Consumed (Agent Hank Rawlings, #2)

by E.H. Reinhard

Dismembered women's bodies showing signs of cannibalism are showing up by the side of the road in rural Tennessee, same as thirty years ago. Agent Hank Rawlings and his partner Beth Harper from the FBI are sent to investigate, finding some gory evidence and a disinterested local police presence. The horrors they find will haunt them for a long time.

This was an interesting crime thriller, a bit on the graphic side, but fascinating in a gruesome way. We get points of view from both Agent Hank as well as the killer so you get to be completely repulsed by one while rooting for the other to catch him as soon as possible. I thought there was a little more detail than strictly necessary about the every mundane action the characters took but the characters themselves were fairly well written and the story a page-turner. This is the first book I've read by this author and though it's the second book in a series, I had no problem with it as a standalone book. I'll be looking for this author again!

One Night in Drake Mansion (Skeptic Detective #1)

by Channing Whitaker

One Night in Drake Mansion is a thriller set in a local haunted house. 80 years ago, a wealthy family goes to a magic show, inviting the magician back to their house afterwards. None of them are ever seen again and the house is shut up for decades. That doesn't stop the creepy noises and unexplained ghostly lights that the locals keep seeing though. Five people are offered a share of a million dollars to spend the night at Drake Mansion while on live television: a psychic, a skeptic, a ghost-hunter, an actress, and a local. Mysterious happening occurs throughout the night and millions are tuning in. The question remains whether they can solve the mystery or if supernatural forces will keep them away.

This was a fabulous mystery thriller! The whole book the reader goes back and forth between getting a perfectly logical explanation for each strange circumstance or being just as convinced that the ghosts are real. It made for a real page turner as I waited to see what happened next. I wasn't sure about this book at first because the beginning felt rushed and was difficult to read as you're introduced to over half a dozen characters all at once, but it got better quickly and I'm glad I stuck with it.

Witch Forgotten (Witches of Night Meadow #1)

by V. Vaughn

Corinne is a witch without a memory. All she knows is she has a family of witches who love her and a handsome man who might love her too. But something obviously happened to keep her away from him and Corinne doesn't know how she'l feel when her memory finally does come back.

This was a nice little paranormal romance, full of interesting characters. It was all about giving up the past, even if it was a little forced with the memory loss, and accepting people for who they are now so that they can freely love each other. Corinne is a fairly immature adult but the memory loss causes her to grow up and the premise behind the story was a little different from a bunch of other romances because of that. I would have liked a little more magic and there were some editing errors so it was a solid four out of five stars.