Nagasravika's Book Reviews Blog

 Hex  (Robert Grim #1) By Thomas Olde Heuvelt, Nancy Forest-Filer  Published Year: 2016( English version )  Page Count: 384 pages  Medium Used: Oneplus Nord Ce6, Moon Reader  Genre: Horror, Gothic, Supernatural Horror, Psychological, Thriller, witches, Gore and Macabre, Mob madness, Mystery, Fantasy, 2026-read. Rating: 5/5 😎😎😎😎😎  This is a strong, unwavering 5 pointer for me. I mean, gosh. This has all the elements that always raised my hair on end. I have always feared falling a victim to mass madness, mass hysteria. I have feared coming in touch and falling on the bad side of a supernatural,evil entity. I always feared being made to choose between those of my family. Its like this book is written by taking all my fears into a mortar and beating or churning out a psychological thriller that is not just addictive but unforgettable. This book is very immersive. The writing/translation from dutch is flawless and brilliant. This story places a hook i...

A Discovery of Witches By Deborah Harkness Medium Used: Kindle PW  Genre : Witches, Vampires, Fantasy, Time Travel, 2022-read. Rating : 4/5 Took me a long time to cover this one. But that's because of other commitments and engagements  in my life. What should I say about this book? When I started it and read a few pages, I wondered if I made a mistake picking it up. I thought it is going to be a trope vampire - witch romance story that's going to getting exasperating with time..but the reviews and ratings on goodreads are high..so I kept reading on. And my patience and faith eventually paid off. Its not a regular story as we read but one that has quite a few surprises up its sleeve..along with some shocks too. It has some blend scenes of Harry Potter and Twilight as far as I could recognize but they are altered to fit the plot. Coming to the story, Matthew is a millennium old vampire who has been waiting on the fringes of time and wiling his time as a professor ...