{"id":265,"date":"2023-04-23T13:14:12","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T11:14:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/?page_id=265"},"modified":"2026-05-08T18:03:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:03:38","slug":"book-reviews-by-katherine-hunter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/?page_id=265","title":{"rendered":"Book Reviews"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-e55c41e2 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-top:1vw;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:1vw\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-tertiary-background-color has-background wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>DISCLAIMER:<\/strong><br>All book reviews are the opinion of Katherine Hunter. These reviews are for educational purposes only and mean no disrespect or harm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-secondary-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-secondary-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-secondary-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6359f9abee1d0a785e4498e11461a575\"><strong>I am happy to announce that I am an official reviewer for Reedsy Discovery! My Reedsy Reviewer profile is available <a href=\"https:\/\/reedsy.com\/discovery\/user\/katherinehunter3167\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">HERE<\/a>. <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-secondary-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-secondary-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<ul style=\"background-color:#e8e8e8; padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);margin-right:0;margin-left:0;\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list is-grid columns-4 has-author alignleft is-style-stacked wp-block-latest-posts has-background\"><li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/The-Crew-Michael-Mohr-200x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:300px;max-height:300px;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/The-Crew-Michael-Mohr-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/khcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/The-Crew-Michael-Mohr.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/?p=570\">Book Review: The Crew by Michael Mohr<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Katherine Hunter<\/div><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">When two roads diverged, Jack chose the one that would break the system. But change is hard, especially when you&#8217;re only sixteen.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/a-reckoning-of-souls-cover.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:300px;max-height:300px;\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/?p=562\">Book Review: A Reckoning of Souls by Harrison Edwards<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Katherine Hunter<\/div><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">If you had to sacrifice eighty thousand people to potentially make the world a better place for eight million others, would you?<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/20240423_182239.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:300px;max-height:300px;\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/?p=556\">Book Review: &#8216;In my Dreams I Hold a Knife&#8217; by Ashley Winstead (2021 Kindle Version)<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Katherine Hunter<\/div><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">This Secret History-inspired dark academia novel is an absolute must-read that will pull you out of a reading slump! I saw this book recommended by Lexi Aka Newlynova on YouTube and knew instantly it would be my vibe.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/herfearfulsymmetry.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:300px;max-height:300px;\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/?p=550\">Book Review: Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Katherine Hunter<\/div><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Her Fearful Symmetry is a quiet ghost story and magic realism horror about identical twins, Julia and Valentina Poole, who struggle to separate themselves from each other. When their estranged aunt Elspeth dies, the twins\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/?p=550\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Book Review: Her Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/acotr-web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:300px;max-height:300px;\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/?p=497\">Book Review: A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas (2015, Kindle Edition)<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Katherine Hunter<\/div><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">It took me a while to finally pick up this book due to it being a BookTok \u2018enemies-to-lovers\u2019 sensation\u2014but I had to see what the hype was about! In the end, I\u2019m glad I did. While not being the best book I\u2019ve ever read, the first book in ACOTR opened the door to a series that is easy to lose yourself in.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/sept-house-web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:300px;max-height:300px;\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/?p=491\">Book Review: The September House by Carissa Orlando (2023, Kindle Edition)<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Katherine Hunter<\/div><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Shock, humour, fear, comfort\u2026it has it all! The September House inspires one to carry on despite difficult situations, but also evokes a warning of becoming too comfortable with the darkness.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"228\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/lonely-castle-web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:300px;max-height:300px;\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/?p=447\">Book Review: Lonely Castle in the Mirror by Mizuki Tsuijimura (Penguin Paperback Edition 2022)<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Katherine Hunter<\/div><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Lonely Castle in the Mirror follows the story of Kokoro, a girl in Junior High at Fukushima No. 5 School, Tokyo. Because of the bullying Kokoro experiences at school, she is unable to attend her classes and instead spends her days at home, watching television and feeling guilty about not being able to do better. One day, the mirror in her room begins to shine, and she finds it opening up to a world beyond \u2013 the castle.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/next-stop-boston.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:300px;max-height:300px;\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/?p=382\">Book Review: Next Stop, Boston by Iris Dorbian (2023 Kindle Edition)<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Katherine Hunter<\/div><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Any teenager would love to tour with a famous rockstar, right? Well, maybe not. A unique story told through the world of rock and roll.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"194\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/paper-forests.