Category: Book Reviews
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The Dark Matter of Natasha – by Matthew R. Davis – Book Review
Hey everyone! Today I’m sharing my thoughts on a dark and twisted novella (without spoilers, of course!), brought to us from the mind of Matthew R. Davis. Natasha stalks the quiet streets of dead-end Lunar Bay like doom in a denim jacket. She’s a grim reminder that some teenagers can never escape the ever-tightening noose…
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Hope Wharf – by Mark Towse – Book Review
Hey everyone! Today I’m reviewing Hope Wharf, by Mark Towse. This will be a non-spoiler review. Hope Wharf is an idyllic town surrounded by crystal blue waters and home to approximately two hundred residents, including best friends Ryan and Zac. There’s only one road in and one road out, and the locals like it that…
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Den of the Wererats – by Terry Miller – Book Review
Hi fellow 9th circle dwellers. This review is spoiler-free. Book TW: rape (many mentions, scenes containing it, and graphic, violent depictions) Jonathan and Paul are new to Portsmouth, Ohio. To strengthen their pack, they soon recruit Kelly and Devin. The freshly turned pack members adjust and settle in. But before long, secrets begin to unravel…
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This Town Died With You – by A.J. Spencer – Book Review
This is mostly a non-spoiler review but I will be discussing a couple of details in the story. Without context, I don’t think I’ll be spoiling anything too much but if you want to completely avoid the risk then just come back to this review after you’ve read the book. Slacker friends Justin and Angus…
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Between the Teeth of Charon – by Grant Longstaff – Book Review
Hey fellow 9th circle dwellers. This is a non-spoiler review (yay). After Jack’s wife passes away he is asked by their friend, Ellen, to fulfill a promise his wife made a long time ago. Reluctantly, Jack agrees and, along with Ellen and her granddaughter Dani, the three return to Hethpool Grange – a forgotten hospital…
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Witch Ever Way You Go – by Robert Herold – Book Review
This is a non-spoiler review. When an ill-fated graduate student and his girlfriend are lured into a terrifying world of witchcraft and murder, they become targets for human sacrifice. Is there a chance they can escape a bloodthirsty coven of witches and certain death until the curse is lifted? A spellbinding story of modern horror.…
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A Dream of Demons (Guy Fawkes: Demon Hunter 2) – by Benjamin Langley – Book Review
Hi Kids! I know we said we’re only reviewing novellas during Novella November, but I told a wee fib. It’s Nov 5th – Bonfire Night in the UK – so what better day to release our review of a Guy Fawkes novel?… and on this… the day of its release, no less. A Dream of…
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The Eater of Gods – by Dan Franklin – Book Review
Hi fellow 9th circle dwellers. I’ll be as vague as I can with the particulars, but there will be light spoilers ahead. Book TW: Rape (mentioned, not depicted) Nothing really dies if it’s remembered, his wife had told him. In the dying village of Al Tarfuk, lost among the war-stained dunes of eastern Libya, professor…
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We Haunt These Woods – by Holley Cornetto – Book Review (novella)
Hey everyone! This is a non-spoiler review. Book TW: self-harm, suicide Nate Holbrook had put his past behind him. When his friends went missing all those years ago at Lake Swart, it had been nothing more than a tragic mystery. No matter what stories they’d told each other about the “Forest Man,” there was no…
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The Last Storm – by Tim Lebbon – Book Review
This is a non-spoiler review. The author didn’t request a review, but I had to squeeze a mini-post in about it anyway because it’s a wonderful book. Struck by famine and drought, large swathes of North America are now known as the Desert. Set against this mythic and vast backdrop, The Last Storm is a…
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