Writing by Rylanne

The past haunts her. The present hunts her. Possession by Katie Lowe is a thrilling story about ghosts, murder, and secrets that need to be let out. Years ago, Hannah's husband, Graham, was murdered. The police thought they put the killer behind bars, but Conviction, a true-crime podcast, wants to challenge the case they made all those years ago because they don't believe the real murderer was caught. The podcast brings up parts of Hannah's past that she would have rather kept buried, and people believe that she is the one who killed her husband. Everyone begins to believe that she is crazy, but Hannah knows that something isn't right. And she is determined to find out what's really going on. I absolutely loved this story! As a thriller and horror fanatic, I enjoyed getting to see a combination of spooky elements throughout the book. The plot was intense and action-packed, and the narrator was a bit unreliable, which I personally believe can make thrillers so much ...

Tom and Jake Kennedy are running from a dark past, hoping for a new start in the town of Featherbank. Jake needs to heal after his mom’s death, and Tom hopes that moving towns will be good for both of them. Soon after they move into their new house, a house that has stories attached to it, weird things begin to happen, and Jake begins to hear whispers in the night. Twenty years prior, The Whisper Man, a serial killer who fascinated himself with young boys, was finally caught and put behind bars thanks to the help of detective Pete Willis. However, it seems that The Whisper Man may be back, and he looks to be targeting Jake. After seeing all of the hype about this book, I was super excited to read it. Unfortunately, it fell short for me. I was expecting a creepy thriller full of twists and turns, but nothing really surprised me as I read the book. I started reading it around 2 AM one night, and I was thoroughly scared then, but the further I got into the book, the more my feelings chang...

I've never been one to read a ton of historical fiction, but this book absolutely blew me away. Taking place right in the midst of World War 2, Lale is a Jewish man from Slovakia who gets sent to the infamous concentration camp, Auschwitz. Separated from his family and hundreds of miles away from his home, Lale is still determined to keep a positive attitude in the midst of the horrible situation he has been thrown into. He quickly makes friends with the other prisoners, building a trust among them, and he eventually moves into a position of "power". . .as the "Tätowierer" of Auschwitz. His job is to tattoo identification numbers on each of the new prisoners that enter the concentration camp, which allows him more freedom to work on his plan to help save people throughout Auschwitz. However, trouble is brewing, and Lale doesn't know if he's gonna be enough to stop it. Gita is a young woman whom Lale falls in love with during their time in the prison. W...

First, I would like to thank Net Galley for providing me with the opportunity to read this book before its publishing date! I personally really enjoyed this story. The mystery and suspense interwoven throughout the story, along with just the overall cuteness of the elderly couple, Sheila and Shane McShane, who are on the search for the missing daughter, really drew me in and kept me involved in the story. Shanna, a very talented art restorer, has been missing for six weeks, and her parents believe that she was kidnapped directly from the cruise ship vacation that she had been on around Europe. When she never comes home, and authorities seem to do nothing about the dire situation, Sheila and Shane take the situation into their own hands and decide to take a cruise. The same cruise ship that Shanna was last seen on, no less. Sheila and Shane follow the exact path their daughter took a few months before, determined to find her. After watching security videos of her time on the boat an...

 "So we beat on, boats against the current, borne ceaselessly into the past," concludes Fitzgerald in his  novel, The Great Gatsby . In the end, life will almost always fail to fulfill our deep dreams and desires, and Gatsby was living proof of that. Written from the perspective of Nick Carraway, new resident and outsider of the fabulous lives of those around him, The Great Gatsby is a beautiful piece of art that addresses the seemingly magnificent parts of life for the wealthy- parties, mansions, splendid food, etc.- and the darkness that hides beneath the surface of the sophistication- affairs, constant drinking, suspicious deaths, etc. Wealthy people, especially Jay Gatsby, looked good on the outside, but behind the scenes, their lives were honestly pretty dark. Gatsby's past speaks to this. In love with a woman he can never have, Gatsby's entire past life is a secret that people throughout the story have decided to draw their own rumors about. Eventually, read...