Book Review: My Wife, the Serial Killer

So what do we have here? Basically, we have a book that follows the life of Fran Donoghue. Ordinary. In love with her husband. Cat lover extraordinare. Assertive. Does not like having her husband bullied in the office. Some sort of a control freak. And well, an unrepentant killer who had made it her mission to make a select group of individuals unalive. That’s Fran Donoghue for you. There’s a lot of gory details here and Fran’s detached nature after killing someone. It’s like stabbing someone to death and cleaning the bloody mess afterwards is just part of an ordinary…

Book Review: The Warbler

To those whose who had known me from my previous blogs, you know that magical realism is not really my thing. Of course, there are books like Patrick Ness’ and Neil Gaiman’s that will stand out and manage its way to become remarkable reads. It’s fortunate that I was able to pick up The Warbler by Sarah Beth Durst because I enjoyed it a lot. It’s not perfect but the wave of magic that I’m craving for was satisfied. The Warbler follows the story of Elisa who for some unknown and mysterious reason needs to hop from one place to…

Book Review: The Undoing Of Violet Claybourne

As much as I want to love The Undoing of Violet Claybourne, I felt like a lot has been left out in order for me to get into that level. Granted that I am not really a fan of historical gothic mysteries, it takes a lot for me to love a book belonging to the genre. Sure, there were a lot of things to be explored in this book and I think that  Emily Critchley has a grand idea about this book but somehow, fell short of executing it thoroughly. So with The Undoing of Violet Claybourne, we have our…

Book Review: This Girl’s A Killer

Can I just say that you don’t need many friends in this life, that you only need the ones who truly matter? And I think Cordelia Black belongs to the latter category. I need a friend like her in my life. Thank heavens for allowing me to encounter This Girl’s a Killer in Netgalley. It’s just what I need after what’s been happening in my country right now, what with all the heinous crimes happening. You just want someone who can make a difference. Cordelia Black, our heroine or anti-heroine whichever you want to look at it, is a sassy,…