stayshiny's reviews
49 reviews

Ancestor by Scott Sigler

challenging dark tense medium-paced

3.25

It was fine. 

Mutation by Michael McBride

adventurous challenging dark emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

Forsaken by Michael McBride

adventurous emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

5.0

Subhuman by Michael McBride

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

5.0

Heavy with the science lingo and explanations, but once you get past that it's incredibly interesting and intense, especially at the end. I enjoyed the characters and the anthropology/ancient civilization aspect. 

Hunted by Darcy Coates

adventurous dark emotional tense medium-paced

3.0

Enjoyed til the last 6%. Hated the ending a lot and it felt rushed, I want to give it 0 stars because of that, but it was well written until that point. 

Episode Thirteen by Craig DiLouie

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

4.25

Briardark by S.A. Harian

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Nearly perfect, wonderfully spooky and creepy and tense. The abrupt ending kept it from being a solid 4, it wasn't even a cliff hanger so much as the cliff abruptly disappeared under you. Looking forward to the sequel!

This Wretched Valley by Jenny Kiefer

challenging dark sad tense medium-paced

3.75

Fun ride. Tense and spooky. Pretty gory at points. Kind of lost itself towards the end, but for a debut novel it's great. THE DOG SURVIVES

Stay away from big rocks in Kentucky. 

Night Film by Marisha Pessl

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

3.75

I almost never read first person POV but I really enjoyed this. The ending kept it from being a full 4 stars. And the author needs to calm down on using italics.

Valley of Bones by Michael Gruber

adventurous dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Another excellent Jimmy Paz book. Like the first book's field guide notes, the flow of the confession can be a bit jarring, but I was better prepared and it didn't bother me as much. I've grown very fond of Iago Paz! Gruber is very good at what he does. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Sexual assault