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 …
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Book Review | The Unkillable Frank Lightning
As might be clear from an earlier review, I’m re-entering my Frankenstein obsession. Not that I was ever truly out of that obsession, but still. (Also, fun fact: pictured below is not even half of the editions of Frankenstein that I own.) In The Unkillable Frank Lightning by Josh Rountree, Dr. Catherine Coldbridge has spent …
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Book Review | The Resurrectionist
I've already read a book with this title, but I assure you, this is a different one. The Resurrectionist by Kathleen S. Allen follows Dilly, a young woman living in the Victorian era. She’s just lost her father and is facing the fact that, if she or her sister Dierdre doesn’t marry soon, they’ll have …
Book Review | The Austen Affair (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of The Austen Affair by Madeline Bell. 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 Austen Affair by Madeline Bell, Tess Bright is a struggling actress who’s also dealing with the recent …
Book Review | The Bewitching
I’ve been meaning to read Mexican Gothic for years, and… I still haven’t. But hopefully soon! As it is, at least I’ve now read this author’s newest work. In The Bewitching by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, we follow three connected timelines. In the 1990s, Minerva is working on her thesis about Beatrice Tremblay, an author of Gothic …
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