6 December 2015

Review #310: The Girl Who Collected Butterflies (Haunted Minds #3) by John Hennessy



My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“I will hurt you for this. I don't know how yet, but give me time. A day will come when you think yourself safe and happy, and suddenly your joy will turn to ashes in your mouth, and you'll know the debt is paid.”

----George R.R. Martin



John Hennessy, the British paranormal YA author, pens his third book in the Haunted Minds series, The Girl Who Collected Butterflies, and this time the ghost/witch of the house on 110 Normandy Road is back with vengeance, and she will not rest until she succeeds in punishing the evil souls.



29 November 2015

Review #309: Red River, Blue Hills by Ankush Saikia



My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“To love without need or without expectation of restitution, that is how we ought to love.”

----Criss Jami



Ankush Saikia, an Indian crime writer, yet once again captivates the hearts of the readers with his new book, Red River, Blue Hills which is set across the north-eastern states of India stretching from Assam to Arunachal Pradesh by arresting not only the picturesque backdrop but also the danger lurking behind the dark, dense forests covering the rivers of the east.




18 September 2015

Blog Tour with Giveaway: The Girl in the Spider's Web (Millennium, #4) by David Lagercrantz




My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“What she had realized was that love was that moment when your heart was about to burst.”

---- Stieg Larsson



The journalist and the female hacker are back with a bang!


David Lagercrantz, a Swedish author, takes up the authority to continue with the legendary Millennium series of the international bestselling Swedish crime writer, Stieg Larsson. And Lagercrantz has proved that Lisbeth Salander cannot be dead, by projecting her with an immense power and energy in the latest installment of Millennium series, The Girl in the Spider's Web.

7 September 2015

Review #308: Looking for Alaska by John Green



My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“At some point we all look up and realize we are lost in a maze.” 


----John Green



John Green, an award-winning bestselling author, has penned his debut YA novel, Looking for Alaska that accounts the story of a teenage boy and how his life drastically changes when he goes to a boarding school.






31 August 2015

Review #307: Alice by Christina Henry



My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“I knew who I was this morning, but I've changed a few times since then.”


----Lewis Carroll



Christina Henry, a national bestselling author, pens her latest book, Alice which is a creepy retake on the Lewis Carroll's popular book, Alice in Wonderland where Alice wakes up years later in a mental institute with no memory of what happened when she came running out of the bushes with blood between her thighs, but now she have to break free from the institute to know about her past and for that she has to face the challenges in a creepy, Gothic town to get her answers.


26 August 2015

Review #306: Need by Joelle Charbonneau



My rating: 4 of 5 stars



"The single biggest existential threat that's out there, I think, is cyber." 


----Michael Mullen, a retired United States Navy admiral



Joelle Charbonneau, an American author, pens her latest YA thriller, Need, that is about a bunch of high school teenagers falling prey to the world of cyber crime- a website which would fulfill their wishes if they perform the tasks against it, like fulfilling a challenge, and within no time the addictive cyber world pulled them into darkness coming out from which became life threatening.



25 August 2015

Review #305: The Paper Swan by Leylah Attar



My rating:
5 of 5 stars


“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”


----Martin Luther King Jr




Leylah Attar, the New York Times and USA Today best-selling author, pens her latest contemporary romance novel, The Paper Swan that is a dark twisted tale of love, where two people are pulled together by revenge and lies and the story unfolds across so many decades filled with twists and turns that finally give the readers a feel that at times love can be vulnerable and dark like the moonless night sky.


24 August 2015

Review #304: Walk on Earth a Stranger (The Gold Seer Trilogy, #1) by Rae Carson



My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost;
The old that is strong does not wither,
Deep roots are not reached by the frost.”

----J.R.R. Tolkien



Rae Carson, the New York Times best selling author, pens her latest YA fantasy book, Walk on Earth a Stranger, which is the first book in The Gold Seer Trilogy, that tells the story of a magical girl who can sense the presence of gold with her magic. Told during the era of Gold Rush in America, this girl embarks on a thrilling adventure to protect herself especially give wings to her magic during this period.