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Bonnie

Lover of tea. Crazed Bibliophile. Daydreamer.
I have a ridiculous love for the written word. I read anything and everything: Adult fiction, YA, Middle Grade, even the occasional Non-Fiction.

When I'm not reading I'm caring for my step-children, drinking obscene amounts of tea and contemplating what life will be like in the impending apocalypse.

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Waiting on Wednesday – Violet by Scott Thomas

August 21, 2019 Bonnie Waiting on Wednesday 3 Comments

Waiting on Wednesday – Violet by Scott ThomasViolet by Scott Thomas
Published by Inkshares on September 24, 2019
Pages: 448
Genres: Horror
Format: Paperback
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In the lineage of Peter Straub's Julia, Scott Thomas’ Violet is the disturbing tale of a woman haunted by her long-abandoned imaginary friend.

For many children, the summer of 1988 was filled with sunshine and laughter. But for ten-year-old Kris Barlow, it was her chance to say goodbye to her dying mother.

Three decades later, loss returns—her husband killed in a car accident. And so, Kris goes home to the place where she first knew pain—to that summer house overlooking the crystal waters of Lost Lake. It’s there that Kris and her eight-year-old daughter will make a stand against grief.

But a shadow has fallen over the quiet lake town of Pacington, Kansas. Beneath its surface, an evil has grown—and inside that home where Kris Barlow last saw her mother, an old friend awaits her return.

About Scott Thomas

Scott Thomas is the Stoker-nominated author of Kill Creek, which was selected by the American Library Association's reader committee as the top horror book of 2017. Originally from Coffeyville, Kansas, Scott attended the University of Kansas where he earned degrees in English and Film. He has written TV movies and teleplays for various networks including Netflix, Syfy, MTV, VH1, the CW, Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, and ABC family. Scott was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for his work on R.L. Stein's The Haunting Hour. He lives in Sherman Oaks, California with his wife and two daughters.

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Something To Look Forward To – Week of August 19th, 2019

August 19, 2019 Bonnie Something To Look Forward To 0 Comments

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Week of August 19th, 2019

Echoes: The Saga Anthology of Ghost Stories by Ellen Datlow
Expected publication: August 20th 2019 by Saga Press

Lies of Descent by Troy Carrol Bucher
Expected publication: August 20th 2019 by DAW

Neil Gaiman’s Snow, Glass, Apples by Neil Gaiman & Colleen Doran
Expected publication: August 20th 2019 by Dark Horse Books

Inch by Inch (Step by Step #2) by Morgan Llywelyn
Expected publication: August 20th 2019 by Tor Books

Our War by Craig DiLouie
Expected publication: August 20th 2019 by Orbit

Radio Dark: a novel by Shane Hinton
Expected publication: August 20th 2019 by Burrow Press

The Emperor’s Fist (Far Stars #4) by Jay Allan
Expected publication: August 20th 2019 by Harper Voyager

The Warehouse: A Novel by Rob Hart
Expected publication: August 20th 2019 by Crown

Meet Me in the Future by Kameron Hurley
Expected publication: August 20th 2019 by Tachyon Publications

Turning Darkness Into Light by Marie Brennan
Expected publication: August 20th 2019 by Tor Books

Assassin’s Revenge (David Slaton #6) by Ward Larsen
Expected publication: August 20th 2019 by Forge Books

The Murder List by Hank Phillippi Ryan
Expected publication: August 20th 2019 by Forge Books

The Last Widow (Will Trent #9) by Karin Slaughter
Expected publication: August 20th 2019 by William Morrow

Old Bones (Nora Kelly #1) by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
Expected publication: August 20th 2019 by Grand Central Publishing

Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime and Obsession by Rachel Monroe
Expected publication: August 20th 2019 by Scribner

The Second Biggest Nothing (Dr. Siri Paiboun #14) by Colin Cotterill
Expected publication: August 20th 2019 by Soho Crime

The Whisper Man by Alex North
Expected publication: August 20th 2019 by Celadon Books

The Cold Way Home (Bell Elkins #8) by Julia Keller
Expected publication: August 20th 2019 by Minotaur Books

