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Devil in Ohio — Daria Polatin

TITLE: Devil in Ohio AUTHOR: Daria Polatin RELEASED: November 7th, 2017; Feiwel & Friends GENRE: Horror/Thriller AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS:When fifteen-year-old Jules Mathis comes home from school to find a strange girl, her mother explains that Mae is one of her patients at the hospital and will be staying with their family for a few days. But shortly after, Mae is wearing Jules’ clothes, sleeping in her bedroom, edging her out of her position on the school paper, and kissing Jules’s crush. Then...

Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked — Christa Carmen

TITLE: Something Borrowed, Something Blood-Soaked AUTHOR: Christa Carmen RELEASES: August 21st, 2018; Unnerving GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: A young woman’s fears regarding the gruesome photos appearing on her cell phone prove justified in a ghastly and unexpected way. A chainsaw-wielding Evil Dead fan defends herself against a trio of undead intruders. A bride-to-be comes to wish that the door between the physical and spiritual worlds had stayed shut on All Hallows’ Eve. A lone passenger on a midnight train finds that...

Sadie — Courtney Summers

TITLE: Sadie AUTHOR: Courtney Summers RELEASES: September 4th, 2018; Wednesday Books GENRE: Mystery/Thriller AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: Sadie hasn’t had an easy life. Growing up on her own, she’s been raising her sister Mattie in an isolated small town, trying her best to provide a normal life and keep their heads above water. But when Mattie is found dead, Sadie’s entire world crumbles. After a somewhat botched police investigation, Sadie is determined to bring her sister’s killer to justice and hits the road following a...

Bad Man — Dathan Auerbach

TITLE: Bad Man AUTHOR: Dathan Auerbach RELEASED: August 7th, 2018; Doubleday Books GENRE: Horror AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: Eric disappeared when he was three years old. Ben looked away for only a second at the grocery store, but that was all it took. His brother was gone. Vanished right into the sticky air of the Florida Panhandle. They say you’ve got only a couple days to find a missing person. Forty-eight hours to conduct searches, knock on doors, and talk to witnesses. Two days to tear...

A Head Full of Ghosts — Paul Tremblay (Audio Review)

TITLE: A Head Full of Ghosts AUTHOR: Paul Tremblay RELEASED: June 2nd, 2015; William Morrow Paperbacks GENRE: Thriller/Horror AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of acute schizophrenia. To her parents’ despair, the doctors are unable to stop Marjorie’s descent into madness. As their stable home devolves into a house of horrors, they reluctantly turn to a local Catholic priest for help. Father Wanderly suggests an...

The Summer Children — Dot Hutchison (ARC Review)

TITLE: The Summer Children AUTHOR: Dot Hutchison SERIES: The Collector, #3 RELEASES: May 22nd, 2018; Thomas & Mercer GENRE: Thriller AGE RANGE: Adult SYNOPSIS: This FBI agent has come to expect almost anything—just not this… When Agent Mercedes Ramirez finds an abused young boy on her porch, covered in blood and clutching a teddy bear, she has no idea that this is just the beginning. He tells her a chilling tale: an angel killed his parents and then brought him here so Mercedes could...

White Rabbit — Caleb Roehrig (ARC Review)

TITLE: White Rabbit AUTHOR: Caleb Roehrig RELEASES: April 24th, 2018; Feiwel & Friends GENRE: Thriller AGE RANGE: YA SYNOPSIS: Rufus Holt is having the worst night of his life. It begins with the reappearance of his ex-boyfriend, Sebastian—the guy who stomped his heart out like a spent cigarette. Just as Rufus is getting ready to move on, Sebastian turns up out of the blue, saying they need to “talk.” Things couldn’t get much worse, right? But then Rufus gets a call from his sister...

One of Us is Lying – Karen M. McManus

Pay close attention and you might solve this. On Monday afternoon, five students at Bayview High walk into detention. Bronwyn, the brain, is Yale-bound and never breaks a rule. Addy, the beauty, is the picture-perfect homecoming princess. Nate, the criminal, is already on probation for dealing. Cooper, the athlete, is the all-star baseball pitcher. And Simon, the outcast, is the creator of Bayview High’s notorious gossip app. Only, Simon never makes it out of that classroom. Before the end of detention Simon’s dead. And according to investigators,...

The Hanging Girl – Eileen Cook (ARC Review)

Goodreads synopsis: Skye Thorn has given tarot card readings for years, and now her psychic visions are helping the police find the town’s missing golden girl. It’s no challenge—her readings have always been faked, but this time she has some insider knowledge. The kidnapping was supposed to be easy—no one would get hurt and she’d get the money she needs to start a new life. But a seemingly harmless prank has turned dark, and Skye realizes the people she’s involved...

Discussion: Different Criteria for Different Genres?

Hello, everyone, and welcome to my first ever discussion post! I personally love reading and commenting on the discussions you guys come up with, so I thought I’d start doing one every so often as well. For my first one, though, I wanted to address something that feels really important, specifically with the fall season coming up (we’ll get to the whys of that logic in a moment). My initial question to you is: do you ever find yourself looking for different...