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foxyfablesblog · 9 months
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Check out my Book Review: You're Not Supposed To Die Tonight
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mediamatinees · 5 months
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"You're Not Supposed To Die Tonight": the Odessey of the Black Final Girl
Experiencing horror as a Black person is a fascinating experience. There’s an unspoken list of rules that need to be followed if you expect to survive, and even then you need to always be vigilant. . .
Content Warning: You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight contains graphic violence and mutilation, descriptions of crime scenes, child neglect, cult activities and propaganda, and teenagers dealing with evil, shady adults. Reader discretion is advised. Spoilers for You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight ahead! Particularly the ending, so if you want to read the book I highly suggest you do that first…
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samblakebooks · 11 months
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Utterly thrilled with this review of #SomethingTerribleHappenedLastNight by @reads_eats_explores on IG who 'inhaled it' Yay!!
It's getting amazing reviews, I'm so delighted readers are loving it!
🔪Something Terrible Happened Last Night by Sam Blake🔪
Sam Blake is an auto-buy author for me; her murder mystery and crime thrillers are some of the best on the market.
It's Katie’s 17th birthday, and with her parents away, she has a ‘free gaff’, and her house becomes party central. What could possibly go wrong? Well, a lot, obviously, these teenagers have plenty of secrets, and there's plenty of double crossing going on, but no one would envisage the party becoming a crime scene.
After a huge fight breaks out, most of the kids scaper hastily, but Frankie returns to help with the clearing up along with new friend Jess and her cousin Sorcha. They soon find the body...
The local Gardai soon leap to the obvious conclusion when they learn that Rob Doyle, a small-time drug dealer with a stabbing conviction on his youthful record, was at the party. But horrified by the chance of a wrongful conviction and the real killer let go free, wannabe future lawyer Jess suggests that these best pals get on the amateur sleuthing and crack the case.
This being the digital age of the 2020s, much of this involves trawling the school’s anonymous “confessions” website, Rave-fess, and piecing together video and pictorial footage from the party where getting a good selfie or reel was a top priority, plus they're racing against time to capture those time-sensitive stories shared in real time via Snapchat, Instagram, TikTok and whatever else the youth are using these days.
This foray into Young Adult fiction doesn't disappoint. Think an Irish ‘Nancy Drew’ style read packed with some very relatable teens, loads of twisty page-turning suspense, and betrayal galore, all played out under the omnipresent and unforgiving glare of social media. This is a book easy to devour in one sitting, and I certainly want to read more books featuring these budding supersleuths! 4⭐
Order your copy here - it's in audio, kindle and there are links here to bookshops worldwide
https://www.samblakebooks.com/books/something-terrible-happened-last-night/
You'll also find more info about the characters and shots of Katie's house that we've created in the SIMS4 at my website :)
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nerdynatreads · 2 years
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book review || Allegedly by Tiffany D. Jackson
video review || July? I Barely Knew Her -- July Wrap Up || 9 books!
Wow, I think this is my favorite Jackson book I’ve read so far. I know she can pull out some wild twists but this one really had my jaw dropping and made me rethink the entirety of the book.
It’s fantastic how Jackson takes inspiration from real-life cases and turns them into these gripping stories with thought-provoking topics woven throughout, and in YA novels too! This book was so infuriating at times. I sympathized with our main character, Mary, but I also wanted to scream at her sometimes. On one hand, I desperately wanted for her to reach out to some of the adults in her life, on the other hand, we’re shown time and time again that she’s been nothing but let down and disappointed by the system around her.
I was pleasantly surprised by the media angle involved in this story as well, showcasing the injustice in how this case was presented to the public, and how public involvement can impact the story. Media can seriously affect how we perceive a story, but our interaction with it can affect how others see it and how the media will showcase it in the future.
The character work around Mary was, once again, impeccable. Jackson creates such a vivid picture of this teenager, places us into her mind, but manages to hold back just enough to make for some surprises. I do think some side characters could have been built up more, such as Ted, but there would be others who shocked me in the detail around them, like Kelly and Sarah (New Girl) at the group home.
The book has occasional articles, reports, and interviews dropped in, revolving around Mary and the death of baby Alyssa. While I think these mess with the pacing at times, I do think they added to the overall story very well and, looking back, provided some of the clues to the shocking ending. Since I finished the entirety of this book in a single day, I think you can tell my intrigue was through the roof. I didn’t want to stop listening.
Seriously recommend checking out some content warnings if necessary for you. This starts pretty dark but shocked me in how gruesome it became at points.
4.5 / 5 stars
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juniper-brontide · 1 year
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Have you read any of Natasha Preston's books?
