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Review: A Haunting in the Arctic - C.J. Cooke
Genre: Historical Fiction, mystery/thriller Published: HarperCollins, October 2023 (UK) My Rating: 3.5/5 stars “I mean, I literally don’t...
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Review: Jackal - Erin A. Adams
Genre: Horror Published: Bantam, October 2022 My Rating: 2/5 stars “Myths are as much a part of the slipstream of Black life as joy. ...
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Review: What Stalks Among Us - Sarah Hollowell
Genre: Young Adult Horror Published: Clarion Books, September 2023 My Rating: 2/5 stars Although YA-horror isn’t my typical genre, every...
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Horror Favourites
Up until about 5 or 6 years ago, horror was a genre I actively avoided. Having my only exposure to it as a child/young teen being the...
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Review: A Haunting on the Hill - Elizabeth Hand
Genre: Gothic horror Published: Mulholland Books, October 3rd 2023 My Rating: 4.5/5 stars “Do you know why certain houses make people...
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Review: Silent Key - Laurel Hightower
Genre: Horror Published: Flame Tree Press, October 2023 My Rating: 3/5 stars "Death is the one thing secret keepers can't plan for, or at...
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Review: Field of Screams - Wendy Parris
Genre: Middle-grade horror/mystery Published: Delacorte Press, August 2023 My Rating: 4/5 stars Wendy Parris’ debut middle-grade novel is...
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Review: A House with Good Bones - T. Kingfisher
Genre: Horror Published: Tor Nightfire, March 2023 My Rating: 3.75/5 stars " The problem with family is that they know where all the...
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Review: Wild Spaces - S.L. Coney
Genre: Horror, Coming of Age Published: Tor, August 1st 2023 My Rating: 5/5 stars <i>“Father was wrong, he tells him. Sometimes, being...
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Review: The Centre - Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi
Genre: Literary Fiction, thriller Published: Gillian Flynn Books, July 2023 Rating: 4/5 stars As the dark-academia-craze of the 2020’s...
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Review: They Lurk - Ronald Malfi
Genre: Horror novellas Published: Titan Books, July 2023 My rating: 3/5 stars Sensitivity warnings at the bottom. With They Lurk, Titan...
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Review: Ascension - Nicholas Binge
Genre: horror, sci-fi/speculative fiction Published: HarperVoyager, April 2023 My Rating: 2.5/5 very conflicted stars Ascension was one of...
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Review: Looking Glass Sound - Catriona Ward
Genre: horror Published: Viper Press/Serpents Tail, April 2023 My Rating: 5/5 stars “I don’t think people should live by the ocean. It’s...
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Review: Where Darkness Blooms - Andrea Hannah
Genre: Young Adult Horror Published: Wednesday Books, February 2023 My Rating: 1/5 stars It’s been a while since a book made me angry...
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Review: Cicadas Sing of Summer Graves - Quinn Connor
Genre: Magical Realism, horror Published: Sourcebooks Landmark, May 30th 2023 My Rating: 3/5 stars "The dead have a tight grip on this...
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Review: How to Sell a Haunted House - Grady Hendrix
Genre: horror Published: Berkley Press, January 2023 My Rating: 3/5 stars "Shit," Mark said. "There's a lot of dolls..." Leave it up to...
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Review: Monstrilio - Gerardo Sámano Córdova
Genre: Speculative horror Published: Zando Projects, March 2023 My Rating: 3/5 stars "He wasn’t Monstrilio anymore, but he wasn’t...
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Review: Crossroads - Laurel Hightower
Genre: Horror, Novella Published: Fireside Horror, August 2020 My rating: 4/5 stars "The first time Chris buried a part of herself by her...
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Review: Briardark - S.A. Harian
Genre: Horror Published: Compass and Fern, January 2023 My Rating: 3.5/5 stars What would happen if the creators of Netflix’s Dark teamed...
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Review: What Moves the Dead - T. Kingfisher
Genre: Horror Published: Tor Nightfire, July 2022 Rating: 5/5 stars “The dead don’t walk. The thought beat at my brain like a fragment...
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