..

Posted 05/21/2023 by Charli in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

Today we have a review for We’ll Never Tell by Wendy Heard. This post is part of the blog tour organized by TBR & Beyond Tours. Thank you for allowing me to take part in this tour! When I read the description/synopsis of this book, I knew I had to do a review of it. It just sounded like it was going to be so good! I wasn’t wrong. First, I love that main characters have a YouTube channel that is basically urban exploration with a twist – they break into various places that are abandoned, condemned, or just closed up at the moment for a behind-the-scenes look. I’m a fan of channels like that on YouTube myself, so that was cool. Another thing I was in love with was the constant twists and turns. Just when I thought I’d figured out who might have attacked Jacob, I was wrong […]

The Dunnie by Keith Thomas

Posted 05/21/2023 by Charli in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

Ok, so when I go into reading an “indie” horror novel, I usually go in expecting to intensely dislike it because, honestly, that’s usually how it goes for me. I end up hating it because it’s either horribly written, makes no sense, or is just not fear-inducing whatsoever. I was pleasantly surprised by The Dunnie. Now, I’m not going to pretend that this book was super fear-inducing, because for me it wasn’t. But I’ll be honest, I don’t scare easily when it comes to horror novels or movies. But this book was very creepy. It took me a bit to get into it, but once I got going, I flew through the book. Granted, it’s only about 150 pages long… but still. Once I got into it, I just didn’t want to put it down. In fact, I don’t think I did except for when I absolutely had to (aka, […]

The Book of Demons by Kevin Mo..

Posted 05/19/2023 by Charli in Book Reviews / 0 Comments

I’m going to admit, The Book of Demons isn’t a great book but isn’t a terrible book either. It starts out with a description of how the villain of the story came by his powers and then moved into the story proper. I found the story boring at times and exciting at others. To be honest, I was hoping for a much bigger ending than what happened. I actually called the ending in my head as soon as the actual ending started. To be honest, the book isn’t scary or even unsettling, it’s just… there. I gave the book 3.5 stars because as I said, it’s not great but it’s not terrible either. This one would be good for those who aren’t regular horror readers but who want to try their hand at reading horror without the full-on terrifying aspect you might find from Dean Koontz, Stephen King, or John […]

Lo & Behold by Wendy Mass

Posted 05/03/2023 by Charli in Book Reviews / 1 Comment

Today’s featured review is for Lo & Behold by Wendy Mass. This review is part of the TBR & Beyond Tours blog tour for Lo & Behold. Thank you to TBR & Beyond Tours for allowing me to be a part of this tour. When I decided to review this book, it was quite out of character for me. For one, I’m not a big fan of reading Middle Grade fiction. For another, I’m not a big lover of graphic novels. But when I read the description of Lo & Behold, I couldn’t help but feel like I should give it a try. I’m glad I did. This graphic novel made me think. You never know what someone else is going through or what they’ve been through. Whether it is having to move across the country for a few months, losing friends, or losing a loved one, you just don’t […]