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:300px;max-height:300px;\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/?p=359\">Book Review: Paper Forests by Tegan Anderson (Kindle Edition)<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Katherine Hunter<\/div><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">A book worth reading that deals with important themes of identity, addiction, loss, and the meaning of masculinity in a world that still forces unrealistic expectations onto young men.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"183\" height=\"275\" src=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/amina-al-sarafi.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:300px;max-height:300px;\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/?p=350\">Book Review: The Adventures of Amina al-Sarafi (2023, Kindle Edition)<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Katherine Hunter<\/div><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">A creative adventure book with sea creatures, swordfights and a bright psychedelic treasure island. Yes, please!<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"230\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/rosemarys-baby-web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:300px;max-height:300px;\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/?p=344\">Book Review: Rosemary&#8217;s Baby by Ira Levin (2011 Paperback Edition)<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Katherine Hunter<\/div><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Rosemary\u2019s Baby follows the story of a young couple, Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse, who move into The Bramford, a luxurious apartment building in New York City. Before the couple move in, they are warned by their friend that the building is allegedly cursed and a little haunted. \nGuy and Rosemary move in anyway, swayed by the apartments&#8217; large rooms and elegance&#8230;<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"202\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/81m-wgpe8ul._ac_uf10001000_ql80_.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:300px;max-height:300px;\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/?p=328\">Book Review: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (2008, Kindle Edition)<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Katherine Hunter<\/div><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The Graveyard Book is a story about a living boy named Bod, who, as a result of a terrible murder, is raised in a graveyard. His new ghostly and otherworldly guardians teach him useful tricks, such as Fading (to hide himself from foes) and history (from those who were there to witness it firsthand!). But soon enough new challenges arise, and Bod faces good and evil from both the lands of the dead\u2026and the living.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/the-shining.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:300px;max-height:300px;\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/?p=321\">Book Review: The Shining by Stephen King (1977, Kindle Edition)<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Katherine Hunter<\/div><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The Shining is one of those books you simply have to read if you enjoy classic horrors. <\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"181\" height=\"279\" src=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/mythago-wood.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:300px;max-height:300px;\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/?p=306\">Book Review &#8211; Mythago Wood by Robert Holdstock (1984, Kindle Edition)<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Katherine Hunter<\/div><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Mythago Wood follows the story of Steven Huxley, who returns to Oak Lodge, his family home, after being injured in the war in 1945. Steven\u2019s brother, Christian, now lives at the lodge after their father, George Huxley, died. George had spent most of his life obsessively studying Ryhope Wood, a \u2018wildwood\u2019 or \u2018primary oak wood\u2019 situated on the outskirts of the lodge in Herefordshire. Steven makes it clear from the beginning of the story that he believes his father\u2019s obsession with the wood tore apart the family and drove his father mad.<\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/the-wicked-cometh-web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:300px;max-height:300px;\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/?p=300\">Book Review \u2013 The Wicked Cometh by Laura Carlin (2018 paperback version)<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Katherine Hunter<\/div><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">The Wicked Cometh is a gothic historical mystery novel based in the 1830\u2019s, London, during the end of the Romantic Period and beginning of the Victorian Era. It follows the story of Hester White, who, due to the death of her parents and thereafter poor decisions taken by her foster parents, begins the story living in the slums of London. <\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"221\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/demon-copperhead-web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:300px;max-height:300px;\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/?p=274\">Book Review: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (Kindle Edition)<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Katherine Hunter<\/div><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">Since Demon Copperhead is such a hype book (queue Oprah), I was sceptical to jump on the bandwagon for the fear of being disappointed. I can however tell you, that this book was worth every\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/?p=274\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Book Review: Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver (Kindle Edition)<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<li><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__featured-image aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/piranesi-web.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width:300px;max-height:300px;\" \/><\/div><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/?p=146\">Book Review: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke<\/a><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-author\">by Katherine Hunter<\/div><div class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-excerpt\">This strange yet wonderful novel is a philosophical fantasy story about a man called Piranesi, who lives in the House, a maze of hallways that are equally intriguing as Piranesi himself. Piranesi is a scholarly\u2026 <a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/khcreates.com\/?p=146\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">: Book Review: Piranesi by Susanna Clarke<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DISCLAIMER:All book reviews are the opinion of Katherine Hunter. These reviews are for educational purposes only and mean no disrespect or harm. I am happy to announce that I am an official reviewer for Reedsy Discovery! 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