Stolen Things: A Novel by R.H. Herron
Expected publication: August 20th 2019 by Dutton

American Magic: A Thriller by Zach Fehst
Expected publication: August 20th 2019 by Atria/Emily Bestler Books/Alloy Entertainment

The Chocolate Maker’s Wife by Karen Brooks
Expected publication: August 20th 2019 by William Morrow Paperbacks

The Warlow Experiment by Alix Nathan
Expected publication: August 20th 2019 by Doubleday Books

The Reckless Oath We Made by Bryn Greenwood
Expected publication: August 20th 2019 by G.P. Putnam’s Sons

The World Doesn’t Require You by Rion Amilcar Scott
Expected publication: August 20th 2019 by Liveright

Machine by Susan Steinberg
Expected publication: August 20th 2019 by Graywolf Press

Going Dutch by James Gregor
Expected publication: August 20th 2019 by Simon & Schuster

On the Corner of Love and Hate (Hopeless Romantics #1) by Nina Bocci
Expected publication: August 20th 2019 by Gallery Books

The Duchess in His Bed (Sins for All Seasons #4) by Lorraine Heath
Expected publication: August 20th 2019 by Avon

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Something To Look Forward To – Week of July 29th, 2019

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Week of July 29th, 2019

The Hound of Justice (The Janet Watson Chronicles #2) by Claire O’Dell
Expected publication: July 30th 2019 by Harper Voyager

Iron Gods (The Spin Trilogy #2) by Andrew Bannister
Expected publication: July 30th 2019 by Tor Books

Death Goddess Dance (The Mythos War #3) by Levi Black
Expected publication: July 30th 2019 by Tor Books

Atmosphæra Incognita by Neal Stephenson
Expected publication: July 31st 2019 by Subterranean

True Believer (James Reece #2) by Jack Carr
Expected publication: July 30th 2019 by Atria/Emily Bestler Books

Smokescreen (Eve Duncan #25) by Iris Johansen
Expected publication: July 30th 2019 by Grand Central Publishing

Too Close by Natalie Daniels
Expected publication: July 30th 2019 by Harper Paperbacks

The Escape Room: A Novel by Megan Goldin
Expected publication: July 30th 2019 by St. Martin’s Press

Labyrinth (FBI Thriller #23) by Catherine Coulter
Expected publication: July 30th 2019 by Gallery Books

What You Did by Claire McGowan
Expected publication: August 1st 2019 by Thomas & Mercer

The Loot (Charlie McCabe #1) by Craig Schaefer
Expected publication: August 1st 2019 by Thomas & Mercer

Someone We Know by Shari Lapena
Expected publication: July 30th 2019 by Pamela Dorman Books

Game of Snipers (Bob Lee Swagger #11) by Stephen Hunter
Expected publication: July 30th 2019 by G.P. Putnam’s Sons

Speaking of Summer: A Novel by Kalisha Buckhanon
Expected publication: July 30th 2019 by Counterpoint

The Russian (Rob Tacoma #1) by Ben Coes
Expected publication: July 30th 2019 by St. Martin’s Press

Never Have I Ever by Joshilyn Jackson
Expected publication: July 30th 2019 by William Morrow

Goodnight Stranger by Miciah Bay Gault
Expected publication: July 30th 2019 by Park Row

A Capitol Death (Flavia Albia Mystery #7) by Lindsey Davis
Expected publication: July 30th 2019 by Minotaur Books

Home for Erring and Outcast Girls by Julie Kibler
Expected publication: July 30th 2019 by Crown Publishing Group (NY)

The Chelsea Girls by Fiona Davis
Expected publication: July 30th 2019 by Dutton Books

The Vexations by Caitlin Horrocks
Expected publication: July 30th 2019 by Little, Brown and Company

Bonnie and Stan by Anna Stuart
Expected publication: July 30th 2019 by Trapeze

Marilou is Everywhere by Sarah Elaine Smith
Expected publication: July 30th 2019 by Riverhead

The Churchgoer: A Novel by Patrick Coleman
Expected publication: July 30th 2019 by Harper Perennial

