I couldn’t really pick a top five, nor a top ten this year. So you get the fun of a top 15! Like last year then, I’ll just be sharing all of their glorious covers and if I reviewed the book itself I’ll be linking the rambles in their titles so you can see if they are the books for you, at your leisure.
These are all books that kept me up till the very small hours of the night, some even made me see the first inklings of dawn and deprived me of even the little sleep I do get. But! I have no regrets whatsoever and neither would you, I believe, if you gave them a go!
Creature Feature
Review: The Flesh King (Discreet Eliminators 2) by Richard Kadrey
Synopsis Tilda, Ford and Neuland hit NYC to hunt a flesh-eating monster in this bloody, macabre and witty supernatural noir packed twists, turns, betrayals and showdowns. Perfect for fans of Cassandra Khaw, Nat Cassidy and Chuck Tingle. Ford, Neuland and Tilda return home after the events of The Pale House Devil to try and make […]
Review: The Pale House Devil (Discreet Eliminators 1) by Richard Kadrey
Synopsis A gripping, snappy creature feature from the master of horror noir about two detectives—one dead, one living—hired by an embittered old landowner to banish a bloody cosmic monster from his ancestral home, perfect for fans of Cassandra Khaw, Charles Stross and Lucy A. Snyder. Ford and Neuland are paranormal mercenaries—one living, one undead; one […]
Review: Alien: Perfect Organisms by Shaun Hamill
Synopsis Some years after the events of Aliens and Alien 3— an artist obsessed with the disturbing visceral potential of the xenomorphs is pursued to an abandoned colony. Written by the much-celebrated Shaun Hamill, author of A Cosmology of Monsters and The Dissonance. Desperate, depressed and nearly destitute, Cynthia Goodwin goes against her better judgement […]
Review: Cold War: A NecroTek Novel (The NecroTek Book 2)
Synopsis From New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Jonathan Maberry comes the sequel to NecroTek. Cold War is an action-packed sci-fi thriller full of weird science, kick-ass heroes, humor, passion, heroism, and sacrifice! In NecroTek, the space station Asphodel was accidentally teleported to the far side of the galaxy, where they became embroiled in a never-ending war against ancient cosmic […]
Review: Mad Days: Stories and Curses by Elford Alley
Synopsis Welcome to Mad Days! A vanishing town. A cursed cemetery. A treasure hunt on Earth’s last day. Mad Days features 38 illustrated stories, including 19 drabbles and 3 terrifying novelettes. Alley’s latest collection takes you on a tour of rural wastelands throughout Texasand Oklahoma. There are ghosts here. There are monsters too. All manner […]
Review: Stinetinglers 4 by R.L. Stine
Synopsis Get ready for Halloween with ten new stories from Goosebumps author R.L. Stine that are sure to leave you shivering. From R.L. Stine, the master of horror for young readers, comes three chilling novellas, all set in the small town of Hollow Hills. Tony has a love of old comics… but when he goes […]
Review: The Long Low Whistle by Laurel Hightower
Synopsis The sound of the whistle that split Patricia’s life in two still haunts her two decades later, its echoes leaving their indelible stamp on everything she does. The rift caused by her father’s unsolved death haunts her, pushing her to ever more dangerous attempts to put his memory to rest. Breaking into mausoleums in […]
Review: Bones of Our Stars, Blood of Our World by Cullen Bunn
Synopsis New York Times bestselling and Eisner Award–nominated comics writer Cullen Bunn presents his adult novel debut—a high-stakes hunt for a masked killer whose brutal murders may be a portent of an evil as ancient and cold as the stars themselves. The bodies are stacking up on Wilson Island. The town’s sheriff has his suspicions but […]
Review: Meat Bees by Dane Erbach
Synopsis: By the time Scarlett Sutton arrives at her dad’s cabin in the Smoky Mountains, two locals have already been eaten alive by wasps. Of course, she doesn’t know this yet. All Scarlett knows is her mom finally checked herself into a hospital to take care of her mental health, leaving Scarlett alone with her […]
Review: King Sorrow by Joe Hill
SYNOPSIS From #1 New York Times bestselling author Joe Hill, a chilling tale of modern-world dangers, dark academia, and the unexpected consequences of revenge as six friends dabble in the occult and are tragically, horrifyingly successful… calling forth an evil entity that demands regular human sacrifice.Arthur Oakes is a reader, a dreamer, and a student at Rackham […]
Review: Blood Ocean by Jonathan Tripp
Synopsis A ravenous rogue shark tears through the sea water. It attacks anything that moves and has a taste for human flesh. There is terror lurking in the Blood Ocean! “Gonna wind up like the f*ckin’ Kitner boy” Review Grabbed this for $1 on kindle. I’m always down to check out a shark horror. This […]