To be read Tuesday!! This book is definitely on my tbr list as I read the first book called The Cellar, and I really enjoyed it.
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vavuska · 1 year
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Break My Heart 1,000 Times by Daniel Waters
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Living in the aftermath of the Event means that seeing the dead is now a part of life, but Veronica wishes that the ghosts would just move on. Instead, the ghosts aren’t disappearing—they’re gaining power. When Veronica and her friend, Kirk, decide to investigate why, they stumble upon a more sinister plot than they ever could have imagined. One of Veronica’s high school teachers is crippled by the fact that his dead daughter has never returned as a ghost, and he’s haunted by the possibility that she’s waiting to reappear within a fresh body. Veronica seems like the perfect host. And even if he’s wrong, what’s the harm in creating one more ghost?
I enjoyed this book, but when it reach chapter 44 it started to be a bit confusing: police would look at Bittner more seriously as suspect for Mary's murder than what happens in the book, Kirk & Ronnie didn't seem to know that Bittner had a deceased daughter at all, but after being attacked (by Bittner, but they didn't see him) they got berserker against Bittner and Kirk had an argument with Pescatelli, mentioning Bittner's deceased daughter, even if he never mentioned to know about her before that moment. Also at chapter 48 Ronnie & Kirk had an argument for a stupid reason and Ronnie being angry at Kirk is a nonsense and at chapter 49 Kirk broke the camera, but few pages later Kirk seems to have a new one... I don't understand when or who gave him a new camera. This book leaves a lot of questions opened, like: what is The Event? Why it happened? If Madeline Bittner isn't the one who suggested to her husband to kill the girls to have their daughter back, who did it? Who was the entity impersonating Madeline Bittner to persuade her husband to kill? Why some ghost like Brian and Madeline seems to be more indipendent that the others? I don't know if there is a sequel or if this is a self-standing novel, but it seems to open a lot of unsolved questions to the reader.
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bargainsleuthbooks · 1 year
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Missing Clarissa by Ripley Jones #NetGalley #ArcReview #Mystery #Podcast
Two teens decide to create a podcast about a girl who disappeared in their town back in 1999. There are some people in the small town who wish they would just leave it alone.#MissingClarissa #RipleyJones #NetGalley #ArcReview #March2023Books #NewBooks
In August of 1999, dazzlingly popular cheerleader Clarissa Campbell disappears from a party in the woods outside the rural town of Oreville, Washington and is never seen again. The police question her friends, teachers, and the adults who knew her—who all have something to hide. And thanks to Clarissa’s beauty, the mystery captures the attention of the nation. But with no leads and no body, the…
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davidjhiggins · 1 year
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Ashali and the Blue Horseman by Jordan Elizabeth
Ashali and the Blue Horseman by Jordan Elizabeth
Elizabeth riffs on classic superhero tropes, creating a story that is more than special effects and set-pieces but also more action tale than exploration of moral ambiguity. …
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ankifreelancer · 2 years
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They're Watching You
But winning feels a lot like being played. - An excerpt from They're Watching You by Chelsea Ichaso #January23Release #NetGalley #ARC #Thriller #Fresh #NewRelease #BookReview
I have reviewed They’re Watching You by Chelsea Ichaso for NetGalley! https://www.amazon.com/Theyre-Watching-You-Chelsea-Ichaso-ebook/dp/B09XGKJ7TN ‘Victory or Dust’ is the simple motto of the Gamemaster’s Society. There isn’t anything sinister in having a catchy slogan or a secret society inside an academy. Is there? And yet, every fiber of Maren’s body screams at her that the Gamemaster’s…
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bound4escape · 2 years
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Book Review & Giveaway: Discovery of the Five Senses by K.N. Smith
Book Review & Giveaway: Discovery of the Five Senses by K.N. Smith
Discovery of the Five Senses: The Urban Boys, Book 1 by K.N. Smith Publisher:  Two Petals Publishing (Sept. 15, 2021)Category: Young Adult Action-Adventure, Young Adult Thriller, Urban Fantasy, Mystery/ Thriller, Super HeroesISBN: 978-0989474757Available in Print and ebook, 340 pages Description Welcome or unwelcome. Fate has arrived. “A captivating and poetic tale of mystery, fantasy, and…
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bookjunkiez · 2 years
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Discovery of the Five Senses Virtual Book Tour
Discovery of the Five Senses Virtual Book Tour
The Urban Boys Series, Book 1 Young Adult Action-Adventure, Young Adult Thriller, Urban Fantasy, Mystery/ Thriller Date Published: 9-15-2021 Publisher: Two Petals Publishing     A suspenseful incident in a forbidden preserve heightens the senses of five friends. But furious battles confront the boys as they try to understand their sensory superpowers in a race to save mankind. With light beings…
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gracesaysyes · 6 months
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mediamatinees · 8 months
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How "When We Were Magic" Emphasizes Living One's Truth
Content Warning: When We Were Magic contains scenes of violence including murder, dismemberment, and detailed descriptions of the disposal of a body. Reader discretion is advised. Mild spoilers for When We Were Magic ahead (I did my best to give away as little as possible, but tread carefully)! Alexis never would’ve guessed her magic could kill a boy.  Up until now, all it’s done is make life…
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richincolor · 2 months
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Happy Black History Month!
