Category: horror
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Book Review: Hazelthorn by C.G. Drews
I am inexplicably drawn to C.G. Drews’ books. I’ve been dabbling more in the horror genre lately, and I keep coming back to this author. The premises are so interesting…
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Top 5: Books I Read in 2025 (Fiction)
Better late than never, right? I don’t know how a weeklong flu back in January threw me so off kilter for the entire first half of the year, but here we are. I’ve been struggling to keep up with writing my reviews as I finish a book, meaning I typically have to marathon it when…
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Book Review: You Did Nothing Wrong by C.G. Drews
After the death of her parents, Elodie moves country with her young son, Jude, to live with her new husband, Bren. Renovating his family home is Bren’s passion project, wanting to make the perfect life for his pregnant wife and his stepson. But when Jude starts claiming that the renovations are hurting the house and…
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Book Review: A Fig for All the Devils by C.S. Fritz
I normally don’t reach for horror, but after hearing Ian Gubeli talking about it on YouTube, I couldn’t pick it up fast enough. The passages he shared were stuck in my head before I even read the book…
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Book Review: The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Carlota has spent most of her life in a sort of isolation. Her father’s estate provides enough companionship and entertainment that she can’t picture her life anywhere else. She sees herself inheriting the estate someday and taking care of her father’s experiments — the hybrids…
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Book Review: Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
This series has caught my eye for a while, especially when the movie came out. I’ve been hesitant to pick it up because I’m not typically one for the horror genre. I joined a buddy read which gave me the push I needed to read it…
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Book Review: Dracula by Bram Stoker
I never had much interest in reading Dracula until I read Frankenstein earlier this year. Much like my experience with that book, I was braced for campiness rather than genuine source material. I was pleasantly surprised with how much I ended up enjoying it…
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Book Review: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
I tried reading Frankenstein several years ago but didn’t get past the first few pages. Attempting it again, I was surprised at how absorbed I became. Not so much in the story itself, but the questions pondered, particularly involving the ‘being’…
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Book Review: Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
I want to say up front that my rating reflects my personal opinion and enjoyment of the book and is not a reflection of the writing itself…