Halloween may have been yesterday, but it seems I’m still going to talk about creepy books! In Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, young socialite Noemí and her father receive a letter from Noemí’s cousin Catalina, who has moved from Mexico City to her new husband’s manor house, High Place. The letter reveals Catalina in a …
Tag: adult fiction
Book Review | The Everlasting
I did it! I found the BEST lady knight novel of the year! The Everlasting by Alix E. Harrow is set in the empire of Dominion, which has been built on stories of the heroic knight Sir Una Everlasting, from her fearless deeds to her unwavering devotion to the queen to her tragic death. Centuries …
Book Review | What Stalks the Deep
On a definitely unrelated note I promise, I want to rewatch the Star Trek episode “The Devil in the Dark.” Anyway, in What Stalks the Deep by T. Kingfisher, retired soldier Alex Easton receives a message from Dr. James Denton, asking for help with a bizarre situation. So Easton, who owes Denton for helping at …
Book Review | The Isle in the Silver Sea (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Isle in the Silver Sea by Tasha Suri. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In The Isle in the Silver Sea, Simran is a witch, distrusted by many in Britain …
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Book Review | A Land So Wide
There are more spoilers in this review than I usually include, but I have many thoughts about this book and need to express them. In A Land So Wide by Erin A. Craig, Greer Mackenzie has grown up in the town of Mistaken, a settlement that is hemmed in by large warding stones, which keep …
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