Category: Book Reviews
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Carrion Comfort – by Dan Simmons – Book Review
THE PAST… Caught behind the lines of Hitler’s Final Solution, Saul Laski is one of the multitudes destined to die in the notorious Chelmno extermination camp. Until he rises to meet his fate and finds himself face to face with an evil far older, and far greater, than the Nazi’s themselves… THE PRESENT… Compelled by…
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Dead Inside – by Chandler Morrison – Book Review
In this bleak and disturbingly erotic debut novel, iconoclast Chandler Morrison provides readers with a dark exploration of the nature of death, individuality, and generational identity. Along the way, lines will be crossed, taboos will be violated, and common decency will take an extended leave of absence. This is not for the faint of heart…
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Full Immersion – by Gemma Amor – Book Review
A traumatised woman with amnesia finds her own dead body and sets out to uncover the truth of her demise in a race against time, sanity, crumbling realities and the ever-present threat of the Silhouette. When Magpie discovers her own dead body one misty morning in Bristol, it prompts her to uncover the truth of…
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Among the Living – by Tim Lebbon – BRAND NEW Book Review
From the New York Times bestseller and author of Netflix’s The Silence comes a terrifying horror novel set in a melting Arctic landscape. Something deadly has lain dormant for thousands of years, but now the permafrost is giving up its secrets… Estranged friends Dean and Bethan meet after five years apart when they are drawn to a network of…
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Hail Santa! – by John McNee – Book Review
Reject God. Worship Santa! With a failing economy and dwindling population, the once-flourishing mining community of St. Nicholas in northern Canada is on the road to ruin. That was until the arrival of the Bingzhen Group, a Chinese-American conglomerate with ambitious plans to buy the town and transform it into the most popular ski resort…
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Waterlore – by Teika Marija Smits – Book Review
Dark bleatings! Dark festive bleatings, actually! A couple of weeks ago, Teika and I attempted to do an online joint book launch. It went awry. However, tech issues be damned, Waterlore was unleashed unto the world! Of course, a Happy Goat Horror review was its initial destiny, so here it is! You might not know…
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The Hunt – by Tim Lebbon – Book Review
The cruellest game. The highest stakes. Only she can bring his family back alive … Rose is the one that got away. She was the prey in a human trophy hunt organised by an elite secret organisation for super-rich clients seeking a unique thrill. She paid a terrible price. Every moment since she has been…
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Author Recommendation for Novella November – Kit Power
Dark bleatings my tribe! It’s Novella November here on Happy Goat Horror, which means I’m reviewing and talking about nothing but novellas all month. What better opportunity than to talk about 3 of my favourite Kit Power books (which are all under 200 pages each)? If you don’t know who Kit Power is, you need…
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Woom – by Duncan Ralston – Book Review
“I believe pain lingers,” Angel said. “Do I believe in spirits? In the supernatural? Probably not.”The Lonely Motel holds many dark secrets… and Room 6 just might possess the worst of them all. Angel knows all about pain. His mother died in this room. He’s researched its history. Today he’s come back to end it,…
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Zola – by D E McCluskey – Book Review
Gordon’s name was a joke.It was given to him by Anthony Zola, a controlling, and abusive father, to taunt his wife over her love of cheese, and the fact that she had been steadily gaining weight since their marriage.Andrea was a doting mother, and maybe a little overprotective of her boy, but she didn’t see that as a bad…
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