Review: THE WIFE IN THE PHOTO by Emily Shiner

 

A wife is dead and a father and daughter are grieving. What really happened to her?

 

Suddenly, Ariel, the housekeeper, shows up under the guise to help out but really she is determined to ruin the grieving husband. Why? Right away you’re curious about what’s going on here. Evidently, Ariel wants to prove that the husband murdered the wife and wants to save the daughter. What else was her secret though? It’s all about getting revenge. But who was really the killer in all of this? The answer will surprise you. I must say that I didn’t see that coming.

 

A gripping read! Now I gotta read all of the books by this author.

 

Rating: 5 stars

Review: WHO KILLED THE HOMECOMING QUEEN by R.L. Stine

 

It takes a while for it to happen. Basically, we have a best friend that finds out that the homecoming queen’s boyfriend was cheating on her. The homecoming queen doesn’t actually die until like chapter 12. And she just dies. We don’t really know how. With the body missing and all, it becomes a question of where, why, how, who, and if. Where was the body, how did she die, why did she die, who killed her, and was she really dead?

 

About 60% in, we start to see a possible serial killer on the loose. Now we’re getting somewhere. A good read!

 

Rating: 4 stars

Review: STINETINGLERS by R.L. Stine

 

A boy gets stuck in between time. A girl gets a monster babysitting gig. These stories were like little Goosebumps. Quick, easy reads!

 

Rating: 4 stars

Review: TIME PAST by Elyse Douglas

 

A 74-year-old woman’s confession of something she did in the past awakens the “old ghosts of 1968.”

 

This started off well and, at first, it sounded like something I could get into. But after Kate sets off on this trip back to an old town, these old memories and people come out of the woodwork. It was quite long and slow. When would she travel back in time already? That event doesn’t happen until chapter 7. Much too long to wait for a pivotal event.

 

This was an okay time-travel story, but it wasn’t great.

 

Rating: 3 stars

Review: THE HOTEL by Emily Shiner

 

This one is kind of slow to start. It seems like all the characters do is talk about the people that are going to be staying at the hotel. Eight chapters in and we hadn’t gotten anywhere. This read was a BUST!

 

Rating: 1 star