This Black History Month I'd like to celebrate the genre that makes us jump at every unknown noise, brings us nightmares, and has us up late turning the page in anticipation of what will happen next - Black Thriller & Horror! There has been a lovely uptick in the publishing of Black Thrillers and Horror in the past few years where Black protagonists are solving complex mysteries, fighting against all forms of supernatural beings, and sometimes a combination of both. I've had so much fun reading all of these novels and am greatly looking forward to what 2024 has to bring. 
When creating a list of Black Thriller/Horror writers I must begin with the queen, Tiffany D. Jackson. Her first book "Monday's Not Coming" was a perfectly written thriller with a plot twist that hit with a gut punch that I'm still recovering from. Since then she's been on a streak with hit after hit after hit. Her latest, The Weight of Blood, is a book you cannot miss.
The Weight of Blood by Tiffany D. Jackson
When Springville residents—at least the ones still alive—are questioned about what happened on prom night, they all have the same explanation … Maddy did it. An outcast at her small-town Georgia high school, Madison Washington has always been a teasing target for bullies. And she's dealt with it because she has more pressing problems to manage. Until the morning a surprise rainstorm reveals her most closely kept Maddy is biracial. She has been passing for white her entire life at the behest of her fanatical white father, Thomas Washington. After a viral bullying video pulls back the curtain on Springville High's racist roots, student leaders come up with a plan to change their host the school's first integrated prom as a show of unity. The popular white class president convinces her Black superstar quarterback boyfriend to ask Maddy to be his date, leaving Maddy wondering if it's possible to have a normal life. But some of her classmates aren't done with her just yet. And what they don't know is that Maddy still has another secret … one that will cost them all their lives. 
2023 also gave us two amazing debut thrillers and I, for one, cannot wait to see what these two authors cook up next. 
Their Vicious Games by Joelle Wellington
You must work twice as hard to get half as much. Adina Walker has known this the entire time she’s been on scholarship at the prestigious Edgewater Academy—a school for the rich (and mostly white) upper class of New England. It’s why she works so hard to be perfect and above reproach, no matter what she must force beneath the surface. Even one slip can cost you everything. And it does. One fight, one moment of lost control, leaves Adina blacklisted from her top choice Ivy League college and any other. Her only chance to regain the future she’s sacrificed everything for is the Finish, a high-stakes contest sponsored by Edgewater’s founding family in which twelve young, ambitious women with exceptional promise are selected to compete in three mysterious events: the Ride, the Raid, and the Royale. The winner will be granted entry into the fold of the Remington family, whose wealth and power can open any door. But when she arrives at the Finish, Adina quickly gets the feeling that something isn’t quite right with both the Remingtons and her competition, and soon it becomes clear that this larger-than-life prize can only come at an even greater cost. Because the Finish’s stakes aren’t just make or break… they’re life and death. Adina knows the deck is stacked against her—it always has been—so maybe the only way to survive their vicious games is for her to change the rules.
I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me by Jamison Shea
Laure Mesny is a perfectionist with an axe to grind. Despite being constantly overlooked in the elite and cutthroat world of the Parisian ballet, she will do anything to prove that a Black girl can take center stage. To level the playing field, Laure ventures deep into the depths of the Catacombs and strikes a deal with a pulsating river of blood. The primordial power Laure gains promises influence and adoration, everything she’s dreamed of and worked toward. With retribution on her mind, she surpasses her bitter and privileged peers, leaving broken bodies behind her on her climb to stardom. But even as undeniable as she is, Laure is not the only monster around. And her vicious desires make her a perfect target for slaughter. As she descends into madness and the mystifying underworld beneath her, she is faced with the ultimate choice: continue to break herself for scraps of validation or succumb to the darkness that wants her exactly as she is—monstrous heart and all. That is, if the god-killer doesn’t catch her first. From debut author Jamison Shea comes I Feed Her to the Beast and the Beast Is Me, a slow-burn horror that lifts a veil on the institutions that profit on exclusion and the toll of giving everything to a world that will never love you back.