How to Hack a Heartbreak by Kristin Rockaway
Expected publication: July 30th 2019 by Graydon House

The Book Charmer (Dove Pond #1) by Karen Hawkins
Expected publication: July 30th 2019 by Gallery Books

A Highlander Walks into a Bar (Highland, Georgia #1) by Laura Trentham
Expected publication: July 30th 2019 by St. Martin’s Paperbacks

Brazen and the Beast (The Bareknuckle Bastards #2) by Sarah MacLean
Expected publication: July 30th 2019 by Avon

The Duke Is But a Dream (Debutante Diaries #2) by Anna Bennett
Expected publication: July 30th 2019 by St. Martin’s Press

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Something To Look Forward To – Week of July 22nd, 2019

July 22, 2019 Bonnie Something To Look Forward To 0 Comments

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Week of July 22nd, 2019

The Dark Above: A Novel by Jeremy Finley
Expected publication: July 23rd 2019 by St. Martin’s Press

The Wolf’s Call (Raven’s Blade #1) by Anthony Ryan
Expected publication: July 23rd 2019 by Ace Books

The Possession (The Anomaly Files #2) by Michael Rutger
Expected publication: July 23rd 2019 by Grand Central Publishing

Castle of Sorrows (The Sorrows #2) by Jonathan Janz
Expected publication: July 25th 2019 by Flame Tree Press

Gods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Expected publication: July 23rd 2019 by Del Rey

Medusa in the Graveyard (The Medusa Cycle #2) by Emily Devenport
Expected publication: July 23rd 2019 by Tor Books

The Last Astronaut by David Wellington
Expected publication: July 23rd 2019 by Orbit

Jade War (The Green Bone Saga #2) by Fonda Lee
Expected publication: July 23rd 2019 by Orbit

The Unlikely Escape of Uriah Heep by H.G. Parry
Expected publication: July 23rd 2019 by Redhook

Lady in the Lake by Laura Lippman
Expected publication: July 23rd 2019 by William Morrow

A Stranger on the Beach by Michele Campbell
Expected publication: July 23rd 2019 by St. Martin’s Press

Theme Music by T. Marie Vandelly
Expected publication: July 23rd 2019 by Dutton Books

One Good Deed by David Baldacci
Expected publication: July 23rd 2019 by Grand Central Publishing

Gretchen: A Thriller by Shannon Kirk
Expected publication: July 23rd 2019 by Thomas & Mercer

Beijing Payback: A Novel by Daniel Nieh
Expected publication: July 23rd 2019 by Ecco

Good Girl, Bad Girl by Michael Robotham
Expected publication: July 23rd 2019 by Scribner

The Gomorrah Gambit by Tom Chatfield
Expected publication: July 23rd 2019 by Mulholland Books

Black Sun by Owen Matthews
Expected publication: July 23rd 2019 by Doubleday Books

The Two Lila Bennetts by Liz Fenton
Expected publication: July 23rd 2019 by Lake Union Publishing

Meet Me in Monaco by Hazel Gaynor & Heather Webb
Expected publication: July 23rd 2019 by William Morrow Paperbacks

The Marriage Clock by Zara Raheem
Expected publication: July 23rd 2019 by William Morrow Paperbacks

Piece of My Heart (Fostering Love #4) by Nicole Jacquelyn
Expected publication: July 23rd 2019 by Forever

You’ve Been Volunteered (Class Mom #2) by Laurie Gelman
Expected publication: July 23rd 2019 by Henry Holt and Co.

Reasons to Be Cheerful by Nina Stibbe
Expected publication: July 23rd 2019 by Little, Brown and Company

Gravity Is the Thing: A Novel by Jaclyn Moriarty
Expected publication: July 23rd 2019 by Harper

The Lager Queen of Minnesota: A Novel by J. Ryan Stradal
Expected publication: July 23rd 2019 by Pamela Dorman Books

The Floating Feldmans by Elyssa Friedland
Expected publication: July 23rd 2019 by Berkley

We Love Anderson Cooper: Short Stories by R.L. Maizes
Expected publication: July 23rd 2019 by Celadon Books

