Witchful Thinking Thank you to Forever for sending me a copy of this ARC in exchange for an honest review. Love is the trickiest spell of all. Lucinda Caraway loves living in Freya Grove, the mystic seaside town where charms, hexes, and magical beings of all kinds are […]
Halloween is approaching, and it’s starting to feel like the pinnacle of fall. I have a TBR shelf that is overflowing with spooky season reads, and I want to share some of them with you. Since today’s prompt is a Halloween freebie, I’m talking about the spooky season […]
In the Shadow Garden Thank you to Forever and Angie Man for sending me an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: mention of abuse, violence, blood, death of a parent, murder, grief, trauma The richly atmospheric and luminous debut about three generations […]
Now that we’re firmly into spooky season, it’s time to talk about my favorite books featuring witches, wizards, or warlocks. And as a fantasy reader, this is something I come across relatively often. Here’s some of my faves: Who are some of your favorite witches, wizards, and warlocks?
The Second Death of Edie and Violet Bond Thank you to Union Square Co. for sending me a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: misogyny, death of a parent, grief, forced institutionalization, death, blood, suicide, violence Sacramento, 1885. Edie and Violet Bond […]
Hex Appeal Thank you to NetGalley and One More Chapter for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: murder, brief mention of gore, mention of past toxic relationship, mention of off-page rape It’s just a bunch of hocus pocus… […]
A Dowry of Blood Thank you to Redhook and Angie Man for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: unhealthy relationship (including emotional, verbal, and physical abuse of an intimate partner), gaslighting, war, plague, famine, blood, gore, body horror, […]
One Dark Window Thank you to Orbit and Angela Man for providing me with an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. CONTENT WARNING: blood, violence Elspeth needs a monster. The monster might be her. Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay safe in […]
This week’s topic, submitted by Lisa @ Hopewell, turned out to be a bit more comprehensive than I thought it would be at first. Geographical terms (for example: mountain, island, latitude/longitude, ash, bay, beach, border, canyon, cape, city, cliff, coast, country, desert, epicenter, hamlet, highway, jungle, ocean, park, […]
The Witch Haven CONTENT WARNING: murder, grief, blood, violence, domestic violence, racism Well-behaved witches seldom make history… In 1911 New York City, seventeen-year-old Frances Hallowell spends her days as a seamstress, mourning the mysterious death of her brother months prior. Everything changes when she’s attacked and a man […]
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