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Here’s How to Identify a Werewolf: They’re the Ones That Never Grow Up

Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones

October 2, 2024 by RouletteGirl Leave a Comment

This is a werewolf story. And like all werewolf stories, according to our narrator, it always means more than one thing. Mongrels follows a family of werewolves – aunt Libby, uncle Darren, and our unnamed narrator – as they migrate back and forth across the southern US, moving whenever towns become too hot to hold them. Mongrels is a coming-of-age story, following our narrator from late childhood into his teenage years, navigating familial bonds and first loves. Mongrels is a story of being poor in […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Horror Tagged With: Stephen Graham Jones, werewolves

RouletteGirl's CBR16 Review No:40 · Genres: Audiobooks, Horror · Tags: Stephen Graham Jones, werewolves ·
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I picked the nice online images from the book

Twig by Skottie Young

October 2, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

The story behind Twig by Skottie Young and Kyle Strahm is almost as interesting as the book itself. I have tried for about two years now to read it. I have had a few online reader copies, tried to order it, and other reasons kept piling up as to why I was unable to read. Finally I said, “Hello Library? Could you PLEASE get this book for me?” And they did! And I am glad I waited. I know that at the time of release, […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: adventure, friendship, Kyle Strahm, Quests (Expeditions), skottie young

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:473 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: adventure, friendship, Kyle Strahm, Quests (Expeditions), skottie young ·
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The Houseguest From Hell

A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

October 1, 2024 by RouletteGirl Leave a Comment

When you think of T. Kingfisher your mind probably goes to her horror novels first. Maybe you think of What Moves the Dead, or A House With Good Bones. But her fantasy work should not be ignored, and her latest – A Sorceress Comes to Call – is an astonishing mix of fantasy, horror, and Regency novel all in one. Cordelia is a girl who has been abused and controlled by her mother all her life. There are no secrets allowed in their house, nor […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Horror Tagged With: Regency Fantasy, t kingfisher

RouletteGirl's CBR16 Review No:39 · Genres: Fantasy, Horror · Tags: Regency Fantasy, t kingfisher ·
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“Your mother thinks ‘The Exorcist’ is a comedy.”

The Night Eaters, Vol. 1: She Eats the Night by Marjorie M. Liu, Sana Takeda

The Night Eaters, Vol. 2: Her Little Reapers by Marjorie M. Liu, Sana Takeda

September 29, 2024 by dreadpiratekel Leave a Comment

Fair warning: this review is about a trilogy, and I’m only reviewing the first two books. The third book is not out yet, and the second book ended in a way that made me go, “No, I need book three now!” The copy of Volume 2 that I have indicates that Volume 3 is coming in fall 2024, but sadly, it is now set to be released in spring 2025. The Night Eaters comes from the same creative team behind the comic series Monstress. I’ve […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror Tagged With: #graphicnovel, Marjorie M. Liu, Marjorie M. Liu and Sana Takeda, Marjorie M. Liu, Sana Takeda, Sana Takeda, The Night Eaters

dreadpiratekel's CBR16 Review No:33 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Horror · Tags: #graphicnovel, Marjorie M. Liu, Marjorie M. Liu and Sana Takeda, Marjorie M. Liu, Sana Takeda, Sana Takeda, The Night Eaters ·
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When Fiction Gets A Little Too Real

Good Girls Don’t Die by Christina Henry

September 26, 2024 by dreadpiratekel Leave a Comment

Good Girls Don’t Die follows three characters—Celia, Allie, and Maggie—who find themselves in strange situations that seem to be the sort of scenarios you would find in novels that the characters happen to be fans of.  Some background around what the characters read is provided at the start of each chapter, via message board-looking posts where book genres are discussed.  The book is split into four parts, with the first three sections following one of the women as she tries to figure out what is […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Suspense Tagged With: #mystery, Christina Henry, Fiction, Good Girls Don't Die, horror, three genres in one, what is going on?

dreadpiratekel's CBR16 Review No:30 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Mystery, Suspense · Tags: #mystery, Christina Henry, Fiction, Good Girls Don't Die, horror, three genres in one, what is going on? ·
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Looking to Raise Your Blood Pressure? Here Ya Go.

Escape by Carolyn Jessop

September 26, 2024 by elderberrywine 2 Comments

cbr16 bingo cults This book went on my To-Read list decades ago, when the Warren Jeffs scandal was still new.  For me, I couldn’t understand why a woman would put up with this.  This on-the-ground account is revelatory and explains the dynamics that are still at work today. Carolyn Jessop was a sixth generation Mormon, and not your mainstream Mormon, but a member of FLDS, a fundamentalist cult (since it has been disavowed by the mainstream church, I’m gonna call it what it is.)  At […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, History, Horror, Non-Fiction Tagged With: 1970s Utah, Carolyn Jessop, cbr16 bingo cults, FLDS, Harrowing escape, Patriarcharcal cults, Warren Jeffs

elderberrywine's CBR16 Review No:31 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, History, Horror, Non-Fiction · Tags: 1970s Utah, Carolyn Jessop, cbr16 bingo cults, FLDS, Harrowing escape, Patriarcharcal cults, Warren Jeffs ·
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