And to round out this list, we also gotta point out the fellas who are also killing it with the Thriller/Horror genre. 
Promise Boys by Nick Brooks
The prestigious Urban Promise Prep school might look pristine on the outside, but deadly secrets lurk within. When the principal ends up murdered on school premises and the cops come sniffing around, a trio of students―J.B., Ramón, and Trey―emerge as the prime suspects. They had the means, they had the motive . . . and they may have had the murder weapon. But with all three maintaining their innocence, they must band together to track down the real killer before they are arrested. Or is the true culprit hiding among them?
The Getaway by Lamar Giles
Welcome to the funnest spot around . . . Jay is living his best life at Karloff Country, one of the world’s most famous resorts. He’s got his family, his crew, and an incredible after-school job at the property’s main theme park. Life isn’t so great for the rest of the world, but when people come here to vacation, it’s to get away from all that. As things outside get worse, trouble starts seeping into Karloff. First, Jay’s friend Connie and her family disappear in the middle of the night and no one will talk about it. Then the richest and most powerful families start arriving, only... they aren’t leaving. Unknown to the employees, the resort has been selling shares in an end-of-the-world oasis. The best of the best at the end of days. And in order to deliver the top-notch customer service the wealthy clientele paid for, the employees will be at their total beck and call. Whether they like it or not. Yet Karloff Country didn’t count on Jay and his crew--and just how far they’ll go to find out the truth and save themselves. But what’s more dangerous: the monster you know in your home or the unknown nightmare outside the walls?
The Forest Demands Its Due by Kosoko Jackson
Regent Academy has a long and storied history in Winslow, Vermont, as does the forest that surrounds it. The school is known for molding teens into leaders, but its history is far more nefarious. Seventeen-year-old Douglas Jones wants nothing to do with Regent's king-making; he’s just trying to survive. But then a student is murdered and, for some reason, by the next day no one remembers him having ever existed, except for Douglas and the groundskeeper's son, Everett Everley. In his determination to uncover the truth, Douglas awakens a horror hidden within the forest, unearthing secrets that have been buried for centuries. A vengeful creature wants blood as payment for a debt more than 300 years in the making—or it will swallow all of Winslow in darkness. And for the first time in his life, Douglas might have a chance to grasp the one thing he’s always felt was power. But if he’s not careful, he will find out that power has a tendency to corrupt absolutely everything.
If you are a fan of murder mysteries, supernatural thrillers, or just like to get scared, get thee to a bookstore (or library) and support your Black Thriller/Horror writer.
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A little while ago, I finished reading Dead Girls Don’t Say Sorry by @aritany. It took me a while to get my thoughts in order, but I’ve finally been able to write up my goodreads review. And guys. If there is any book I can ever recommend, it’s this one. Please, please, please go read it if you can. And if you can’t buy it please consider requesting a purchase at your local library and adding it to your goodreads!!
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Reasons you should read dgdss:
Do you love emotional whiplash? Me too!!!! And you’re in luck, each chapter switches between two timelines that simultaneously complement and foreshadow each other in a glorious, heart wrenching mix
Dillan. Freaking. Fletcher.
The texting!!
Two words: strawberry kiwi
Dillan. Freaking. Fletcher’s. Fletcher. Freaking. Family.
Mystery!!!! Suspense!!!!
The topic of grief is handled in such an eloquent and sophisticated manner. It’s not have (1) panic attack and Nora is instantly better. It takes the whole book!!!! And by the end, she’s still healing!!
Chapter twenty-five
Fat bastard
Bi rep!!! m/f *and* f/f bi rep!!!!
Every friendship is captivating in its own right
I could go on, but this is a book worth going in completely blind for to get the most out of your reading experience. If you want a book that properly puts you in a chokehold, go out and get your copy. You won’t regret it. And if you do read it, or you already have, consider posting a review on Amazon and/or goodreads as that is one of the best ways you can support an author!!
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Koushun Takami's notorious high-octane thriller is based on an irresistible premise: a class of junior high school students is taken to a deserted island where, as part of a ruthless authoritarian program, they are provided arms and forced to kill one another until only one survivor is left standing. Criticized as violent exploitation when first published in Japan - where it then proceeded to become a runaway bestseller - Battle Royale is a Lord of the Flies for the 21st century, a potent allegory of what it means to be young and (barely) alive in a dog-eat-dog world. Made into a controversial hit movie of the same name, Battle Royale is already a contemporary Japanese pulp classic, now available for the first time in the English language.
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