Book reviews, book talk, and some extra dabbling delights.
Audrina Adare is haunted by the ghost of the First Audrina, the Best Audrina so says her father and so many others. Left in her shadow, Audrina struggles and vies for a life of her own, but dark secrets and tragedy threaten everything she holds dear.
The perfect book list doesn't exi-... Okay, I stand corrected. Prepare to be corrupted by this book list of nothing but villains. Enjoy.
Natalie is on top of the world. She has the perfect boyfriend and is about to be crowned Palmetto Princess. When classmate, Justin Balmer, turns up dead, her life quickly spins out of control. Her past comes back to haunt her and try as she might, she can't escape it. Secrets come out and shame overcomes her as she falls from her perfect pedestal.
Vampie Hunter D has his work cut out for him when a dark song calls out to villagers and pulls them into the woods to search for it. Can he help the village or is it doomed?
The Girls
Author: Emma Cline
It's a summer Evie Boyd will never forget. One filled with solidarity, belonging, freedom, and a danger to her innocence that she doesn't even suspect.
Wicked Saints (Something Dark and Holy #1)
Author: Emily A. Duncan
betrayal, confusion, and dark magics find their way in a war-torn world where the existence of gods is questioned, but the quest for power is eternal. A cleric in contact with all of the gods seeks to end the world, but those who tag along possibly have different agendas.
A Wild Swan: And Other Tales
Author: Michael Cunningham
Fairy tales come with a twisted twist and points of view you never expected. Not so happily ever after. Villains’ real stories. And beasts that are actually beasts.
Heart of Darkness
Author: Joseph Conrad
Deep in the heart of man...there is a darkness. In every one.
Flowers in the Attic
Author: V.C. Andrews
We should have cared. We should have been careful.
Hidden away in an attic in Foxworth manor are the Dollanganger kids, waiting for a grandfather they've never met to die so that mother can inherit his fortune and they will all have a better life. This hope dwindles as the kids stay longer up in that cramped space. Promises are broken. Rules are broken. The devious feelings grandmother warned them of begin to bloom. The kids soon become on of the secrets of Foxworth.
The Scarlet Reader 