Category: horror

Book Review: Widow’s Point by Richard and W. H. Chizmar

Discover why Widow’s Point: The Complete Haunting stands out as a uniquely terrifying read, with a review that covers its creepy visuals, emotional impact, and unanswered questions.
Book Review: The Possession of Alba Diaz by Isabel Cañas

A dark, gripping, and psychological horror, The Possession of Alba Díaz follows Alba’s chilling journey toward freedom, where trust is fleeting and survival comes at a haunting cost.
Book Review: The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister

A haunting gothic novel, The Bog Wife by Kay Chronister explores family, sacrifice, and magical realism.
Book Review: The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek

From the minds of Rhett & Link, The Lost Causes of Bleak Creek was darker than expected, but just as weird as I’d hoped.
Book Review: The Book Eaters

The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean is dark, unsettling, and strangely sympathetic. Everyone’s a monster, and I loved it.
Book Review: Gallant

This post contains spoilers. This post also contains affiliate links. If you buy through Bookshop.org, I may earn a small commission—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the blog and indie bookstores! Gallant by V.E. Schwab is a 338-page YA horror novel. Olivia Prior grew up in Merilance School for girls as an orphan. All she has left of her past is her mother’s journal, which seems to unravel into madness. Then Olivia receives a letter inviting her to come to Gallant, her home. However, when Olivia arrives, no one is expecting her and it doesn’t seem like…
Book Review: We Used to Live Here

This post contains spoilers. This post also contains affiliate links. If you buy through Bookshop.org, I may earn a small commission—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the blog and indie bookstores! We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer is a 312-page horror novel. Eve and Charlie are a young queer couple who flips houses, and they can’t believe the killer deal they’ve just landed: an old house in a picturesque neighborhood. One day Eve is alone working on the house, and there’s a knock on the door. A man and his family stand there, claiming it’s…
Book Review: The Honeys

This post contains spoilers. This post also contains affiliate links. If you buy through Bookshop.org, I may earn a small commission—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the blog and indie bookstores! The Honeys by Ryan La Sala is a 344-page Young Adult horror novel. Mars has always been the shadow to his twin sister Caroline’s radiance. However, when Caroline dies under horrific circumstances, Mars must learn all he can about his once-inseparable sister who’d grown distant in the months leading up to her death. Mars’s genderfluidity means he’s often excluded from the traditions and expectations of his…
Book Review: Bury Your Gays

This post contains spoilers. This post also contains affiliate links. If you buy through Bookshop.org, I may earn a small commission—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the blog and indie bookstores! Bury Your Gays is a commentary on the Hollywood tendency to either not explicitly acknowledge a character is gay or to kill off the gay character. Misha Byrne is a screenwriter for a very popular TV show: The Travelers. When the executives want him to kill off the two female leads after revealing they’re in love instead of allowing them to have their happy ending, Misha…
Book Review: What Moves the Dead

This post contains spoilers. This post also contains affiliate links. If you buy through Bookshop.org, I may earn a small commission—at no extra cost to you. Thanks for supporting the blog and indie bookstores! What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher is a 165-page gothic horror retelling of The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe. When Alex Easton, a retired soldier, receives word that their childhood friend Madeline Usher is dying, they race to the ancestral home of the Ushers in the remote countryside of Ruravia. Upon arrival, they find fungal growths and possessed wildlife, surrounding…