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Husband and Wife by K.L. Slater
Husband and Wife is yet another testament to K.L. Slater’s indelible skill of storytelling. I raced through this compelling, twisty novel. Where do I even begin with Husband and Wife? What did the title mean? Husband and Wife – they promise to look after each other in sickness and health, right? To support each other through the good and the bad. There’s a feeling of mutual respect and partnership. So, when Parker and his wife, Luna are involved in a very serious car accident, will they continue to honour their vows? The story is told in multi-POV’s, Laura, Parker’s mum, Luna, the wife and Parker, the husband. Laura has a…
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The Day After the Party by Nicole Trope
The Day After the Party is a fast-moving story about family and redemption. It was highly suspenseful, and I was gripped until the end. Parties are supposed to be fun, right? It’s full of drink, party food and good times – laughter and joy. But what happens when it all goes pear shaped? A memory lost of the entire night. A memory gone completely. Katelyn wakes up in a hospital bed after having an episode of Global Transient Amnesia. She has no recollection of the previous night at all and both her husband, Toby and her best friend, Leah are really worried about her. But luckily for us Nicole Trope…
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Christmas and Other Horrors: An Anthology of Solstice Horror
I’ve been so lucky with my horror reads lately but when I saw that Titan was releasing a Christmas horror anthology, I knew that I had to be all over that. I was like a kid in the candy shop. I wanted to inhale them all – but I knew I had to patient, I would have the opportunity to have a taste of them all, and taste I did. I gobbled each story up like a starving woman. I needed my horror fix, and this release from Titan did just that. What do you think about when the word horror and Christmas materialise? If you’re normal, then candy canes…
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Prom Queen by Laura Wolfe
Prom Queen is a fun coming of age thriller that had strong true crime vibes with characters that all wear the trauma of the past on their sleeves. The teenage years impact us in ways that we fail to see at the time. Parental marriage breakdowns, friendships drifting apart and life experiences being just a few that alter our personalities from our formative years and beyond. Prom Queen does a good job of breaking that down and examining how lives can take a drastic turn no matter is you want them to or not. Brooke was never going to be part of the popular crowd, but she didn’t care, she…
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The Patient by Cole Baxter
The Patient had me in a chokehold and I couldn’t move until I had all the answers. It was totally worth all the stress! Honestly, this book caught me completely off kilter. I’ve read a few of Cole Baxter’s books before but The Patient is in a league all its own. Not only did it grip me in only a few words, but my brain tried to come up with plausible connections all were wrong, of course. My tea went cold, the blanket was tossed to the side, and I had my kindle in a death grip. I sacked off the chores for the day because there was no way…
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That Night in the Woods by Kristopher Triana
That Night in the Woods by Kristopher Triana is a story reminiscent of The Losers Club from IT, in that a group of five friends meet up after twenty years to celebrate and mourn the loss of one of the group, Steven. I’m afraid that’s where the comparison ends. This unfortunately wasn’t a book that worked for me. It was a real slog to get through it and I did think about DNF’ing it at several points. The story starts off extremely slow and the POV’s alternating without warning and did find myself getting frustrated. That Night in the Woods follows Jennifer, Traci, Corey and Mark coming back to Redford…
