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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Book Review | Wild is the Witch (ARC)
I received an advance reader’s copy (ARC) of Wild is the Witch by Rachel Griffin. Since this version is just a proof and not the final version, I won’t quote directly and will keep my comments general. In Wild is the Witch, Iris has spent the last two years hiding her identity as a witch …
Book Review | The Mercies
The Mercies by Kiran Millwood Hargrave begins with a thunderstorm in Norway in 1617. A woman, Maren, and the other female residents of a small island town watch, helpless, as most of the men who had been fishing are killed in the sudden, intense waves. So the women are left to fend for themselves, learning …