Check out my interview with Liz Kerin, author of the Night’s Edge duology! I had the lovely opportunity to speak to Liz back in January of this year once I had read an advanced copy of First Light (shoutout to Tor Nightfire for getting that copy in my hands!). Our conversation veers off into spoiler […]
Vampires
Review: Nestlings by Nat Cassidy
Synopsis Nat Cassidy is at his razor-sharp best again with his horror novel Nestlings, which harnesses the creeping paranoia of Rosemary’s Baby and the urban horror of Salem’s Lot, set in an exclusive New York City residential building. Best Adult Books 2023―New York Public LibaryNPR Books We Love 2023Best Horror of 2023―Esquire, Den of GeekBest Horror of 2023 (Honorable Mention)―Paste […]
Review: The Hunter’s Gambit by Ciel Pierlot
The Hunter’s Gambit is cathartic as hell and an excellent read. There’s more blood and gore spilled than a lift in the Overlook Hotel.
Review: So Thirsty by Rachel Harrison
Synopsis A woman must learn to take life by the throat after a night out leads to irrevocable changes in this juicy, thrilling novel from the USA Today bestselling author of Such Sharp Teeth and Black Sheep. Sloane Parker is dreading her birthday. She doesn’t need a reminder she’s getting older, or that she’s feeling […]
Review: The Gathering by CJ Tudor
Synopsis A detective investigating a grisly crime in rural Alaska finds herself caught up in the dark secrets and superstitions of a small town in this riveting novel from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man Deadhart, Alaska. 873. Living. In a small Alaska town, a boy is found with his throat ripped out and all the blood drained […]
Review: Bless Your Heart by Lindy Ryan
Synopsis Rise and shine. The Evans women have some undead to kill. It’s 1999 in Southeast Texas and the Evans women, owners of the only funeral parlor in town, are keeping steady with…normal business. The dead die, you bury them. End of story. That’s how Ducey Evans has done it for the last eighty years, and […]
Review: First Light by Liz Kerin
Synopsis First Light, the riveting sequel to Liz Kerin’s Night’s Edge, is about seizing a brighter future by confronting the shadows of our past. “I came all this way to watch you burn.” It’s been nine months since the catastrophe in Tucson sent Mia fleeing from her home. But she’s not running away from the darkness―she’s running toward it, obsessively pursuing […]
Review: We’re all Monsters Here by Amy Marsden
Synopsis When Anna is invited to a secluded retreat full of selfish, greedy humans, of course she doesn’t say no. Not only did she manipulate the CEO of the world’s largest oil corporation, Peter Beyer, into organising the four-day getaway in the first place, but no self-respecting vampire would ever turn down such easy prey. […]
Review: Nestlings by Nat Cassidy
Synopsis Ana and Reid need a break. The horrifically complicated birth of their first child has left Ana paralyzed, bitter, and struggling―with mobility, with her relationship with Reid, with resentment for her baby. Reid dismisses disturbing events and Ana’s deep unease and paranoia, but he can’t explain the needle-like bite marks on their baby. Review […]
Review: Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas
Synopsis As the daughter of a rancher in 1840s Mexico, Nena knows a thing or two about monsters—her home has long been threatened by tensions with Anglo settlers from the north. But something more sinister lurks near the ranch at night, something that drains men of their blood and leaves them for dead. Something that […]
Review: A Bleak Remedy (Savage Panacea #1) by D.S. LaLonde
Synopsis: On the shores of the St. Lawrence River there lies a secretive biomedical research facility. Within that facility’s deepest recesses are two vampires. One is a ravenous humanoid bat. A true apex predator. The other appears human but is no less dangerous than its monstrous peer. These vampires have amazing regenerative abilities, enabling them […]
Review: Beast by Matt Wesolowski
Synopsis Elusive online journalist Scott King examines the chilling case of a young vlogger found frozen to death in the legendary local ‘vampire tower’, in another explosive episode of Six Stories. Review For those unfamiliar with the Six Stories series, I will start off by saying that this is book 4 of 6. Having also […]