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Book Review of THE FURY

The Fury isn’t the first book I’ve read by Alex Michaelides – and, unfortunately, it wasn’t my favorite.   What’s The Fury about? This thriller is about a supposedly close-knit group of friends on a lavish vacation together on a private Greek island – and one up them ends up dead. The story is told through the eyes of one of the friends, Elliot Chase, who narrates the The Fury. And, who is super annoying. There’s basically two...

HIDE: Book Club Podcast on Dark Side of the Word

Hello, Tartlets and Darksiders! A new book club podcast episode is up on Dark Side of the Word. Join me and Kait as we discuss the horror/thriller novel Hide by Kiersten White. Fourteen people arrive at an abandoned amusement park for a life-changing opportunity. All they have to do is play an elaborate game of hide-and-seek, and the last person standing will win $50K. But, if they're all hiding, who's the seeker? Why is there blood on the...

Book Review of THE MAIDENS

Heads up, Tartlets: I tore through the The Maidens in about three days. I hadn't read author Alex Michaelides' previous novel, the mega-bestseller The Silent Patient, but when an unrequested ARC of The Maidens showed up in my mailbox, I was like, Hey, a free book. Let’s try it. This twisty, edgy psychological thriller is bound together with threads of Greek mythology and tragedy, deception and lies, and some pretty skeevy teacher-student...