Hello, fellow bookworms! Welcome, or Welcome back! My name is Amanda, and this is where I share spoiler-free book reviews and other bookish things. Thanks for visiting. Let's get Smitten for Fiction. This is a review of Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix. I read a NetGalley digital advance copy. I apologize my review is … Continue reading Exploring Feminism and Witchcraft in Grady Hendrix’s New Novel
Horror
Wake Up and Open Your Eyes: A Gruesome Horror Review
Hello readers, Amanda here with a book review for Clay Mcleod Chapman's new horror novel Wake Up and Open Your Eyes. I read a digital arc from Netgalley. This story is a wild ride!Welcome, or Welcome back! My name is Amanda and this is where I share spoiler-free book reviews and other bookish things. Thanks … Continue reading Wake Up and Open Your Eyes: A Gruesome Horror Review
Reviewing Four Horror Novellas
Hello readers! This post has four mini-reviews for some horror novellas I read in October. The first is What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher, which occurs in the same world as What Moves the Dead. The other three were the October picks for The Literally Dead Book Club. The Night Guest by Hildur Knútsdóttir, … Continue reading Reviewing Four Horror Novellas
American Rapture by CJ Leede
"From CJ Leede, the author of Maeve Fly, comes a scorching new apocalyptic novel. American Gods meets The Last of Us in this epic and sweeping story about the end of the world as we know it."Welcome, or Welcome back! My name is Amanda and this is where I share spoiler-free book reviews and other bookish things. Thanks for visiting. Let's … Continue reading American Rapture by CJ Leede
I was a Teenage Slasher
Stephen Graham Jones, author of My Hearts is a Chainsaw and The Only Good Indians has a new slasher novel called I Was A Teenage Slasher, which I read for The Literally Dead Book Club in August 2024.Welcome, or Welcome back! My name is Amanda and this is where I share spoiler-free book reviews and … Continue reading I was a Teenage Slasher
You Like It Darker by Stephen King
"From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new collection of twelve short stories, many never-before-published, and some of his best EVER."Welcome, or Welcome back! My name is Amanda and this is where I share spoiler-free book reviews and other bookish things. Thanks for visiting. Let's get Smitten For Fiction. … Continue reading You Like It Darker by Stephen King
Devils Kill Devils by Johnny Compton
"Devils Kill Devils is perfect for fans of Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Certain Dark Things and Southern gothic horror. Johnny Compton brings his trademark terror and dread that readers fell in love with in The Spite House to a new roster of monsters—angels, devils, vampires—and a heart-pounding race to save the world."After enjoying The Spite House by … Continue reading Devils Kill Devils by Johnny Compton
Fears: Tales of Psychological Horror
Ellen Datlow has a new horror anthology coming out in two days. Fears: Tales of Psychological Horror features 21 short stories by Ellen Datlow, Simon Bestwick, Annie Neugebauer, Josh Malerman, Dale Bailey, Steve Duffy, Margo Lanagan, Bracken MacLeod, Tim Nickels, Stewart O’Nan, Priya Sharma, John Patrick Higgins, Livia Llewellyn, Laird Barron, Theresa DeLucci, Sharon Gosling, … Continue reading Fears: Tales of Psychological Horror
Book Review: Dear Hanna by Zoje Stage
"Zoje Stage delivers another knockout with a blood-chilling follow-up to international sensation Baby Teeth, taking readers back into the unsteady world of a young sociopath who’s all grown up." Thank you to Netgalley and Thomas & Mercer for the digital review copy of Dear Hanna by Zoje Stage. I didn't realize this book was set with … Continue reading Book Review: Dear Hanna by Zoje Stage
Book Review: A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
After enjoying T. Kingfisher's What Moves the Dead and Thornhedge I was excited to receive a digital advance copy of A Sorceress Comes to Call from Netgalley. "Raised by an evil sorceress, Cordelia must choose between her controlling mother and the kindness of a stranger to save innocent lives in a dark retelling of The … Continue reading Book Review: A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
