Some Great Mysteries I've Read Lately

I've read some great thrillers and mysteries these last months! I've always been able to read any genre in the past, so I never thought I was a "mood reader" but lately I only wanted to read thrillers because they are fast-paced and I can read them in two or three days (that's super fast for me!)

These were my favorite ones, they make me want to read many more like them. So, if you haven't read them make sure to add them to your TBR. They won't disappoint you (I hope!)

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Some Books Ago: Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma

If you realize, every Tuesday I post about the new books I discover. So, I wanted to give a shout out to all those books published some years ago, that maybe some readers may have forgotten.

After reading and loving The Walls Around Us, I can't wait to read more by Nova Ren Suma. Her writing is fantastic and I've read that this book is as good as TWAU!

Imaginary Girls was published on June 14th 2011 by Dutton Juvenile

 

GoodReads/ Amazon/ TBD

Summary:

Chloe's older sister, Ruby, is the girl everyone looks to and longs for, who can't be captured or caged. When a night with Ruby's friends goes horribly wrong and Chloe discovers the dead body of her classmate London Hayes left floating in the reservoir, Chloe is sent away from town and away from Ruby.

But Ruby will do anything to get her sister back, and when Chloe returns to town two years later, deadly surprises await. As Chloe flirts with the truth that Ruby has hidden deeply away, the fragile line between life and death is redrawn by the complex bonds of sisterhood.

With palpable drama and delicious craft, Nova Ren Suma bursts onto the YA scene with the story that everyone will be talking about.

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The Walls Around Us by Nova Ren Suma

THE WALLS AROUND US.

Author: Nova Ren Suma

My Rating: 5 stars

GoodReads/ Amazon/ TBD

Summary:

On the outside, there's Violet, an eighteen-year-old dancer days away from the life of her dreams when something threatens to expose the shocking truth of her achievement.
On the inside, within the walls of the Aurora Hills juvenile detention center, there's Amber, locked up for so long she can't imagine freedom.
Tying their two worlds together is Orianna, who holds the key to unlocking all the girls' darkest mysteries…
What really happened on the night Orianna stepped between Violet and her tormentors? What really happened on two strange nights at Aurora Hills? Will Amber and Violet and Orianna ever get the justice they deserve—in this life or in another one?

*****

This is the weirdest, most messed up book I’ve read in my life.

I was warned this book was singular. I read the synopsis a while ago, when I first knew about it. By the time I started reading it the only thing I remembered was: Ori’s dead because of…

Well, it was confusing at first. So confusing I had to read slower and put more attention.

And when I started to understand it was brilliant, fantastic, I was stunned and surprised and I was dying to read more about the story of Ori narrated by two different characters.

I’m glad I didn’t remember the synopsis, even if I was confused at first.

Nova Ren Suma’s writing is hauntingly beautiful.

While I adored Amber’s “plural” POV, I hated Vee, I hated her even when her POV was as good as Amber’s.

This is such a thought-provoking read. The feelings in this book are so deep. You can taste the rage, the envy, the sadness, the sympathy.

Even if the plot wasn’t completely unexpected, some things were. The final twist was mind-blowing. I could help but read it once, twice, three times. It was extremely satisfying, at least for me.

Everything about this book felt gothic and dark. It had something magical that makes you keep reading to dying to read more.

Times moves different when you read it, it keeps you on the edge of your seat.

So, if you want a haunting story, a different story, a thriller and two unreliable narrators, then you have to read The Walls Around Us.

Soon!

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