2025 was... something. At least I got a lot of reading done, so it's time for a wrap up! So… every single one of these top books is some form of fantasy. I promise I read other genres! I just happen to like fantasy best, and, well, it’s extremely evident this year. Oops. As usual, …
Tag: supernatural
Book Review | Snake-Eater
The fact that I live in a part of the world where there are both deer and roadrunners is rather terrifying, and it’s all T. Kingfisher’s fault. Anyway, Snake-Eater by T. Kingfisher follows Selena, who flees from a toxic relationship to Quartz Creek, a tiny town in the desert. She’s seeking her aunt, but finds …
Book Review | The Great Work
In Sheldon Costa’s novel The Great Work, Gentle Montgomery has been living alone in the Washington frontier for a while, after his best friend Liam died while trying to unlock secrets of alchemy. Specifically, Liam died while investigating the strange appearance of a salamander in their area—a salamander which seems to have otherworldly abilities, drives …
Book Review | Mexican Gothic
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 …
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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