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Reviews by Teresa L. (Lake Elsinore, CA)

The Magician of Tiger Castle
by Louis Sachar

Adult Debut? (5/16/2025)

I loved Louis Sachar's Holes as a kid, so I was super excited to read his adult debut The Magician of Tiger Castle. This book was fun to read and had a few surprises, but it took a bit to get into the story and characters. This has a lot of fairy tale undertones and once …more

The September House
by Carissa Orlando

The September House (6/13/2023)

This is one creepy book! The way the author described the house really made the house a character in its own right. I did have a hard time liking the main character Margaret (who kept lying to her own daughter) and found it hard to relate to her. She was so dissociative to …more

Iron Curtain: A Love Story
by Vesna Goldsworthy

Life Behind the Curtain (2/14/2023)

Its always so interesting to me to read a story from outside the "Western" world and Iron Curtain: A Love Story delivers!

I'm not really sure I would call this a "Love" Story, more a story of a naïve privileged sheltered girl who lives a life in a Golden cage...when she …more

Ariadne
by Jennifer Saint

Ariadne - Not just another Greek Mythology Retelling! (3/31/2021)

Firstly, you had me at Greek Mythology retelling!

Ariadne by Jennifer Saint is a compelling reimagined Theseus myth but from the point of view of Ariadne and her sister Phaedra, princesses of Crete.

I loved that the Minotaur tale is only a fraction of this book. It dove …more

The Sun Down Motel
by Simone St. James

Ghostly Creepy Goodness! (11/10/2019)

Do not read this book alone in the dark...like I did! Ghostly, creepy supernatural with a mystery thrown in...all the good stuff you have come to expect from a great Simone St. James book! The interwoven timelines of Carly Kirk looking for her missing aunt, Viv Delaney, at …more

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