Review: Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas
Vampires of El Norte is the second horror novel by Isabel Cañas following her highly regarded debut, The Hacienda. As with her first novel, Vampires of El Norte combines elements of horror, romance, and...
REVIEW: Perilous Times by Thomas D Lee
Perilous Times is Thomas D Lee’s debut novel. It is a wickedly funny Arthurian inspired satirical fantasy novel, set in a contemporary world. In it, and the idea where the title derives from, the knights...
REVIEW: The Vessel by Adam Nevill
The Vessel opens with protagonist Jess McMachen in a desperate situation. Having separated from her violent husband, she supports herself on meager wages earned weekly as a caregiver for the elderly. Her primary school-aged...
REVIEW: Witch King by Martha Wells
Witch King is the new standalone dark fantasy from acclaimed Murderbot author Martha Wells. Witch King marks her much-anticipated return to fantasy after completing her Books of the Raksura series. Kai, the eponymous Witch...
REVIEW: City of Nightmares by Rebecca Schaeffer
The city buzzes with life in City of Nightmares by Rebecca Schaeffer. Citizens piss on the grimy walls. Pterodactyls fly above tall buildings. Speakeasies hide beneath the city’s secrets while Nightmare hunters fly in...
Review: The God of Endings by Jacqueline Holland
The God of Endings is the masterful debut novel by Jacqueline Holland, a literary dark fantasy that explores the purpose of life through the eyes of a reluctant immortal. The novel opens in the...
REVIEW: Sweet Silver Blues by Glenn Cook
Glen Cook is an author that I intellectually know I should love but just doesn’t jive with my style. At least, that’s what I thought about him having tried and failed to read the...
REVIEW: Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
Carmilla by J. Sheridan Le Fanu is the one of the first great works of vampire fiction, published in 1872, about a quarter century before Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Like the undead titular character, Carmilla...
REVIEW: Even Though I Knew the End by C.L. Polk
Demons, angels and dangerous bargains meet in C.L. Polk’s brilliant novella Even Though I Knew the End, set in a vividly drawn 1940s Chicago and featuring a sapphic romance and sinister blood magic. When...
REVIEW: Ashes of Onyx by Seth Skorkowsky
Ashes of Onyx by Seth Skorkowsky is the first of a new series by an author I’ve very much enjoyed the previous works of. I’m a huge fan of the Valducan series, which is...