One of my most anticipated books just came out this week: The Haunting of Lavender House by Natalie Kikić. This Gothic novel is set on a small island in Croatia. In 2026, following the death of her mother, Petra has learned that her grandmother is still alive. So she travels to Croatia for the first... Continue Reading →
Last year, I enjoyed Marina Scott's novel, The Night Guests, and I was excited to read more from her. Today she releases her newest novel, My Darling Girls. Set between 1894 and 1904, this novel follows an opium-addicted widow named Jo. Since her husband's death a year ago, Jo has taken over his photography business.... Continue Reading →
I've been wanting to read Jason Rekulak since he released Hidden Pictures in 2022. That's still on the TBR (very high up on it!), but I did finally dive into his work with his latest book, Look What the Cat Dragged In. This is a supernatural thriller for cat lovers, and indeed, that's what first... Continue Reading →
I've been a fan of Jenna Levine since the beginning; an ARC of her debut novel was all it took. I adored her full My Vampires series, and I've been excited for her newest (and first vampire-less!) paranormal romance, Love You to Death. Instead of immortal fanged beings, this one's love interest is a literal... Continue Reading →
Happy release day to It Looks Like You in the Dark by Mathilda Zeller! The first in her new Kobuk Valley series, this horror novel centers Iñupiat people, history, and folklore. It takes place in an Indigenous Alaskan village in 1994, and white men have just arrived to mine, heedless of the health issues their... Continue Reading →
2027 has some exciting horror and thrillers coming our way! In The Minotaur Sampler, Volume 23, we get a generous sampling of twelve upcoming releases, each with an excerpt of a few chapters. They're long enough to get a good sense of each book's writing style, characters, and plot. But they're also short enough to... Continue Reading →
This week, Amanda Gayle released her debut novel, Once, Again, Always. What would you do if you woke up with no memories of the past six years? And you're apparently married to the snobby boarding school rival you hated? That's Molly's reality after having a couple of strokes in her sleep one night. She can't... Continue Reading →
Today, Kelley Armstrong releases her latest horror novel, Dive Bar at the End of the Road. This is my second time reading her, but what a different book this one is! It starts with Ellie, driving down a dark road in the woods, a bit disoriented about the time. Suddenly a woman is right in... Continue Reading →
Last week saw the release of Something Followed Us Home: Tales of Latiné Horror, edited by Cynthia Pelayo. This anthology features 18 short stories by a variety of Latine authors. Some I've read and enjoyed before, such as Isabel Cañas, Zoraida Córdova, and Carolina Flórez-Cerchiaro. Some are authors I've been wanting to read, including Mariana... Continue Reading →
For months I've been anticipating Bel Banta's romantasy novel, The Court of Venus. Set in a Tudor-inspired world with rare, astrology-based magicians, it follows Bianca Mortlake, the first Moonborn magician in over a thousand years. She's just been summoned to the court where she must team up with her childhood rival, Roland, a Venusborn magician... Continue Reading →
