Rest Stop is like the best A24 movie in novella format, a story crying out for a screen adaption, and frankly, a super exciting literal edge-of-your-seat scream of a tale. I can’t wait to read more Nat Cassidy!
Reviews
Review: A Game in Yellow by Hailey Piper
Synopsis: A kink-fixated couple, Carmen and Blanca, have been in a rut. That is until Blanca discovers the enigmatic Smoke in an under-street drug den, who holds pages to a strange play, The King in Yellow. Read too much, and you’ll fall into madness. But read just a little and pull back, and it gives you […]
Review: The Sirens by Emilia Hart
Synopsis A story of sisters separated by hundreds of years but bound together in more ways than they can imagine 2019: Lucy awakens in her ex-lover’s room in the middle of the night with her hands around his throat. Horrified, she flees to her sister’s house on the coast of New South Wales hoping Jess […]
Review: A Drop of Corruption (Shadow of the Leviathan #2) by Robert Jackson Bennett
Synopsis The brilliant detective Ana Dolabra may have finally met her match in the gripping sequel to The Tainted Cup—from the bestselling author of The Founders Trilogy. In the canton of Yarrowdale, at the very edge of the Empire’s reach, an impossible crime has occurred. A Treasury officer has disappeared into thin air—abducted from his […]
Review: How to Steal a Galaxy (Chaotic Orbits #2) by Beth Revis
Synopsis Ada had no intention whatsoever to continue working for the rebel group that hired her to retrieve the government’s plans for a nanobot climate cleaner if they weren’t willing to pay her for it, but then they offer a different perk: an undercover mission to a charity gala where Rian will be in attendance. […]
Review: The Poorly Made & Other Things by Sam Rebelein
A collection of stories that create a new legend, a folkloric telling of stories that build the horror that is Renfield County. And a riveting read from start to finish!
Review: Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker
Synopsis: Cora Zeng is a crime scene cleaner, washing away the remains of brutal murders and suicides in Chinatown. But none of that seems so terrible when she’s already witnessed the most horrific thing possible: her sister, Delilah, being pushed in front of a train. Before fleeing the scene, the murderer shouted two words: bat eater. […]
GUEST REVIEW: The Tenacious Tale of Tanna the Tendersword by Dewey Conway & Bill Adams
Synopsis Finalist in the Self-Published Fantasy Blog-Off 10th Edition (SPFBOX)! First Middle Grade Finalist in Competition history! Galdifort Quillpen has grand dreams of writing epic tales of heroic deeds, just like his famous aunt. Unfortunately, he’s been assigned to Tanna the Tendersword, an excruciatingly carefree would-be-champion who can’t seem to find a qualifying entry-level quest. […]
Review: Blood Reunion (Hybrid Helix #3) by J.C.M. Berne
Synopsis People are dying, their corpses left savaged and drained of blood. The obvious culprit: vampires. But vampires shouldn’t be able to sneak around Wistful undetected or shadowstep freely inside her body. Soon the station herself becomes oddly uncooperative, leaving Rohan and Wei Li bewildered and all her inhabitants in danger. Finding and defeating the […]
Review: The Crimson Fire (Memories of Kenjir Book 1) by Abel Montero
Synopsis Gods walk among men, but the empire they have forged is on the brink of collapse. As whispers of rebellion grow louder, Ensin Andik uncovers a sinister plot that threatens the very foundation of the divine reign. Every discovery pulls him deeper into a dangerous web, forcing him to confront truths that could shatter his unshakeable […]
Review: Every Dark Cloud by Marisca Pichette
This is one of my favorite covers of my recently read books and it was one reason I quickly jumped to find out more about the book itself too. Just very cool all around. Synopsis Living in a post-climate disaster world protected by a layer of artificial cloud, Mallory knows every shade of darkness, their […]
Review: Inhospitable by Ali Seay
Synopsis A fresh start for a marriage tested in more ways than one. An old house that has lurked, empty and bare, for decades after being deemed inhospitable. A husband who only has his eye set on one prize. A wife who’s not sure she still wants what was once their shared dream. A new […]