Synopsis: The dice roll. Darkness answers. House of Leaves meets Jumanji in this brilliantly original and twisted novel composed entirely of found documents, following an unwitting couple ensnared by a sinister tabletop role-playing game Cole and Lorraine playtest board games for some extra cash as they save up to buy a home. But after a […]
Reviews
Review: Pictures of You by Josh Malerman
Synopsis A woman becomes the unknowing subject of an artist’s dangerous work in this intense Hitchcockian thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of Incidents Around the House.After a magical night out on the town with her boyfriend Jack, Emily wakes alone in a huge bed in a beautiful, well-lit room. But the pink ceiling, the mauve […]
Review: Puppet’s Banquet by Valkyrie Loughcrewe
Synopsis Married couple Celia and Martin are brutally attacked on their drive through the Irish countryside. The attack leaves Celia with a violent schism in her mind, seemingly existing in two places at once: one the “real” world, the other a howling maelstrom of abstract monstrosity. Of her husband, there is no trace…until weeks later, […]
Review: Crone by Keith Rosson
Crone is the best thing that Keith Rosson has written to date. I simply cannot recommend this book any more highly.
Review: Love Never Dies by Emma Cole
Synopsis: If Sinners and the 1999 cult classic The Mummy taught Emma Cole anything in the year she spent bingeing scary movies, it’s that we love to swoon, sweat, and scream. We seem to crave the uncanny and the transgressive. Emma would know: Her day job as a Harlequin book editor revolves around steamy stories […]
The Turbulent Appearance of Brise Collier (Folk with a Disregard for Convention #2) by Natalie Kelda
Synopsis Grief and despondency consumes every moment of Ellie’s waking hours. Or at least every moment that isn’t spent toiling away in the cramped and dark confines of an English coal mine at the turn of the nineteenth century. She doesn’t believe her dreadful existence can get any worse but then a firedamp explosion claims […]
Review: Mark of the Warrior (Breathmarked #2) by Shannon Lee and Fonda Lee
Synopsis: In the explosive finale to the instant New York Times bestseller Breath of the Dragon, a young warrior fights to reunite his family and the realm. Two brothers. Two nations. One destiny. Exiled as a traitor after the Guardian’s Tournament, Li Jun has vowed to retrieve the stolen Scroll of Heaven and to honor […]
Review: Other Worlds Than These (The Talisman Trilogy Book 3) by Stephen King and Peter Straub
Synopsis “An astonishingly good novel…Fans of the earlier Talisman novels will absolutely love this one, and because King is a wizard at providing backstory, new readers can thoroughly enjoy it.” —Booklist (starred review) “Constant Readers Rejoice!” (The Baltimore Sun). Jack Sawyer, a beloved and enduring King protagonist, returns in the final book in the Talisman Trilogy, […]
Review: Kiana by Zammar Ahmer
Synopsis: War is only part of her story. When I was young, I fell asleep to the song of artillery.We were told we would win.But the enemy never got the message. They came from across the mist with the devil’s magic, stole our land, and enslaved our families. And then you decided to send me, […]
Review: To Dream in Darkness by Ann Liang
Synopsis: China in the age of brilliance, where gods freely wander the three realms. Amongst them is the cruel and beautiful Death God, who has never failed to collect a soul on time. Until now. For when he seeks out Rujia, the noble god of healing—she makes him an offer he can’t refuse: she will […]
Review: Killswitch Protocol by M.J. Kuhn
Synopsis: In New Avarita, every person is born with a purpose. Once fulfilled, they are eligible for Ascent, a peaceful passing and assumed rebirth on the next plane of existence, celebrated for having left their perfect mark upon the world. At least, that’s what the powers that be want them to believe. When Liv Spencer’s […]
Review: No Fae Back Now by Owain Oakwood
Synopsis They’ve found a child with no face. They’ve called in paranormal investigator Argana Zeit. She … has gone for a coffee. Well, she is just an amateur. But that’s the last breather she and her ghost-sensing dog Max are going to get. The Peak District town of Trotterwell, usually referred to with adjectives like […]