Last year, I loved Charlotte Stein's book, Dealing with a Desperate Demon, and I was excited to continue the Sanctuary for Supernatural Creatures series. Now the third installment is out: Falling for a Villainous Vampire. I loved this! Marley is a witch who can remember a few past lives over the last two hundred years,... 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 →
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 →
After enjoying Adib Khorram's novel It Had to Be Him last year, I was excited to continue the Love on the Vine series. Arya gets his happily ever after in Isn't He Romantic?. A self-proclaimed slut who's never had a boyfriend in his nearly 40 years of life, Arya is suddenly roped into fake dating... Continue Reading →
I'm a sucker for anything with a classic horror premise, so when I first heard about I Am the Monster Under the Bed by Emily Zinnikas, I was instantly drawn in. As a kid, Willa could see things her parents couldn't, and her best friend was the invisible monster under her bed. Then, during her... Continue Reading →
It was four years ago when I first learned about Afong Moy, purported to be the first Chinese woman to live in the United States. In the debut novel by Bo Wang, The Chinese Lady, we get a fictionalized account of her life in the 1830s and 1850s. From China to New York to San... Continue Reading →
It's been five years since I read Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas, and I was excited to finally revisit the characters in its long-awaited sequel, Cemetery Boys: Espíritu. Following the events of the first book, this one picks up shortly after, with Christmas fast approaching. But Julian is being haunted, and neither Yadriel nor Maritza... Continue Reading →
Last year, I loved Kate Golden's contemporary romance, If Not for My Baby, and I've been excited to read more from her. This year introduces her Harker Academy series; the first installment, Half City, came out in February. With the sequel to that due in just a few weeks, it was time for me to... Continue Reading →
Robert de la Chevotière has just released his second adult novel, The Twelfth House. Set mainly between the 1770s and 1830s in Dominica, this book gives voice to the people stolen from their home in Dahomey (in present-day Benin) and enslaved by a cruel white man in the Caribbean. But an unborn soul is witness... Continue Reading →
Art, magic, and mystery collide in K.S. Shay's debut novel, Portrait of a Witch Undone, out today. Maeve was powerful witch on track to become the next matriarch until a spell gone wrong left her unable to use her magic. Now, a year later, her friend and casting partner Ash is determined to figure out... Continue Reading →
Earlier this year, Amy DuBois Barnett released her debut novel, If I Ruled the World. Set mainly between 1999 and 2001, it follows Nikki Rose in her career in magazines. Despite just getting a promotion at a prominent fashion magazine, Nikki wants to work somewhere that uplifts Black people, so she makes the risky move... Continue Reading →
This week sees the release of Kailee Pedersen's sophomore novel, The Minimalist. Mia Voss is a composer, long mentored by the brilliant but harsh Ryder Wakefield. But then Ryder's son Oliver (also Mia's former boyfriend) dies by suicide; Ryder passes away not long after, leaving Mia to finish his final orchestra composition, titled Death Fugue.... Continue Reading →
These past three years I have been loving Liana De la Rosa's historical romances, so I was intrigued that she was going to step into the contemporary romance category. Mutual Discord follows Sofia Mendoza, a 31-year-old who has been successful in her marketing career up until now. Recently laid off, she's spending her newfound free... Continue Reading →
Life, death, and twists of fate collide in today's new paranormal romance, You'll Be the Death of Me by Holly Michelle. Since dying a year ago, Cole has been an overworked clerk for the Afterlife Administration, awaiting his ultimate fate. But one day he makes a big blunder: He collects the soul for the wrong... Continue Reading →
I hadn't read anything by Ashley Winstead before, but I was curious about her newest release, Hot Girl Murder Club. A string of murders points to a singer, of all people, as the most likely suspect, leading to a web of complicated and overlapping stories of abuse in Hollywood... and the vengeance someone is seeking.... Continue Reading →
Whether she's writing horror, historical fiction, or fantasy, I always enjoy Silvia Moreno-Garcia's books. Her newest release is The Intrigue, a noir set in a small Mexican town in 1943. Ulises Linares was born and raised to be a conman, and he's hoping to finally make a big score by wedding a wealthy spinster. So... Continue Reading →
I can't believe it's already been five years since I read David Heska Wanbli Weiden's debut novel, Winter Counts. Time has flown by, and at long last, the author is back with a sequel: Wisdom Corner. We return to South Dakota's Rosebud Indian Reservation and our favorite vigilante, Virgil Wounded Horse. It's been a year... Continue Reading →
One of my all-time favorite novels is Jane Eyre, and I always enjoy reading retellings of it. And so I couldn't resist reading Marian Yee's debut, 4 Janes. This book is divided into four reimaginings of Jane, two continuing from Charlotte Brontë's established storytelling, and two drawing up entirely new versions of the titular character.... Continue Reading →
As a lifelong fan of horror, I was intrigued by Mallory Arnold's debut novel, How to Survive a Horror Story. It follows a group of seven authors (aspiring and published) who have been invited to the reading of a will. Iconic horror author Mortimer Queen has passed away, and he has bequeathed something special to... Continue Reading →