Crisis in the Red Zone: The Story of the Deadliest Ebola Outbreak in History, and of the Outbreaks to Come by Richard Preston
Expected publication: July 23rd 2019 by Random House

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Waiting on Wednesday – False Bingo: Stories by Jac Jemc

July 17, 2019 Bonnie Waiting on Wednesday 2 Comments

Waiting on Wednesday – False Bingo: Stories by Jac JemcFalse Bingo: Stories by Jac Jemc
Published by MCD x FSG Originals on October 8, 2019
Pages: 240
Genres: Horror, Short Stories
Format: Paperback
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The mundane becomes sinister in a disquieting story collection from the author of The Grip of It

In Jac Jemc’s dislocating second story collection, False Bingo, we watch as sinister forces—some supernatural, some of this earth, some real and some not—work their ways into the mundanity of everyday life.

In “Strange Loop,” an outcast attempting to escape an unnamed mistake spends his days taxiderming animals, while in “Delivery,” a family watches as their dementia-addled, basement-dwelling father succumbs to an online shopping addiction. “Don’t Let’s” finds a woman, recently freed from an abusive relationship, living in an isolated vacation home in the South that might be haunted by breath-stealing ghosts.

Fueled by paranoia and visceral suspense, and crafted with masterful restraint, these seventeen stories explore what happens when our fears cross over into the real, if only for a fleeting moment. Identities are stolen, alternate universes are revealed, and innocence is lost as the consequences of minor, seemingly harmless decisions erupt to sabotage a false sense of stability. “This is not a morality tale about the goodness of one character triumphing over the bad of another,” the sadistic narrator of “Pastoral” announces. Rather, False Bingo is a collection of realist fables exploring how conflicting moralities can coexist: the good, the bad, the indecipherable.

About Jac Jemc

Jac Jemc lives in Chicago. Her story collection False Bingo will be released in 2019 and her novel Total Work of Art will be published in 2021, both from FSG. Her novel The Grip of It was released from FSG Originals (Farrar, Straus & Giroux) in August 2017, receiving starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, Kirkus and Library Journal, and recommended in Entertainment Weekly, O: The Oprah Magazine, Marie Claire, Esquire, W, and Nylon.  Her stories have appeared or are forthcoming from Guernica, LA Review of Books, Crazyhorse, The Southwest Review, Paper Darts, Puerto Del Sol, and Storyquarterly, among others. Jemc is also the author of My Only Wife (Dzanc Books), named a finalist for the 2013 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Fiction and winner of the Paula Anderson Book Award;  A Different Bed Every Time (Dzanc Books), named one of Amazon's Best Story Collections of 2014; and a chapbook of stories, These Strangers She'd Invited In (Greying Ghost Press).  Jac received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has completed residencies at the Oberpfälzer Künstlerhaus, Hald: The Danish Center for Writers and Translators, Ragdale, the Vermont Studio Center, Thicket, and VCCA. She has been the recipient of two Illinois Arts Council Professional Development Grants.  She teaches English and creative writing. 

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Something To Look Forward To – Week of July 15th, 2019

July 15, 2019 Bonnie Something To Look Forward To 0 Comments

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Week of July 15th, 2019

This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar & Max Gladstone
Expected publication: July 16th 2019 by Saga Press

Earth by Ben Bova
Expected publication: July 16th 2019 by Tor Books

The Rage of Dragons (The Burning #1) by Evan Winter
Expected publication: July 16th 2019 by Orbit

The Border Keeper by Kerstin Hall
Expected publication: July 16th 2019 by Tor.com

The Redemption of Time by Baoshu
Expected publication: July 16th 2019 by Tor Books

The New Girl (Gabriel Allon #19) by Daniel Silva
Expected publication: July 16th 2019 by Harper

A Dream to Die for by Susan Z. Ritz
Expected publication: July 16th 2019 by She Writes Press

Red Metal by Mark Greaney, H. Ripley Rawlings IV
Expected publication: July 16th 2019 by Berkley Books

Rules of War (Logan West #4) by Matthew Betley
Expected publication: July 16th 2019 by Atria/Emily Bestler Books

