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My rating: 1 of 5 stars


“You can figure out what the villain fears by his choice of weapons.”





April Genevieve Tucholke, an American author, pens a chilling and mystical young adult thriller in her new book, Wink Poppy Midnight that unfolds the friendship and the enmity between three high school teenagers and the readers need to figure out who is the hero and who is the villain in this story through their dialogues and their evolving demeanor.

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“Onnai je kore ar onnai je sohe, tobo ghrina jeno tare trino somo dohe."

Translated version: "Those who commit injustice and those who forbear it, Let them blaze like hay in the fire of your indignation."





Anita Krishan, an Indian author, has penned a gripping yet emotional bookTears of Jhelum that narrates the story of a Kashmiri man who tries to protect his family as well as himself while turning a blind eye to the crime happening around him, but when his act of turning a blind eye comes haunting to him, he realizes that he has committed a grave mistake in order to save himself from the inevitable death.

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself.”




Jennifer Niven, an American author, has penned a heart-breaking love story about two teenagers in her book, All the Bright Places that weaves a beautiful yet devastating tale of young love where both the primary characters are suffering from their own trauma yet their strange encounter brings them closer in a weird way but destiny has other and sad plans for these two innocent souls.

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“People think dreams aren't real just because they aren't made of matter, of particles. Dreams are real. But they are made of viewpoints, of images, of memories and puns and lost hopes.”





Jeff Zentner, an American author, pens an engrossing young adult fiction in his debut book, The Serpent King narrates the story of three imperfect high school senior year teenagers who have ended up in a dead end town, and wants desperately to give wings to their dreams except the two boys, who want their friend, with big dreams to live in a big city, to stay in that part of the town and maintain their friendship.

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul.”





M.J. Rose, a New York Times bestselling novelist, weaves an enchanting and romantic tale called, The Secret Language of Stones: A Novel that is the second book in The Daughters of La Lune series, that traces the life of young woman with powers to encrypt the messages of those beyond the grave to their loves ones with the help of rare gems that is filled with magic, love, betrayal, war and politics.

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My rating: 5 of 5 stars


“When you begin a journey of revenge, start by digging two graves: one for your enemy, and one for yourself.”





Sharon J Bolton, an American bestselling author, pens an incredibly brain-twisting and captivating psycho thriller in her new book, Daisy in Chains that narrates the story of a serial killer who took the lives of four women and is now serving a life time imprisonment in a prison but surprisingly outside the prison world, he has thousands of lady followers even a fan club where people support him and believes that he is not the killer and justice has not been properly served to him, whereas there is a popular lawyer who thinks otherwise and will never ever take up his case since according to her he is guilty but things are changing fast...

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars


“You will never find the real truth among people that are insecure or have egos to protect. Truth over time becomes either guarded or twisted as their perspective changes; it changes with the seasons of their shame, love, hope or pride.” 





Mary Kubica, the national best-selling American author, pens her new psychological thriller, Don't You Cry that unfolds a gripping and mystifying story about two women among whom one of them goes missing all of a sudden leaving that woman's roommate baffled and curious about the fact whether she really knows her as she used to think, and the other woman reaches a small dead-end town, leaving especially an eighteen year old boy suspicious as well as infatuated not only with her beauty but also with her innocence.

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars



“Good neighbors always spy on you to make sure you are doing well.”





Beth Miller, an English author, has penned a heart-touching yet intriguing part-thriller-part-contemporary fiction in her latest book, The Good Neighbour that unfolds the story of two women who are neighbors to one another and each have children of their own, and their bond of trust grew with each passing day, but did they know everything about each other's secrets that can destroy the lives of both these women?

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