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Sundial

“Kids are mirrors, reflecting back everything that happens to them. You’ve got to make sure they’re surrounded by good things.”

Sundial by Catriona Ward

March 3, 2022 by llamareadsbooks Leave a Comment

Much as the cover suggests, this book is creepy and twisty as heck. It’s an exploration of nature versus nature and the fears parents have about passing their trauma on to the next generation. “I have the familiar growing sense that always fills me at Sundial: that this is the only real place on earth, and the rest of the world is a kind of dream.” From the outside, Rob’s life seems idyllic. She’s a teacher and the mother of two girls, 9-year-old Annie and […]

Filed Under: Horror Tagged With: Catriona Ward, horror

llamareadsbooks's CBR14 Review No:15 · Genres: Horror · Tags: Catriona Ward, horror ·
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The Forest

The Forest by Lisa Quigley

February 28, 2022 by Classic Leave a Comment

I think parts of this one worked, and others really did not. The ending was just….eh. It didn’t fit what came before it. And I think that parts of the book most definitely dragged. But I liked this combination of “The Lottery” and “Harvest Home” that we got in this book.   “The Forest” follows a young woman named Faye. Faye and her family have lived in the village of Edgewood for generations it seems. Faye has struggled since the birth of her son, Jonas. […]

Filed Under: Horror Tagged With: Lisa Quigley

Classic's CBR14 Review No:57 · Genres: Horror · Tags: Lisa Quigley ·
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Echo

“When you go, please drag me down with you into the darkness.”

Echo by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

February 21, 2022 by llamareadsbooks Leave a Comment

Long review short: I’m absolutely terrified of mountains now. Also possibly all of Switzerland. “When did the idea first pop into my head that Nick’s trauma in the mountains had awakened some dangerous thing in him?” Nick and Sam have been together for three years, but Sam hasn’t stopped worrying every time Nick goes mountain climbing. And then, he gets the call – Nick has been badly injured in the Swiss Alps and his climbing buddy is missing, presumed dead. Nick claims he doesn’t remember […]

Filed Under: Horror Tagged With: horror, nature, Thomas Olde Heuvelt

llamareadsbooks's CBR14 Review No:12 · Genres: Horror · Tags: horror, nature, Thomas Olde Heuvelt ·
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“I am both ever evolving and ever decaying.” or another book in need of a CW

Charm and Strange by Stephanie Kuehn

February 19, 2022 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Something is going on with my reading this year, I seem to be swinging back and forth between 5-star books and 2-star ones, which means I should have anticipated trouble with Charm and Strange based purely on it falling in my reading order behind Boyfriend Material. This one didn’t make me angry as some of my other two star reads, Always, in December and Seduction, but it flirted with the line. This 2014 Winner of the William C. Morris Award is designed to be read […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Young Adult Tagged With: Charm and Strange, debut novel, needed a CW, read harder challenge, Stephanie Kuehn

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:20 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Young Adult · Tags: Charm and Strange, debut novel, needed a CW, read harder challenge, Stephanie Kuehn ·
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The Fervor

The Fervor by Alma Katsu

February 19, 2022 by Classic Leave a Comment

Please note that I received this book via NetGalley. This did not affect my rating or review. I am bummed. I really wanted to love this one. I have been told forever that I have to read Alma Katsu’s books. I will take another spin at another book by this author around Halloween time I think. The main reason why I gave this 3 stars is that the book felt too jumbled. I don’t think Katsu did a very good job of us following Meiko, […]

Filed Under: History, Horror Tagged With: alma katsu

Classic's CBR14 Review No:48 · Genres: History, Horror · Tags: alma katsu ·
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House of Cards

House of Cards by Stephen King

February 19, 2022 by Classic Leave a Comment

Once again this is definitely a graphic novel for long time readers of The Dark Tower. No real surprises here, it’s still “The Drawing of the Three” but now we have the big shootout with Eddie/Roland and Balazar and his gang. The main reason why I gave this four stars is once again I don’t like how Roland and Eddie are illustrated in this. Eddie feels/looks too short and not like I had him in my head. I went eh about Roland too. So this […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror Tagged With: Stephen King

Classic's CBR14 Review No:46 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror · Tags: Stephen King ·
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