Synopsis: Trapped by a snowstorm deep in the Bavarian Alps, Al and Mallory are already unraveling. Addiction. Resentment. Loss.Only one thing keeps them together: their six-year-old daughter, Sadie. Then the chains begin to rattle.Something ancient has awakened in the forest—and it has targeted them. Is this punishment? Is it penance? As the storm worsens and […]
Fear For All
Review: Reap, Sow by S.H. Cooper
Synopsis The halls are familiar. Lucianne “Lucky” Boyle knows that much. But how she came to be in this strange place that tries to make itself look like home is a mystery. Filled with doors that have no handles, rooms that shift to almost familiar, and faceless people in blue, Lucky is determined to find […]
Review: Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle
Lucky Day is a spectacularly crazy book, one that is both incredibly fun to read, deeply questioning and thought provoking, joyous in its celebration of the meaning of living, defiant in the face of everything that’s wrong with the world, society, and inspiring in its ultimate message.
Review: The Captive by Kit Burgoyne
Synopsis: Underground revolutionary group, The Nail, and their newest member, Luke have kidnapped 23-year-old heiress Adeline Woolsaw, whose wealthy parents run the Woolsaw Group, a vast outsourcing company. They run everything from prisons and hospitals to military bases – quietly suffocating the country with the help of powerful friends in government. The Nail’s plan: to […]
Review: Shitshow by Chris Panatier
The author describes this story as for fans of the “horror movies of the 1980s and 1990s that were green lit by studio executives who were snorting their lunches”, and suffice it to say that is a most perfect description. However, I’ll go one step further and say that, to me, this book felt like the raw poignancy and cursed carnival vibes of del Toro’s Nightmare Alley meets a Courage the Cowardly Dog episode, in all its macabre, gory, occasionally psychedelic, and darkly humorous glory
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. “A brilliantly Faustian fable with a heart as huge as a […]
Review: The Culling of Redwitch by Taylor Johnston
Synopsis This spine-chilling tale follows a plague doctor with unique skills as he investigates disappearances in a dreamlike English village in the fall of 1361. Not knowing who to trust, he must rely on his sword, wits, and knowledge of magic and medicine to fight off men and monsters as he attempts to unravel this […]
Review: The Cold House by A.G. Slatter
Synopsis: Writer Everly Bainbridge’s life is left in ruins when her husband takes their child to the supermarket one day and a lorry collides with their car. After the accident, a lawyer appears on her doorstep and tells her her husband was not who he said he was and she is a very rich widow. […]
Review: Demon Song by Kelsea Yu
Synopsis: Places like this have a history. Desires. And this one is famished. Megan and her mom are on the run after narrowly escaping the clutches of an abusive man who dragged them from Portland to Beijing. With few options, Megan’s mom turns to an old friend who offers them room and board in Huihuang […]
Review: Welcome to Cemetery (The Cemetery Collection Book 1) by C.J. Daley
Synopsis Stephen King has Castle Rock. Josh Malerman has Goblin. E. Reyes has Devil’s Hill. Now C. J. Daley welcomes you to Cemetery. A strange town with a strange name, Cemetery, NY is filled with crime and secrets. When a car accident one fateful night leads to a search for two missing bodies, detectives Abby […]
Review: The Night Birds by Christopher Golden
Synopsis: Charlie Book and Ruby Cahill have history. After their love ended in heartbreak years ago, they never expected to see each other again. Now, as part of his work for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Book lives aboard the Christabel, a 19th century freighter half-sunken off the shore of Galveston. Over many years, […]
Review: How Bad Things Can Get by Darcy Coates
How Bad Things Can Get lives up to its title from the get go, with things starting off seemingly fine if a tiny bit off, only to then get progressively worse for our protags. Fast paced and delectably foreshadowed, this book is also an intelligent commentary on influencer culture, not merely a sassy dig against it.