Tell Me Everything by Cambria Brockman
Expected publication: July 16th 2019 by Ballantine Books

Shamed (Kate Burkholder #11) by Linda Castillo
Expected publication: July 16th 2019 by Minotaur Books

Buried (Agent Sayer Altair #2) by Ellison Cooper
Expected publication: July 16th 2019 by Minotaur Books

The Other Mrs. Miller by Allison Dickson
Expected publication: July 16th 2019 by G.P. Putnam’s Sons

Beirut Hellfire Society by Rawi Hage
Expected publication: July 16th 2019 by W. W. Norton Company

Feast Day of the Cannibals by Norman Lock
Expected publication: July 16th 2019 by Bellevue Literary Press

The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Expected publication: July 16th 2019 by Doubleday Books

The Expectations by Alexander Tilney
Expected publication: July 16th 2019 by Little, Brown and Company

Raised in Captivity: Fictional Nonfiction by Chuck Klosterman
Expected publication: July 16th 2019 by Penguin Press

Stubborn Archivist by Yara Rodrigues Fowler
Expected publication: July 16th 2019 by Mariner Books

The Wedding Party by Jasmine Guillory
Expected publication: July 16th 2019 by Berkley

The McAvoy Sisters Book of Secrets: A Novel by Molly Fader
Expected publication: July 16th 2019 by Graydon House

Midnight at the Blackbird Cafe by Heather Webber
Expected publication: July 16th 2019 by Forge Books

Window on the Bay by Debbie Macomber
Expected publication: July 16th 2019 by Ballantine Books

The Second-Worst Restaurant in France (Paul Stuart #2) by Alexander McCall Smith
Expected publication: July 16th 2019 by Pantheon Books

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Audiobook Sync 2019: Week 12 Titles | Vincent and Theo and Becoming Kareem (July 11 – July 18)

July 11, 2019 Bonnie Sync 0 Comments

A new week of free audiobooks! Be sure to sign up for email and/or text alerts at Audiobook Sync to remind you when new titles are available. The audiobooks can be downloaded onto your computer and easily transferred to your smartphone for easy listening — and remember that these audiobooks are yours to keep! In case you’re new to the Audiobook Sync program, here are the details:

Each audiobook will be available for you to download onto your computer and/or mobile device for one week. The files are available from Thursday morning 7am Eastern Time until the following Thursday morning at 7am Eastern time when the new audiobook titles become available. You may download more than once if you have more than one device. When you have downloaded the MP3 files they are yours to keep.

Vincent and Theo by Deborah Heiligman | Read by Philip Fox
Published by Dreamscape Media | Download available here!

The deep and enduring friendship between Vincent and Theo Van Gogh defined both brothers’ lives. As a confidant, champion, sympathizer, and friend, Theo financially and emotionally supported his older brother as the artistic but troubled Vincent struggled to find his path in life as both a painter and a man. Throughout that struggle, the brothers shared everything – swapping stories of lovers and friends, successes and disappointments, dreams and ambitions. Drawing on the 658 letters Vincent wrote to Theo during his lifetime, Deborah Heiligman weaves a meticulously researched tale of those two intertwined lives and the extraordinary love that fueled them.

Becoming Kareem by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Read by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Published by Hachette Audio | Download available here!

The first memoir for young readers by sports legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. At one time, Lew Alcindor was just another kid from New York City with all the usual problems: He struggled with fitting in, with pleasing a strict father, and with overcoming shyness that made him feel socially awkward. But with a talent for basketball, and an unmatched team of supporters, Lew Alcindor was able to transform and to become Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. From a childhood made difficult by racism and prejudice to a record-smashing career on the basketball court as an adult, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s life was packed with “coaches” who taught him right from wrong and led him on the path to greatness. His parents, coaches Jack Donahue and John Wooden, Muhammad Ali, Bruce Lee, and many others played important roles in Abdul-Jabbar’s life and sparked him to become an activist for social change and advancement. The inspiration from those around him, and his drive to find his own path in life, are highlighted in this personal and awe-inspiriting journey. Written especially for young readers, Becoming Kareem chronicles how Kareem Abdul-Jabbar become the icon and legend he is today, both on and off the court.

