Book Review: Murder Road by Simone St James

Murder Road by Simone St James

Thank you to Netgalley and Penguin Random House for the advance reader copy for an honest review.

Murder Road follows a young couple April and Eddie who are heading out on their honeymoon when they come across a girl on the side of the road who has been hurt. They rush her to the hospital but it is too late and they find themselves the suspects of this case.

It seems the road they were on the Atticus Line is known locally as the murder road and many hitchhikers have been picked up there and killed over the years.

Now they find themselves stuck in this town and embroiled in a mystery that is years old. To clear their name they decide to start investigating and find that there is more going on in the town than meets the eye with a lot of unexplained supernatural occurrences. Can they solve the mystery of these murders and prevent anyone else from being the next victim?

Overall this was a fun supernatural horror that gave me the same nostalgic feeling as the teen point horror books only this title is definitely aimed at adult readers.

It took me a while to get into the story initially with abit of a slow start but once the investigation began I was hooked and wanted to get to the end of the book.

The characters definitely grew on me the more the story went on after their backstories were developed abit further. However the twist I felt was quite an easy guess.

Overall a fun paranormal horror story to read.

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Book Review: The Hemlock Queen by Hannah Whitten

 The Hemlock Queen by Hannah Whitten

Thank you to Little Brown Book Group UK and Netgalley for the advance copy of The Hemlock Queen to read for an honest review.

The Hemlock Queen is the sequel to The Foxglove King. Following King August's death Prince Bastian has taken over the thrown with Lore as his right hand side they hope to help the people of Dellaire but there is a lot of dissent and unease in the court and challenges from other empires. Bastian is changing due to this becoming more calloused, cold and reckless.

And Lore has a voice whispering in her ear dark and haunting saying maybe there is more to this story than she knows.

The coronation is fast approaching and Lore must work out how to protect herself, Bastian and the kingdom before it is too late.

A strong sequel to book one which goes abit more in depth into the magic system and answers questions left over from the first book.

It feels like the romance with Gabe took abit more of a backseat for the plot and to build up the bond between Lore and Bastian further. However there was a lot of building up of the love triangle started in book one as foreshadowing for the next book potentially.

I particularly am a fan of gothic fiction and interesting magic systems so this series has been a joy to read and after such a cliff hanger ending I can't wait to see what the third book will have in store for the characters. 

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