Synopsis In this campy love letter to the slasher films of the 1980s, seven friends reunite for a weekend of fun—only to be hunted down by a cold-blooded killer. But the real horror is not being able to escape who you were in high school. . . . The sleepy town of Cedar Lake is […]
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Review: Don’t Look Close by Jaima Fixsen
It is a study in many things but also in the bittersweet acceptance that life always changes, if not soon, eventually, and what matters is our drive being strong enough to keep going and to relearn different ways of living with what it may bring us. Even if it’s completely different and new and hard. Don’t know about you dear reader, but I find that a message worth passing on.
Review: The Red Sacrament by Sara Hinkley
Synopsis A savage, hypnotic dive into the lives and deaths of a coven of vampires living in 19th Century Paris on the cusp of revolt and revolution, perfect for fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Laura Purcell and Elizabeth Kostova Paris, 1869. The Théâtre Saint-Siméon is the place to be, if you can get in. The black […]
Review: Daybreak (Sorrowsong University #2) by Autumn Woods
I read this in two days. I only stopped reading when I had to. I quite literally cried at the end. I actually adore this duology, and I know I’ll be re-reading it again in the future.
Review: Everything Not Saved by N M J Coveney
Synopsis A debut Queer YA novel combining the power of video games, and the potential of young love with magic, horror and the supernatural. Praise for Everything Not Saved: “THINK SEX EDUCATION MEETS BUFFY. MY MIND WAS BLOWN!” – Justin Arnold “RIVETING…TOLD WITH HEART AND PASSION BY AN EXCITING NEW VOICE IN YA FICTION” – Benjamin Dean “A […]
Review: Girl Dinner by Olivie Blake
Synopsis: Success is an acquired taste . . . From the Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller Olivie Blake, this is a powerful and darkly fun novel about ambition, lust and eating your fill – as wealthy mums and sorority girls practice a sinister new wellness trend. Being accepted into The House would be Nina Kaur’s first step […]
Review: Tom Clancy Pressure Depth (A Jack Ryan, Jr. Novel) by Jack Stewart
Synopsis: Some secrets are best left at the bottom of the ocean. But since that’s not in Jack Ryan, Jr.’s nature, he’ll battle all of China to stop them from finding a weapon of immense destructive power in the latest entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series. Jack Ryan Jr. is on Guam to work […]
Review: Tom Clancy Rules of Engagement (A Jack Ryan Novel Book 27) by Ward Larsen
Synopsis When a member of his Cabinet is killed in a plane crash, President Jack Ryan suspects that the “accident” is anything but in this latest shocking entry in this #1 New York Times bestselling series. The White House is stunned when the Secretary of Commerce is killed in a plane crash in Turkey. President Jack Ryan […]
Review: The Burning Side by Sarah Damoff
Synopsis: When April and Leo’s house burns in the middle of the night, they escape with their two young children and the quiet knowledge that the fire is not the only thing threatening their family. They retreat to April’s childhood home in Dallas, where her spirited parents and siblings provide both comfort and complication. As […]
Review: The Island at the Edge of Night by Lucy Strange
Synopsis From award winning author Lucy Strange, The Island at the Edge of Night is a dark, suspenseful mystery set on an island where science and magic blur and danger and secrets unfold. Faye Fitzgerald does not remember what she’s done to land herself at the Auk Island School. She remembers so little about the night that […]
Review: Mister Magic by Kiersten White
Synopsis NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Who is Mister Magic? Former child stars reunite to uncover the tragedy that ended their show—and discover the secret of its enigmatic host—in this “skin-crawling story of pop culture fandom and ‘90s nostalgia” (Melissa Albert, author of The Hazel Woods) from the author of Hide. “[A] propulsive, exciting, often genuinely scary, endlessly compelling mystery.”—Terry Miles, […]
The Eye of Leviathan by M.A Carrick
From the author of The Mask of Mirrors comes a sweeping adventure set in a world where fae secretly walk amongst those who seek to persecute them. In an alternate Spanish Golden Age, the Council of the Sea Beyond has risen to unrivalled power, exploiting the Otherworld’s most precious resources for their own gain. Estevan […]