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After Dark with Roxie Clark
After Dark with Roxie Clark | Brooke Lauren Davis
5 posts | 5 read | 2 to read
From the author of The Hollow Inside comes a twisty, thought-provoking YA thriller about grief, family, and what happens when true crime hits a little too close to home.Roxie Clark has seen more dead bodies than your average seventeen-year-old. As a member of the supposedly-cursed Clark family, most of her ancestors have met tragic ends, including her own mother. Instead of fearing the curse, however, Roxie has combined her flair for performance and her gruesome family history into a successful ghost tour. But her tour never covers the most recent body she's seen-her sister Skylar's boyfriend, Colin Riley, found murdered in a cornfield. A year after the murder, Roxie's desperate to help Skylar find closure and start to heal. Instead, Skylar becomes fixated on finding the killer. As the sisters dig into what really happened, they discover that more than one person has been lying about that night. And the closer they get to the truth, the more Roxie starts to wonder if some scary stories might be better left untold. Brooke Lauren Davis offers another thought-provoking and eerily satisfying tale, perfect for fans of Kara Thomas and Cruel Summer.
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AudiobookingWithLeah
After Dark with Roxie Clark | Brooke Lauren Davis
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𝟑.𝟓⭐This is a decent YA mystery thriller…that tried to be horror but was only marginally so. For me, nothing about it set it apart from other similar books. I feel like the Ghost Tour aspect of the plot was either unnecessary or needed more development…I‘m leaning towards the former. I didn‘t really see where the ending was going, although, I‘m not sure if it was believable. The narration was quite good...which made for an easy-going listen.

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LibrarianRyan
After Dark with Roxie Clark | Brooke Lauren Davis
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3.5 ⭐ Roxie Clark comes from a cursed family. Most of the women in her family die young. Her mother is no exception. Now, Roxie, a legal to drive high school student, plays into her history by reliving her heritage in the form of ghost tours. Roxie has experienced death and knows how to put on a good show. Not only has her mother passed, but her sister, Skylar‘s boyfriend Collin was found murdered just a year ago.

LibrarianRyan Roxie, in trying to help bring her sister out of her depression, gives her sister a present that Collin intended to present at graduation. But this present was not expected and sends Skylar and Roxie looking Collin‘s killer.

This book wasn‘t bad, it was a fun listen, but it was not the best of the bunch either. The author is trying to make Roxie a Manic Pixie Goth girl, but it comes off as to run of the mill. She is constantly worried about
6mo
LibrarianRyan worried about who she can trust, and when will the ghosts be avenged. It fits nicely within it‘s genera, and many will find it an exciting read. And it is perfect for spooky season, or any other season. 6mo
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Nebklvr
After Dark with Roxie Clark | Brooke Lauren Davis
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Melancholy and mysterious. Ghost tours and crime. A good mystery. Thanks to Edelweiss and the publisher for the ARC.

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abookishbutterfly
After Dark with Roxie Clark | Brooke Lauren Davis
Mehso-so

After Dark With Roxie Clark appealed to me because of the ghostly tour and the murder mystery, but what really sold it for me was the fact that it was described as “thought-provoking” in the blurb. That aspect, along with emotional depth, always draws me into a story. Unfortunately, the thoughts I had while reading this were probably not the ones it was meant to provoke. The novel was a disappointment in that area.

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TorieStorieS
After Dark with Roxie Clark | Brooke Lauren Davis
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I really enjoyed this YA thriller! Roxie Clark runs a ghost tour in her hometown of Whistler, IN. She discusses her relatives- a line of women apparently cursed with meeting violent ends. She doesn‘t touch on the recent murders in town- not even that of her neighbor-& her sister‘s boyfriend- only the year before. But a note from beyond the grave spirals Roxie and her sister to start their own investigation. A perfect read to get ready for fall!