Bibliophile Amber's Book Reviews

Title: Dark Roads  Author: Chevy Steven's  Expected Publication: August 3, 2021  Publisher: St. Martins Press  Genre: Mystery/Thriller  Pages: 384 pages  Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review:  This is a first for me by this author. This story is dark, depressing, disturbing and of course a page turner! Cold Creek Highway seems kinda like the urban legend type of story. Hitchhiking or being alone in the dark along the highway attracts the attention of the serial killer that preys on girls. So many of the girls that have disappeared along this highway are long forgotten! Now, this story is told immaculately by two different POV. We have Beth who comes into town to find out exactly what happened to her sister Amber who was killed on this stretch of highway a year earlier and then we have Hailey who basically escaped the wilderness around the town after finding out her uncle was definitely NOT who she thought that he was! These girls are tough and very resourceful throughout the whole stor

Title: The House of Killers Author: Samantha Lee Howe  Published: March 26, 2021  Published by: One More Chapter  Genre: Thriller  Pages: 390 Pages  Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review:  I definitely enjoyed the flight or fight response of this book! Neva us a cold blooded assassin basically trained just to follow and not to ask questions of any of the orders. When Neva is basically assigned to kill an older version of herself things change A LOT. She sits down and talks with her target and that's the first sting of her training unraveling. Michael is an agent in a top secret group and while he chases Neva he doesn't turn her in. There is a lot of cat and mouse kind of action between these two. Neva wants to take down the organization and wants Michael to help however, she doesn't feel like she can trust him. I enjoyed that each chapter gave the reader a different perspective because they are told by different characters. I also enjoyed that there wasn't a whole lot stuffed

Title: Goblin  Author: Josh Malerman  Expected Publication May 18, 2021  Publisher: Random House Publishing Group  Genre: Scifi/Horror  Pages: 376 Pages  Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐  Review:  If you are looking for something that will give you that will give you the full body chills with the creepy vibes then look no further! This is definitely the book for you! Now this is a group of novellas but they are creepy, while there are some that you will start to wonder like what's going on but then you will see how it all is connecting. Out of the six novellas I really enjoyed the prologue where the delivery guy is delivering something very strange and it definitely peaks your interest and then it ends up being far creepier than originally thought! Now I have to say as a prologue that definitely had to be a mic drop moment for Mr. Malerman! Then I really enjoyed A Mix Up at the Zoo too. Where Dirk has two jobs one at the zoo and the other at a slaughterhouse and when some things get mixed

Title: I Don't Forgive You  Author: Aggie Blum Thompson  Expected Publication: June 8, 2021  Publisher: Forge Books  Pages: 352 Pages  Genre: Mystery/ Thriller  Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Review:  When Allie, Mark and their new son move into an upscale neighborhood, they are happy. They attend a party in the neighborhood and while Mark seems like he fits in at first talking about sports with the guys Allie starts talking to a man. Now, this man knows a nickname that Allie thought was behind her in all regards and even tries to attack her in the bathroom. However not wanting to make a deal about it she doesn't tell Mark, which ends up being a huge mistake because this man ends up poisoned to death and the trail leads straight to Allie. Allie now finds out that there is someone impersonating her online and having conversations with this man and everyone now thinks that she is having an affair with him. While the whole neighborhood is full of gossip and pointing the finger at Allie