Horror
Horror novels are meant to scare, startle, shock, and even repulse readers. Generally focusing on themes of death, demons, evil spirits, and the afterlife, they prey on fears with scary beings like ghosts, vampires, werewolves, witches, and monsters. In horror fiction, plot and characters are tools used to elicit a terrifying sense of dread.
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Book Review: A Girl and her Demon
While I wouldn't want to meet Millicent in a dark alley, ever, I found her demon to be rather likeable, in spite of his appetite for knowledge (you'll laugh at that later).
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Book Review: Keeper of Enchanted Rooms
This is a book I probably shouldn't have liked... but in spite of that fact, I *loved* it.
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Book Review: Clarity
Clarity by J. Scott Coatsworth My rating: 5 of 5 stars How much story can possibly be told in only 300 words? Quite a lot, actually. It’s no small feat to take a…
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Book Review: The Lights of Prague
This book turned out to be a tug-of-war for my attention span. From the start, I was entranced by the setting of Prague at night. I loved the details, the exquisite worldbuilding, and…
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Book Review: Dare vs the Doll
This very short story is sassy, weird and oddly cute. The dialog is giggle-worthy sass, and the situation is so far removed from the realm of possibility that you just can't help but…
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Book Review: The Lighthouse Witches
If you are looking for a spooky, atmospheric Halloween-season read, you are in luck.
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Book Review: There Is No Lovely End
This is a ghost story, make no mistake about it. But these ghosts don't behave as you'd expect them to.
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Book Review: A Long Spoon
A Long Spoon by Jonathan L. Howard My rating: 5 of 5 stars I’d recently read Johannes Cabal the Necromancer with my book club, and loved it. During the club’s discussion, I was…
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Book Review: Johannes Cabal the Necromancer
Johannes Cabal the Necromancer by Jonathan L. Howard My rating: 5 of 5 stars I suspect that author Jonathan L. Howard has never painted himself into a corner. Or if he has, he…
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Book Review: Manners and Monsters
Manners and Monsters by Tilly Wallace My rating: 5 of 5 stars It’s the height of the season in Britian’s Georgian Period, and people are turning up dead. No, we don’t mean those…
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Book Review: The House of Dust
The House of Dust by Noah Broyles My rating: 3 of 5 stars First, let me qualify my three star rating. The book is well-written, and loaded with absolutely luscious descriptive phrasing. The…
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Book Review: Inspector Hobbes and the Blood
Inspector Hobbes and the Blood by Wilkie Martin My rating: 3 of 5 stars Downloading Inspector Hobbs and the Blood, to my Kindle, I read the first few pages, laden with uppity gerunds,…
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Book Review: The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman My rating: 2 of 5 stars I’m of mixed feelings about this book, which is something I’ve never said about a Neil…
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Book Review: The Strange Affair of Spring-Heeled Jack
With an all-star cast including many big names of the day and a wild plot that spins Burton and Swinburne round and round, this one's a page-turner and eye-popper.
