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February 23, 2024February 23, 2024

Book Review: What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher

At this point, I am pretty sure I have read everything T. Kingfisher has published and I’ll continue to do so. She basically never disappoints, and this is just one more in a series of hits.

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February 19, 2024February 19, 2024

Book Review: Feral Creatures by Kira Jane Buxton

Basically, however you felt about Hollow Kingdom, you will probably feel the same way about Feral Creatures. There. That’s it. That’s the review.

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February 9, 2024February 9, 2024

Book Review: The Parliament by Aimee Pokwatka

The Parliament is described as “The Birds meets The Princess Bride”. And yes, I guess that’s true in a sense, in that there are killer birds, and there is a story within a story. But let’s unpack that.

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December 28, 2021January 19, 2022

Book Review: The Death of Jane Lawrence

One genre of horror that I usually do pretty well with is the gothic, and The Death of Jane Lawrence by Caitlin Starling is a recent release in a classic gothic mold. It has all of the requisite elements for a good gothic:

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February 23, 2021January 19, 2022

Book Review: What Big Teeth by Rose Szabo

What Big Teeth pulled me in almost immediately. There’s a short, intense prologue, and then a delightfully Gothic first chapter that let me know I was in for a good dark fantasy/horror read.

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February 22, 2021January 19, 2022

Book Review: The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey

Entertainment Weekly called The Echo Wife “a trippy domestic thriller”, and while it is definitely a twist on the domestic thriller genre, it also has elements of science fiction and horror and even literary fiction. Oh, it is also, as I repeatedly told my spouse while I read, “so f*cked up”, but in a good way.

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