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“You really named her ‘Linnea’?” “Linnea’s a survivor.” “She dies in every movie.” “Her characters do, but she goes from movie to movie,” Letha says. “She never dies.”

Don't Fear the Reaper (The Lake Witch Trilogy, #2) by Stephen Graham Jones

March 28, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

So this was a really good book! But it had extremely large shoes to fill. My expectations weren’t that high for it, but only because I purposefully set them low knowing that living up to the genius that was My Heart is a Chainsaw was just going to be a really tall order. I feel like I need to re-read both this one and the first one pretty soon and take it slowly, and tab and annotate, because I got in my own way here. […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Horror Tagged With: audiobooks, Don't Fear the Reaper, full cast audio, horror, Jade Daniels, narfna, Stephen Graham Jones, the lake witch trilogy

narfna's CBR15 Review No:32 · Genres: Audiobooks, Horror · Tags: audiobooks, Don't Fear the Reaper, full cast audio, horror, Jade Daniels, narfna, Stephen Graham Jones, the lake witch trilogy ·
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Deja Vu all over again

The Twisted Ones by T. Kingfisher

March 27, 2023 by Caesar's Wife Leave a Comment

In reviewing The Twisted Ones, I would be correct in summarising the plot as such: A young women with a silly nickname, recently single, upends her life and moves to a kooky new location to assist a family member in need. In moving, she is thrown into a world of magical intrigue. She befriends a zany local barista as the mystery at the heart of the magic unfurls. Eventually, she travels to a fantastical world accompanied by a sassy, fishnet wearing side kick, gets stuck […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Suspense Tagged With: t kingfisher

Caesar's Wife's CBR15 Review No:10 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror, Suspense · Tags: t kingfisher ·
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The Velveteen Rabbit, Unanticipated Puppet Gore, and The Stages of Grief

How to Sell a Haunted House by Grady Hendrix

March 25, 2023 by Flimflamingo 3 Comments

The thing about Grady Hendrix novels is that I read them without bothering to read the synopses anymore. It is enough for me to see his name on the cover when Quirk Books posts about an upcoming release or I’m on my Netgalley and a new title of his pops up on my available ARCs. To me, he is a known quantity. The books of his I haven’t read are ones that I just haven’t made time for. He is, to me, a guaranteed book […]

Filed Under: Horror Tagged With: Children, Death, exorcism, ghosts, grady hendrix, grief, Haunted, How to Sell a Haunted House, parents, puppets

Flimflamingo's CBR15 Review No:7 · Genres: Horror · Tags: Children, Death, exorcism, ghosts, grady hendrix, grief, Haunted, How to Sell a Haunted House, parents, puppets ·
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“A brave man helps. A coward just gives presents.”

Fairy Tale by Stephen King

March 23, 2023 by cheerbrarian Leave a Comment

I’m a big King fan: I have seen a few movie adaptations, would put “The Stand” on my list of top 20 books, and this is the 15th book of his I have read. This new edition to his pantheon caught my eye at the library and was hesitantly recommended by a friend who was already shin-deep into this book, but on the fence about it. Having finished it, I give it a resounding fist shake for an excellent premise but meandering execution. It’s a […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: adventure, dark fairy tale, fairy tale, Stephen King, thriller

cheerbrarian's CBR15 Review No:9 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror · Tags: adventure, dark fairy tale, fairy tale, Stephen King, thriller ·
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“For here was the thing that no fairy tale would ever admit, but that she understood in that moment: love was not inherently good.”

The Book Eaters by Sunyi Dean

March 21, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

This was a weird and unique read. If you like darker fantasy that plays with ideas as the basis for stories, this might be a good one for you to check out. It was relatively short, but the imagination the author showcases was really fun, and the icky elements were icky in a good way. I’m not quite sure how to talk about the book, though! The main character here is Devon, a Book Eater, which is a human-like being who instead of eating food, […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Horror Tagged With: #fantasy, fantasy horror, horror, narfna, Sunyi Dean, The Book Eaters, Women's History Month

narfna's CBR15 Review No:31 · Genres: Fantasy, Horror · Tags: #fantasy, fantasy horror, horror, narfna, Sunyi Dean, The Book Eaters, Women's History Month ·
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I couldn’t think up a title so this is my title.

White Horse by Erika T. Wurth

March 20, 2023 by narfna Leave a Comment

This is a tough one to rate because half of my strange reaction to it is I’m sure just bumping up a little against the writing style, but the other half is that it genuinely could have been written better in parts. There was A LOT of telling not showing, and the third-act conflict made the MC come across as pretty stupid. A lot of the elements here were interesting individually but didn’t seem to come together at the end? Our main character is Kari […]

Filed Under: Horror, Mystery Tagged With: Erika T. Wurth, horror, indigenous author, mystery, narfna, read harder challenge 2023, White Horse, Women's History Month

narfna's CBR15 Review No:30 · Genres: Horror, Mystery · Tags: Erika T. Wurth, horror, indigenous author, mystery, narfna, read harder challenge 2023, White Horse, Women's History Month ·
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