Reviews by Tag: suspense

Teen Review
The Cellar by Natasha Preston

The Cellar

By Natasha Preston
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Emma D.
Sep 9, 2021

The Cellar, by Natasha Preston, is a fiction thriller novel. It is about a young girl named Summer who gets kidnapped and taken to a cellar. With several other girls she is forced into a pretend life. While in the cellar she has to cook, clean, look good, and entertain Colin. The novel shows her, her family, and friends’ perspectives throughout Summer’s time inside the cellar. Will she ever be able to escape the cellar?

Teen Review
Batman Nightwalker by Marie Lu

Batman: Nightwalker

By Marie Lu
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by
Aryan C.
Aug 16, 2021

I read this book for a school project and ended up liking how DC Icons focused on how these main anti-villains and heroes came to be. When I read the first chapter of Batman Nightwalker I could not put it down because it had a suspenseful grasp on me. There were so many clues and mysteries to whom the nightwalkers were led by but with every chapter it felt astounding to read. I read that book two times since I finished it the first time on a weekend; I did not completely understand it so I read it again.

Teen Review
We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

We Were Liars

By E. Lockhart
Star Rating

Rated by
Eric S.
Jul 25, 2021

We Were Liars by E. Lockhart is probably one of my least favorite books I have read in a while. The story attempts to paint trauma and mental illness in the eyes of a teenager. It tries to be relatable to the reader, and while I believe that this could have been achieved, the main character of the novel is quite frankly a horrible character.

Teen Review
Run, Hide Fight, Back by April Henry

Run, Hide, Fight Back

By April Henry

Rated by
Avery G.
Nov 25, 2019

A shooting in Portland mall leads to several teenagers being trapped with only 3 means of potential survival: they may run, hide, or fight back. However, they all are guarding big secrets, and tensions in the group run very high.

Teen Review
The Soul Keepers by Devon Taylor

The Soul Keepers

By Devon Taylor

Rated by
Emma J. From Blue Valley YAAC
Mar 18, 2019

When teenager Rhett dies, he becomes a skelletor on the Harbinger, which is a ship that collects souls when people die. Suddenly, a demon appears and wants some special power that Rhett seems to have. What could it be? How will Rhett and his new friends stop her? Or can they even? 

Teen Review
The Lonely Dead by April Henry

The Lonely Dead

By April Henry

Rated by
Nathan N. from Blue Valley YAAC
Mar 14, 2019

This book is about a girl named Adele who can see the dead. She's diagnosed as a schizophrenic and given pills to stop her "hallucinations", but one day, she misses a dose, realizes how alive she felt, and started flushing her pills. However, she sees the ghost of a former best friend who was murdered, and winds up being the prime suspect.

Teen Review

Killing Mr. Griffin

By Lois Duncan

Rated by
Olivia from Leawood Pioneer Library YAAC
Aug 17, 2018

Mr. Griffin was a horrible teacher. His students only meant it as a prank. They just wanted to scare him a little bit, make him sorry. They never meant to kill him. But now he’s dead, and even the best laid plans can go wrong sometimes.

It took me a few chapters to really get into the story, but once I did, I was hooked. This is an eye opening story of how peer pressure can escalate out of control. It was just fantastic and incredibly well-written. I have never read such a deep and thoughtful thriller/mystery.

Teen Review

We Were Liars

By E. Lockhart

Rated by
Olivia from Leawood Pioneer Library YAAC
Jun 30, 2017

Cadence is part of the incredibly wealthy and distinguished Sinclair family. She has been spending the summer on a private island with a group of her four friends. She has amnesia. She can’t remember their revolution. She can’t remember the accident. Everyone is keeping a secret from her, how can she remember the truth?

Teen Review

Ruby Redfort: Feel the Fear

By Lauren Child

Rated by
Misha from Leawood Pioneer Library YAAC
Mar 20, 2017

At all of 13 years of age, fearless Ruby Redfort has seen more than the most adventurous of adults. She's a secret service agent, a position that gives her plenty of chances to exercise her mental and physical capabilities, but also comes with a high risk for injury. In the past she's dealt with a number of villains, but now that her town is plagued by a strange serial burglar and Ruby can't even keep her job, catastrophe might just strike.

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