Reviews by Category: Thriller

Teen Review
Verity book cover

Verity

By Colleen Hoover
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Mar 31, 2025

Lowen Ashleigh is walking down the street when someone gets into a car accident. She stays to clean up when a stranger, Jeremy Crawford, also helps her clean up. They share an intimate moment. Jeremy’s wife, Verity, was a famous author who was tragically killed in a car crash. Jeremy asks Lowen to finish Verity’s novels and even offers to let her live in his house. While Lowen is living there, she finds Verity’s unpublished autobiography where strange and mysterious things are revealed about her life.

Teen Review
Stolen by Lucy Christopher

Stolen

By Lucy Christopher
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Mar 31, 2025

Stolen follows Gemma, a sixteen year old girl who was abducted on vacation with her parents. Gemma is taken to the Australian outback and is forced to adjust to the harsh terrain. Her attempts to escape her captor are useless, but as she spends time with him she realizes that he’s not as bad as she’s made him out to be. This book was definitely strange. It had super quick pacing, but ultimately had a rushed ending leaving a lot to be unresolved. I liked the setting for the book as well as the characters.

Teen Review
The Only One Left by Riley Sager

The Only One Left

By Riley Sager
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Mar 30, 2025

The Only One Left by Riley Sager is a fictional thriller that tells the tragic events of Lenora Hope’s past at Hope's End through her caregiver, Kit McDeer. Lenora is not the only one with a tragic past involving murder; Kit also has a mysterious story to tell. Throughout the book, more and more murders take place while Kit tries to uncover the secrets of the past and present. This book keeps readers interested by slowly revealing clues of Lenora’s past.

Teen Review
A Court of Silver Flames by Sarah J. Maas

A Court of Silver Flames

By Sarah J. Maas
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Maya
Mar 20, 2025

A Court of Silver Flames is the spin-off book about Feyre’s oldest sister, Nesta. The book centers on Nesta and the trauma and issues that follow her. It also explores her relationship with Cassian, who is a warrior and a part of the Night Court. As Nesta follows a path towards healing, Cassian is busy with a threat from another continent.

Teen Review
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All of Us Villains

By Amanda Foody and C.L. Herman
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Aneesah J.
Mar 10, 2025

All of Us Villains by authors Amanda Foody and C.L. Herman is about seven teenagers picked as champions in a tournament occurring each generation, where only one can reclaim ancient magic for their families. Now exposed to the world, the Blood Moon Curse tournament is being watched and followed by everyone in the city of Ilvernath. The story follows the perspectives of four champions and their internal battle to choose between supplying their family with glory or rewriting the rules of their predicament.

Teen Review
Verity book cover

Verity

By Colleen Hoover
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Kate Horton
Mar 7, 2025

In Verity, a hard-working, but struggling writer gets hired to take over for famous author, Verity, after she is involved in an accident that left her unable to write again. This is one of my favorite Colleen Hoover books. It is so different from her other novels and it really stands out. This book has you on the edge of your seat. You never expect what is going to happen. Definitely one of Hoover's best novels, I would totally recommend this book for anyone looking for a thrilling read.

Teen Review
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Listen for the Lie

By Amy Tintera
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Feb 27, 2025

“Some people will never believe you no matter how hard you explain yourself. Trust me, there's no pleasing people. If they're determined to think the worst of you, they will.” 

When she’s found walking through the streets covered in her best friend’s blood, everyone assumes Lucy killed her. Years later, a famous crime podcast called Listen for the Lie is looking into the death of her best friend, and Lucy is determined to get to the bottom of the night she can’t remember, even if she was the one to kill her friend, like everyone else believes.

Teen Review
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The Reappearance of Rachel Price

By Holly Jackson
Star Rating
★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Feb 26, 2025

Family first. That’s the motto Bel Price always went with, but not when it came to her mother. She didn’t truly know Rachel; the only thing she did know was that she disappeared when Bel was little. Bel finally feels like everything is normal until a film crew shows up asking about the past. Then weird things start happening, the weirdest being that Rachel reappears. In this twisted story, Bel must figure out what happened to her mother, and whether she can trust her family.

Teen Review
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

By Holly Jackson
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Anonymous
Feb 21, 2025

In A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, Pippa Fitz-Amobi is trying to solve a closed murder case from five years ago, the death of Andie Bell. It is said that Sal, Andie's boyfriend, killed her and committed suicide after, but Pippa does not believe that to be true. Pippa was dedicated to finding out what really happened to Andie Bell and faced many challenges to uncover the secrets in her small town. I loved this book because it kept me turning the pages.

Teen Review
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

Cryptonomicon

By Neal Stephenson
Star Rating
★★★★

Rated by
Mahad Zamir
Feb 21, 2025

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson is a thriller book that combines two timelines: World War II and the late 1990s. The book explores cryptography, war and the rise of digital currencies. During WWII, mathematicians and codebreakers like Lawrence Waterhouse and soldier Bobby Shaftoe worked to break Axis codes while maintaining the secrecy of their successes.

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