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Waiting on Wednesday – Ghoster by Jason Arnopp

July 10, 2019 Bonnie Waiting on Wednesday 3 Comments

Waiting on Wednesday – Ghoster by Jason ArnoppGhoster by Jason Arnopp
Published by Orbit on October 22, 2019
Pages: 400
Genres: Thriller, Occult & Supernatural
Format: Paperback
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Also by this author: The Last Days of Jack Sparks

From the author of The Last Days of Jack Sparks comes a chilling new thriller that will have you triple-locking your door at night . . .
Your front door key is not unique.

If a homicidal maniac walked from house to house for long enough, trying the same key in each front door, he might eventually open yours.

Six-year-old Emilee finds this out the hard way when a smiling stranger coolly unlocks her suburban front door. He walks in and brutally attacks her family, then seems to vanish into thin air.

Fourteen years later, the traumatic event haunts both Emilee and Gabriella, the homicide detective who handled the case. Together, they discover that similar home invasions have happened across America for decades. And when they launch a hunt for the 'key killer,' they start to wonder if unnatural forces could be at work...

Discover the jaw-dropping, chilling and thoroughly gripping new thriller from Jason Arnopp.

About Jason Arnopp

Jason Arnopp is the author of the upcoming chiller-thriller novel Ghoster, The Last Days Of Jack Sparks (Orbit Books) and the co-author of Inside Black Mirror with Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones.

Arnopp wrote the Lionsgate horror feature film Stormhouse, the New Line Cinema novel Friday The 13th: Hate-Kill-Repeat, various official Doctor Who works of fiction (including the BBC audiobook Doctor Who: The Gemini Contagion) and script-edited the 2012 Peter Mullan film The Man Inside.

Arnopp has also written 2012's Beast In The Basement, a horror novella available at Amazon, and experimental ghost story A Sincere Warning About The Entity In Your Home.

He is the author of non-fiction ebook How To Interview Doctor Who, Ozzy Osbourne And Everyone Else. He is on Twitter here, and is represented by literary agent Oli Munson at The AM Heath Agency. He is also represented for film and TV by Lawrence Mattis at Circle Of Confusion.

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I really loved Arnopp’s The Last Days of Jack Sparks and I’ve been anxiously awaiting new stuff from him for ages! This one sounds GOOD. Can’t wait. 🙂

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Book Review | In ‘Wilder Girls’ the Horror is Somehow Beautiful

July 9, 2019 Bonnie 2019, Book Reviews, Early Review, YA 3 Comments

I received this book free from Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.

Book Review | In ‘Wilder Girls’ the Horror is Somehow BeautifulWilder Girls by Rory Power
Published by Delacorte Press on July 9, 2019
Pages: 368
Genres: Horror, Dystopian/Post-Apocalyptic
Format: eARC
Source: Netgalley
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three-stars




It's been eighteen months since the Raxter School for Girls was put under quarantine. Since the Tox hit and pulled Hetty's life out from under her.

It started slow. First the teachers died one by one. Then it began to infect the students, turning their bodies strange and foreign. Now, cut off from the rest of the world and left to fend for themselves on their island home, the girls don't dare wander outside the school's fence, where the Tox has made the woods wild and dangerous. They wait for the cure they were promised as the Tox seeps into everything.

But when Byatt goes missing, Hetty will do anything to find her, even if it means breaking quarantine and braving the horrors that lie beyond the fence. And when she does, Hetty learns that there's more to their story, to their life at Raxter, than she could have ever thought true.

The girls used to be normal. They used to number almost a hundred students at Raxter before the Tox came. Before everyone was transformed into something different.

‘It’s like that, with all of us here. Sick, strange, and we don’t know why. Things bursting out of us, bits missing and pieces sloughing off, and then we harden and smooth over.’

As time passed, the girls’ numbers dwindled but the ones that survived continued holding out hope for a cure that was promised.

