Tales with Nicole

"Prep school gets a twist of supernatural suspense in this commercial YA thriller." "Charlotte has always been content in the shadow of her two best friends at the prestigious Underhill Preparatory Institute. Ariel is daring and mysterious. Devon is beautiful and brilliant. Although Charlotte never lived up to the standards of the school—or her demanding mother—her two best friends became the family she never had. When Ariel and Devon suddenly commit suicide within a month of each other, Charlotte refuses to accept it as a coincidence. But as the clues point to a dangerous secret about Underhill Prep, Charlotte is suddenly in over her head. There’s a reason the students of Underhill are so exceptional, and the people responsible are willing to kill to protect the truth…" ( goodreads ) Non Spoiler Review: Burning How is Breaking a companion novel to Burning!? The answer is part of the mystery... I always wondered if reading Burning first would matter t...

"Something strange is happening at the Orsk furniture superstore in Cleveland, Ohio. Every morning, employees arrive to find broken Kjerring bookshelves, shattered Glans water goblets, and smashed Liripip wardrobes. Sales are down, security cameras reveal nothing, and store managers are panicking. To unravel the mystery, three employees volunteer to work a nine-hour dusk-till-dawn shift. In the dead of the night, they’ll patrol the empty showroom floor, investigate strange sights and sounds, and encounter horrors that defy the imagination. A traditional haunted house story in a thoroughly contemporary setting, Horrorstör comes packaged in the form of a glossy mail order catalog, complete with product illustrations, a home delivery order form, and a map of Orsk’s labyrinthine showroom." ( goodreads ) I want to start off by saying that Grady Hendrix books always catch my attention and are designed like nothing else I've ever seen. I've recommended this book purly ba...

PLL fans, there are only 6 days left until #PLLEndGame are you ready!?    After the intense episode last night we finally know who killed Charlotte Drake. I've been reading some reactions online and there seems to be an equal mixed of happy fans and not so happy fans. Personally, I very much expected this character as the killer and am not disappointed in the least. Although, I have heard rumors that this character dies in the series finale. After A.D learns who actually killed Charlotte this character is no longer safe, so a big question now is will the character survive the End Game. I hope so!     A lot of fans also seemed disappointed in the classroom scene, myself included.     And has anyone watched the promo for S07E20!?   PLL Series Finale Promo   Mona comes face to face with A.D and says " I never would have guessed it was you."   WOW. I guess we can officially scratch Jenna and Melissa off the A.D suspect ...

"READ THE LATEST, SUREFIRE TOP-OF-THE-CHARTS NEW RIVERDALE SERIES! JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS VOL. 1 is the first collection of an all-new take onthe world's biggest comic book band. Marguerite Bennett (DC Comics' Bombshells, Marvel's A-Force) and co-writer Cameron DeOrdio team with Audrey Mok (Heroine Chic) to retell the origin and story behind the music for Josie, Valerie, and Melody. Friends, countrymen, lend me your long tails and ears for hats--the Pussycats are back! In this series kick-off, Josie's getting the band together to help achieve her dreams of musical stardom. But for the group to last, it needs a strong foundation of friendship and trust. Can the girls get going, or will Alexandra Cabot's plotting put a stop to the whole thing? Don't miss comics' supreme songstresses' return to the limelight in this exciting first volume!" ( goodreads ) If you are expecting this to be like the TV show Riverdale , you will be disappointed. This...

For LGBTQ Pride Month in June, I am doing a whole Recommendation Tuesday post called S h a d e s o f Y A  where I will recommend seven books, one for each cover the color of the rainbow (ROYGBIV)!! This idea came from a post I saw from EPIC READS (this is also where I got the amazing Shades of YA picture!) and really wanted to do this for my Recommendation Tuesday this week! Epic Reads: Shades of YA Post     I'll add their photo and synopsis (taken from goodreads) and click on the name to be brought to my review or goodreads page!     R- A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR #1) by Sarah J. Maas   "Feyre's survival rests upon her ability to hunt and kill – the forest where she lives is a cold, bleak place in the long winter months. So when she spots a deer in the forest being pursued by a wolf, she cannot resist fighting it for the flesh. But to do so, she must kill the predator and killing something so precious comes at ...

This is a spoiler review for A Court of Wings and Ruin (ACOTAR #3). Please stop reading if you have not read the series, including ACOWAR . You have been warned.   I have non spoiler reviews for the first two books in the series:   A Court of Thorns and Roses (ACOTAR #1)   A Court of Mist and Fury (ACOTAR #2)     "A nightmare, I’d told Tamlin. I was the nightmare. Feyre has returned to the Spring Court, determined to gather information on Tamlin’s maneuverings and the invading king threatening to bring Prythian to its knees. But to do so she must play a deadly game of deceit—and one slip may spell doom not only for Feyre, but for her world as well. As war bears down upon them all, Feyre must decide who to trust amongst the dazzling and lethal High Lords—and hunt for allies in unexpected places." ( goodreads )   Predictions I had for this book: - Feyre's mother was a fae (why Tamlin's glamour never worked on Nesta & F...

November17 book for Poison Apple Book Club Instagram: @taleswithnicole #poisonapplebookclub "In a dark, dark wood Nora hasn't seen Clare for ten years. Not since Nora walked out of school one day and never went back. There was a dark, dark house Until, out of the blue, an invitation to Clare’s hen do arrives. Is this a chance for Nora to finally put her past behind her? And in the dark, dark house there was a dark, dark room But something goes wrong. Very wrong. And in the dark, dark room.... Some things can’t stay secret for ever." ( goodreads ) "Who pulls a gun at a bachelorette party!?" In a Dark, Dark Wood had be hooked pretty quickly. I really loved the main character, Nora (or Lee to some people) and felt a connection to her. She is a mousey character who keeps to herself a lot, is a writer and constantly looks back at her past, which we get bits and pieces of through the story. When she is invited to her former high school best friend'...