Sorchia Reviews

Secrets and Guilt: The Homecoming by Kristin Offiler 1 comment

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Do you have a pack of Ride-or-Die friends? The ones you can depend on, whether your problem is an extra bottle of wine or a body to dispose of? In The Housewarming by Kristin Offiler, four friends reunite, but the occasion isn’t exactly a happy one. Five years ago, the fifth of their number, Zoe, went missing. The tragedy and uncertainty of that event color the lives of the remaining women. They’ve lost touch with one another, and the cloud […]

S.K. Reviews The Devil Take the Blues

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NetGalley and Hell or Highwater Books provided a free copy of The Devil Take the Blues in exchange for an honest review. Meet Me at the Crossroads The Devil Take the Blues by Ariel Slick is a Southern Gothic Song of Love and Infernal Bargains Circa 1920. The fly spot of a town called Azoma, Louisiana. Beatrice runs and owns the store she inherited from her profligate father only because she refuses to contemplate marriage, at which point the store […]

Sorchia Reviews–Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz

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Worth revisiting! I’m reposting this review with an update at the bottom. So, I am a PBS fanatic—If I could magically become the lady on the Masterpiece Mystery lead-in who faints on the tombstone with a faint “oooo,” I would do it! Recently, I watched Magpie Murders with enjoyment and went in search of more by the author, Anthony Horowitz. Close to Death did not disappoint. Like Magpie Murders, the timeline in Close to Death is not standard. You’ll need […]

Close to Death by Anthony Horowitz
S.K. Reviews The Woman in the Cabin by Becca Day

S.K. Reviews The Woman in the Cabin by Becca Day

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Hold on to your potatoes! This book is quite a ride. Modern Day. Remote cabin in the Scottish Highlands. Let’s call her ‘Mary’ is hard at work, cooking and cleaning for Cal, let’s call him ‘her husband.’ She’s been slaving away for this guy for about ten years, satisfying his every whim and feeling his wrath if she doesn’t. I grew increasingly frustrated with Let’s-Call-Her-Mary. Seriously, a quick slice with the butcher knife in the night would have solved the […]

S.K. Reviews Daughter of the Drowned

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Here’s a chilling read for a hot day! Daughter of the Drowned by Kerry Williams mixes Greek myth with Voodoo and trauma. Take a peek. Daughter of the Drowned is a dark and intense tale about addiction, trauma, and death. The victim of a swimming accident during which she was dead for four minutes, Lovely Timms, is obsessed with death. And, since the accident, the dead clamor for her attention. Her family thinks she’s mad, and she agrees with them, […]

Golden Blood–S.K. Reviews

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S.K. Reviews Golden Blood Intriguing Concept Wedged in a Tight Space Golden Blood by Tim Vee is an imaginative tale with some nice twists. Here’s my problem—This reads more like a synopsis than a novel. Not a lot of character development—mostly telling about the action instead of showing. Limited dialogue. There is no real MC until toward the end. So many opportunities for suspense and creepiness were missed. I noted some editing issues, such as inconsistent names and other things, […]