Tag: horror

Review: Three Reasons For Revenge by Dervla McTiernan

Title: Three Reasons For Revenge
Author: Dervla McTiernan
Format: audiobook
Length: 10 hours 28 minutes
Rating: 4 stars
Publication Date: July 21, 2026

Dervla McTiernan has delivered a brilliantly layered thriller with Three Reasons for Revenge. What begins with Alexis Turner reporting an assault to Detective Sergeant Judith Lee quickly spirals into a much larger mystery, when Alexis vanishes and three seemingly unrelated people receive mysterious packages designed to destroy their lives. I loved how every new revelation only raised more questions, and the connections between the characters unfolded so naturally that I was constantly rethinking my theories.

I also appreciated how each of the package recipients had their own compelling storyline, making it impossible to know who could be trusted or what role they ultimately played in the larger puzzle.

This is a smart, fast-paced thriller that rewards readers who love piecing together complex mysteries alongside memorable, well-developed characters. I plan to read more books by this author!

Thank you to William Morrow’s Scene Of The Crime Program, which sent me a complimentary audiobook.

Review: Too Close To Home by Seraphina Nova Glass #thrillerbookloversthepulse @Seraphinanovaglass @thrillerbookloversthepulse @htp_hive @htpbooks @parkrowbooks

Title: Too Close To Home
Author: Seraphina Nova Glass
Format: eBook
Length: 304
Rating: 4 stars
Publication Date: April 14, 2026

Review: I enjoyed this book! The short, fast paced chapters made it a book that I could fly through. I even stayed up way past my bedtime because I could not put this book down. At some points in the story you had to stretch your imagination a little bit, but overall a great read from Seraphina Nova Glass.

Thank you to Thriller Book Lovers: The Pulse, the author, HTP Books and Park Row for allowing me to read this ARC through Netgalley.

I was sent a complimentary ebook through Thriller Book Lovers: The Pulse.

Review: The Chateau by Avery Bishop @averybishopbooks @audible #thrillerbookloversthepulse #audible

Title: The Chateau
Author: Avery Bishop
Narrator: Christine Lakin
Format: Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 32 minutes
Rating: 3.5 stars
Publication Date: August 21, 2025

Challenges: Audiobook, COYER

Review: I was really into this story for most of the book, but once the reveal showed itself it started to lose me.  By the end I was just wanting the book to be over. I’m fine with an unreliable narrator but the last two hours of this audiobook was a struggle to get through. I gave it a little more than an average rating because I like how the story started off with the police interviewing guests at the resort and you’re trying to figure out what happened and what’s going on.
I did enjoy the narrator, Christine Lakin. She did a great job!

I was sent a complimentary audiobook through Thriller Book Lovers: The Pulse.

Review: Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw

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Title: Nothing But Blackened Teeth
Author: Cassandra Khaw
Narrator: Suehyla El-Attar
Format: Audiobook
Length: 2 hours 32 minutes
Rating: 3 stars
Publication Date: October 19, 2021

Challenges: Audiobook, Beat The Backlist, COYER, Library Love, Virtual Mount

Review: This book definitely gave creepy vibes, but I thought it was entirely too short. Everything in the plot felt rushed. 

I borrowed this audiobook from Libby.

Review: We Used To Live Here by Marcus Kliewer

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Title: We Used To Live Here
Author: Marcus Kliewer
Narrator: Jeremy Carlisle Parker, Corey Brill
Format: Audiobook
Length: 9 hours 52 minutes
Rating: 3 stars
Publication Date: June 18, 2024

Challenges: Audiobook, Beat The Backlist, COYER, Library Love, Virtual Mount

Review: I wanted to like this book more, but most of it felt repetitive and could of been shorter. I felt my mind wandering a couple of times. The end was what I thought was going on, so this gets an average rating from me.
I did like both of the narrators.

I borrowed this audiobook from Libby.