Wilder Girls begins with an otherworldly air. A girl with a second spine, another with an eye that has fused shut with something growing underneath. It’s eerie and unsettling and their story only gets better (or worse, depending on how you look at it.) Much like the cover, the horrors within have their own sort of twisted beauty that is equal parts horrifying and mesmerizing. Horrific, yes, but at the heart of Wilder Girls though is a story of love and friendship. After Hetty’s best friend Byatt experiences a flare-up and is sent to the infirmary which many girls never return from, Hetty begins a dangerous search for answers. Her search quickly disturbs the delicate veil of secrecy that surrounded the school to keep the girls in the dark from what was truly happening to them.

The horrors of the island and the girls themselves were perfectly described and I found the comparisons to Annihilation to be apt. I wanted more questions answered about the island, the effect on the animals, and the irises, but I also wanted the resolutions we did get to still be rooted in that otherworldly horror. They were instead stripped of that mystery, made the answer far too simplistic, and made me wonder if any of the horror was truly real at all. Powers is a skilled horror writer and her debut proves this. I anticipate that Wilder Girls is just a dip in the pond of the horror stories she has in store for us.

‘I think I’d been looking for it all my life – a storm in my body to match the one in my head.’

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Something To Look Forward To – Week of July 8th, 2019

July 8, 2019 Bonnie Something To Look Forward To 0 Comments

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Week of July 8th, 2019

Wilder Girls by Rory Power
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Delacorte Press

Serafina and the Seven Stars (Serafina #4) by Robert Beatty
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Disney Hyperion

The Survival of Molly Southbourne (Molly Southbourne #2) by Tade Thompson
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Tor.com

Salvation Day by Kali Wallace
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Berkley

The Toll by Cherie Priest
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Tor Books

The Saturday Night Ghost Club: A Novel by Craig Davidson
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Penguin Books

David Mogo, Godhunter by Suyi Davies Okungbowa
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Abaddon

Null Set (Cas Russell #2) by S.L. Huang
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Tor Books

The Need by Helen Phillips
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Simon & Schuster

The Reunion by Guillaume Musso
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Little, Brown and Company

Bad Axe County: A Novel by John Galligan
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Atria Books

Hideaway by Nicole Lundrigan
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Viking

One Little Secret by Cate Holahan
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Crooked Lane Books

Knife (Harry Hole #12) by Jo Nesbø
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Knopf Publishing Group

Killing with Confetti (Peter Diamond #18) by Peter Lovesey
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Soho Crime

The Trigger Mechanism (Camp Valor #2) by Scott McEwen, Hof Williams
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by St. Martin’s Griffin

The Chain by Adrian McKinty
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Mulholland Books

The Shameless (Quinn Colson #9) by Ace Atkins
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by G.P. Putnam’s Sons

The Babysitter by Sheryl Browne
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Grand Central Publishing

Hope Rides Again (Obama Biden Mysteries #2) by Andrew Shaffer
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Quirk Books

Death in a Desert Land (Agatha Christie #3) by Andrew Wilson
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Atria Books

The Golden Hour: A Novel by Beatriz Williams
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by William Morrow

The Last Book Party by Karen Dukess
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Henry Holt and Co.

The Last List of Miss Judith Kratt by Andrea Bobotis
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Sourcebooks Landmark

Dragonfly by Leila Meacham
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Grand Central Publishing

Bethlehem by Karen Kelly
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by St. Martin’s Press

Let’s Hope for the Best by Carolina Setterwall
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Little, Brown and Company

The Wind That Lays Waste by Selva Almada
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Graywolf Press

Supper Club by Lara Williams
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by G.P. Putnam’s Sons

Stay and Fight by Madeline Ffitch
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux

King of the Mississippi: A Novel by Mike Freedman
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Hogarth

Say Say Say: A novel by Lila Savage
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Knopf

Glory and its Litany of Horrors by Fernanda Torres
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Restless Books

A Rogue Meets a Scandalous Lady (Mackenzies & McBrides #11) by Jennifer Ashley
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by JA / AG Publishing

The Bookish Life of Nina Hill by Abbi Waxman
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Berkley Books

The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Forever

Breathe In, Cash Out: A Novel by Madeleine Henry
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by Atria Books

Under Currents by Nora Roberts
Expected publication: July 9th 2019 by St. Martin’s Press

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