The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon
“I don’t believe places can be haunted. Only people, and not in a supernatural way. People are only haunted by their pasts.” 1978: at her renowned treatment center in picturesque Vermont, the brilliant...
View ArticleFairy Tale by Stephen King
This isn't my typical genre but Fairy Tale by Stephen King was worth the read. I think it could have been 100-200 pages shorter, but still a classic King read. Charlie Reade is a typical teenage boy...
View ArticleThe Serpent and the Wings of Night by Carissa Broadbent
“I realized that fear, when embraced, hardens and sharpens. That it becomes rage. That it becomes power. I would not die here.” The adopted human daughter of the Nightborn vampire king, Oraya carved...
View ArticleSix Scorched Roses by Carissa Broadbent
Six roses. Six vials of blood. Six visits to a vampire who could be her salvation… or her damnation. Lilith has been dying since the day she was born. But while she long ago came to terms with her own...
View ArticleThe Hunter’s Daughter by Nicola Solvinic
Anna Koray escaped her father’s darkness long ago. When she was a girl, her childhood memories were sealed away from her conscious mind by a controversial hypnosis treatment. She’s now a decorated...
View ArticleMurder Road by Simone St. James
Murder Road is a typical St. James book. It's a mystery/thriller with a ghost story feel. Some people have to read her books with the lights on and this one is no exception. In the summer of July 1995,...
View ArticleNinth House by Leigh Bardugo
I re-read this one so that I could read the 2nd book and I remembered why I like Leigh Bardugo so much! This is an academic fantasy you could get lost in. Alex (Galaxy) Stern gets an offer to go to...
View ArticleHell Bent by Leigh Bardugo
This is book #2 in the Alex Stern Series (Ninth House) and I went into this one expecting a tidy resolution....not sure that was realistic. If you know Leigh Bardugo, she is the queen of unresolved!...
View ArticleThe Haunting of Maddy Clare by Simone St. James
“I don’t have an opinion about ghosts. It’s people I don’t believe in, I suppose.” 1920s England. Sarah Piper's lonely, threadbare existence changes when her temporary agency sends her to assist an...
View ArticleThe Book of Cold Cases by Simone St. James
“Being a girl is the best, because no one ever believes you’d do something bad. People think you’ll do nothing, which means you can do anything." In 1977, Claire Lake, Oregon, was shaken by the Lady...
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