How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates: By Shailee Thompson (Book Review)
Shailee Thompson’s debut "How to Kill a Guy in Ten Dates" reads like someone threaded a rom-com into a slasher film and then dared you to…
A Box Full of Darkness: By Simone St. James (Book Review)
From the first page of A Box Full of Darkness, you sense that Simone St. James has crafted something that sits somewhere between a ghost story…
Dark Sisters: By Kristi DeMeester (Book Review)
Kristi DeMeester’s Dark Sisters stitches together three different eras of a single town and the women bound to it, and it uses witchcraft,…
The Place Where They Buried Your Heart: By Christina Henry (Book Review)
Christina Henry’s The Place Where They Buried Your Heart asks a deceptively simple question: what if the most dangerous thing in your…
Snake-Eater: By T. Kingfisher (Book Review)
T. Kingfisher’s Snake-Eater is a spare, unsettling novel that places a single woman and her dog in a remote desert town and slowly turns…
Best Offer Wins: By Marisa Kashino (Book Review)
Marisa Kashino’s debut novel Best Offer Wins arrives at a moment when discussions about real estate, class pressure, and social status feel…
Breathe In, Bleed Out: By Brian McAuley (Book Review)
Breathe In, Bleed Out by Brian McAuley is a modern horror–slasher novel set in an isolated “healing” retreat where grief, trauma,…
The Haunting of Paynes Hollow: By Kelley Armstrong (Book Review)
Kelley Armstrong’s The Haunting of Paynes Hollow is a compact, atmospheric horror novel that wraps a family inheritance story around folklore…
Hazelthorn: By C.G. Drews (Book Review)
CG Drews’s Hazelthorn doesn’t knock politely — it curls in like a creeping vine and refuses to be ignored.
A Land So Wide: By Erin A. Craig (Book Review)
Erin A. Craig’s A Land So Wide arrives like a slow-creeping tide: patient, atmospheric, and quietly implacable.
Girl Dinner: By Olivie Blake (Book Review)
Olivie Blake’s Girl Dinner arrives as a deliberately provocative, darkly comedic novel that pairs glossy, modern-society satire with a slowly…
Dating After the End of the World: By Jeneva Rose (Book Review)
There’s a particular thrill in books that refuse to sit neatly inside a single box. Jeneva Rose’s Dating After the End of the World is one of…