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Spotlight on Guest Reviewers

Guest Reviews 

Our Booksellers love reading and writing reviews for books. But we also love hearing from you!  Below are the newest reviews from some of our customers and friends. 

We have dedicated pages for guest reviewers and former Mysterious Galaxy staff that are updated regularly! 

Patrick, Bunny, MaryelizabethSarah, Kim, David, ConstanceKylie, Haydee, Kai, Darcy, Nick, and Victoria are former booksellers who review mystery, science fiction, and fantasy. 

Dessa is our guest reviewer for middle grade and young adult.

 

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Murder on Millionaires' Row: A Mystery (A Rose Gallagher Mystery #1) By Erin Lindsey Cover Image
$21.99
ISBN: 9781250180650
Availability: Not in Stock, Available for Special Order
(This book cannot be returned.)
Published: Minotaur Books - October 2nd, 2018

In Gilded Age Manhattan, Rose Gallagher is not your typical maid. When her boss goes missing, she is willing to endanger her place in society, her job, and her life searching for him. Rose is opinionated, strong-willed, and completely unprepared for the ghosts, shades, and upper class secrets she will encounter. I thought I was reading the story of a missing man and his doting maid. Imagine my surprise when a ghost story was introduced and this tale became so much more. The twists and turns in this engaging novel challenged my expectations. As Rose experiences the otherworldly persons she faces, the reader is educated along with her. When she endangers her family and friends, we worry with her. Rose delighted me as she evolved into an intelligent, pushy woman determined to get more out of life than society deems appropriate. I cannot wait for Rose’s next adventure as this tale will be hard to outdo. -- Guest Reviewer Sandra Hale


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Orphan Monster Spy By Matt Killeen Cover Image
$18.99
Currently unavailable, email or call for more information.
ISBN: 9780451478733
Published: Viking Books for Young Readers - March 20th, 2018

1939. Sarah is on the run: from her mother’s dead body, from Nazi soldiers hunting her, from her Jewish heritage. She is strong, compassionate, caring, and loving. Who is Ursula Bettina Haller? Both girls are 15, gymnasts, undersized for their age, blue-eyed blonds. If Sara wants to survive, the similarities must end there. On the run Sara met a man, rescued him, then traveled with him. She became Ursula Bettina Haller, niece to Herr Helmet Haller. The 15-year-old finds herself in a school for the daughters of Nazi higher-ups. Sarah must make friends with a specific girl, get invited to the teenager’s house, and find plans for a bomb. In order to do this, Sara must become a cold, calculating girl and ingratiate herself with the in-crowd, teenage girls who make Nazi soldiers seem benign. She must betray everything she has been up to this point. Can she do this? How far can the brutalized young woman go? What can she accomplish? That question kept me reading this fast-paced, terrifying novel. Can a young, untrained teen forget her past and become someone she doesn’t like? This book is a fast, easy read which surprised me. It is scary and traumatizing. And riveting. I would love to meet Sara again – if she survives. –  Guest Reviewer Sandra Hale

 


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The Belles (The Belles series, Book 1) By Dhonielle Clayton Cover Image
$17.99
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ISBN: 9781484728499
Published: Disney-Hyperion - February 6th, 2018

Belles live to bestow beauty upon a people born gray and red-eyed…for a price. Camellia Beauregard and her five Belle “sisters” are the latest season of Belles. Camellia’s determined to be Queen’s favorite. But something’s rotten in the lush kingdom of Orleans. Belles are practically deified for their talents, but they lived a cloistered existence in the most lavish of cages. Camellia is both the main protagonist and our narrator. Her perspective and voice are both guide and gatekeeper. As this tale grows increasingly full of political intrigue and shifting loyalties, this is both a boon and a barrier. Clayton’s built a world rich in detail and strong themes, but her young protagonist is a dreadfully slow learner. The Belles opens with such vibrant descriptions it reels you in without you realizing. If you’re a fan of the story progression of a Kiera Cass novel or the world-building of Leigh Bardugo then The Belles is the first in a series you’re destined to enjoy. This is Dhonielle Clayton’s debut solo novel and the buzz is definitely warranted. – Guest Reviewer Ro


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Burn Bright (Alpha and Omega #5) By Patricia Briggs Cover Image
$27.00
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ISBN: 9780425281314
Published: Ace - March 6th, 2018

Anna and Charles Cornick are back in Burn Bright and things are about to get interesting (again) in Aspen Creek. Bran’s away on vacation leaving Charles in charge. What should be merely a struggle not to kill his stepmother Leah, becomes a life and death battle to keep everyone safe . . . because someone’s come hunting reclusive pack members.  Anna and Charles face ever-increasing danger that reveals new enemies wearing familiar faces and a conspiracy built on a centuries-old grudge.  From the opening scene to the final word, Briggs sets an intense pace that reveals heartbreaking betrayals that may just cost the pack everything. With a stellar use of wit, Briggs brings new and secondary characters to the forefront. Burn Bright intertwines mystery and magic for a thrilling new installment of the Alpha and Omega series that changes everything. – Guest Reviewer Ro


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Halls of Law (Faraman Prophecy #1) By V. M. Escalada Cover Image
$7.99
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ISBN: 9780756409357
Published: DAW - August 7th, 2018

Carrying on a family tradition of military service is the only future Kerida Nast wants. But her psychic abilities put an end to that dream and rip her from her family because Talents “belong” to the Halls. After resisting this new path, Kerida realizes she can to learn to use her skills or face a bleak future. Just as she’s begins to apply herself, the brutal Halians cut a bloody path across the empire hunting “witches” to end “rule of women.” Kerida’s thrust into violence and surrounded by questionable allies. Halls of Law tells the story of this reluctant heroine with rich world-building, uncomfortably recognizable gender-based political issues wrapped up in a prophecy that makes this journeyman's tale stand apart. Escalda pulls the best elements of the genre to anchor her story firmly on the adventurous side. The magic system isn’t unusual, but its application in this world as the Rule of Law is unique and excellently weaves its threads for a unique beginning of a new series. –  Guest Reviewer Ro