Book Reviews – Tessa Talks Books

Together We Burn by Isabel Ibanez #BookReview #YAFantasy #multicultural #comingofage

Isabel Ibañez’s Together We Burn is a lush, enchanting standalone fantasy inspired by medieval Spain, filled with romance, adventure and just the right amount of danger. An ancient city plagued … Continue reading Together We Burn by Isabel Ibanez #BookReview #YAFantasy #multicultural #comingofage

You think you know a person . . . Ariel Pryce wakes up in Lisbon, alone. Her husband is gone—no warning, no note, not answering his phone. Something is wrong. … Continue reading Two Nights in Lisbon by Chris Pavone #BookReview #DomesticThriller

Gone Girl meets Fargo in this deliciously sinister suspense novel about a man who plots his wife’s murder to cash in on her inheritance, only to have his brilliant plan turned around on … Continue reading Never Coming Home by Hannah Mary McKinnon #BookReview #excerpt #PsychologicalThriller #OutSoon

If a megalomaniac threatened your family, would you give up your freedom for them? Would you give up your soul? Asher Solomon is faced with that choice. And makes the … Continue reading The Insurgent by Teri Polen #BookReview #YA #scify #dystopian

In his most autobiographical novel to date, James Lee Burke continues the epic Holland family saga with a writer grieving the death of his daughter while battling earthly and supernatural … Continue reading Every Cloak Rolled in Blood by James Lee Burke #BookReview #Supernatural #Mystery

“I loved it.” —Stephen King From Jason Rekulak, Edgar-nominated author of The Impossible Fortress, comes a wildly inventive spin on the classic horror story in Hidden Pictures, a supernatural thriller about a woman … Continue reading Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak #BookReview #PsychologicalThriller #GhostThriller

Kagen the Damned marks the first installment of an exciting new series of dark epic fantasy novels from bestselling author Jonathan Maberry. Sworn by OathKagen Vale is the trusted and … Continue reading Kagen the Damned by Jonathan Maberry #BookReview #EpicFantasy

An embattled actress becomes entangled in a dark conspiracy at a spiritual retreat—and starts a true crime podcast to try to break the case—in this chilling novel about fame, violence, and … Continue reading Dark Circles by Caite Dolan-Leach #BookReview #PsychologicalSuspense

When a woman disappears with her two children, one husband will do anything to find them–even confront the secrets of his own past–in D. J. Palmer’s My Wife Is Missing, a … Continue reading My Wife Is Missing by D. J. Palmer #BookReview #PsychologicalThriller

A spellbinding reimagining of the story of Elektra, one of Greek mythology’s most infamous heroines, from Jennifer Saint, the author of the beloved international bestseller, Ariadne. Three women, tangled in an … Continue reading Elektra by Jennifer Saint #BookReview #GreekMythology #Tragedy

A rollicking feminist tale set in 1950s America where thousands of women have spontaneously transformed into dragons, exploding notions of a woman’s place in the world and expanding minds about … Continue reading When Women Were Dragons by Kelly Barnhill #BookReview #ChickLit #WomensEmpowerment