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Came for the cover art; stayed for the story

Wilder Girls by Rory Power

October 14, 2019 by Claire Badger Leave a Comment

I’ve confessed before that I have a habit of buying books based on their covers. I totally bought this book based on the cover. I read the summary and I was like “hm.. it’s probably YA” and I don’t tend to buy YA these days, but then I said “I don’t care- that cover art!” So, it is YA, and like the cover, it’s very, very good YA. I’d say it wears it’s inspiration from Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation trilogy proudly, and does a lot of […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Annihilation, Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy: Annihilation, body horror, Jeff VanderMeer, LGBTQ, rory power, wilder girls, YA

Claire Badger's CBR11 Review No:26 · Genres: Fiction, Horror, Speculative Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Annihilation, Area X: The Southern Reach Trilogy: Annihilation, body horror, Jeff VanderMeer, LGBTQ, rory power, wilder girls, YA ·
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Another Question for Some Other Midnight

September 4, 2018 by sistercoyote Leave a Comment

Hank Goodness is back — from a lot of things — and in Hogtown Market she trades one kind of trouble for about seven or so more. I had a habit of going along and being easy until I had an idea of what might happen next, but experience had taught me some good reasons not to do that anymore. (All quotes from the kindle version and I don’t have page numbers, sorry; title of this post is also a novel pull-quote) Minor spoilers ahead. […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Horror Tagged With: alternate history, body horror, female protagonist;, Fiction, Florida, horror, readwomen2018, sistercoyote

sistercoyote's CBR10 Review No:9 · Genres: Fiction, Horror · Tags: alternate history, body horror, female protagonist;, Fiction, Florida, horror, readwomen2018, sistercoyote ·
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So, that happened

August 23, 2017 by sistercoyote Leave a Comment

This is a weird one. Part personal history, part fantastic anatomy, all strange. I’m giving it four stars because I’ll probably read it again.

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror Tagged With: body horror, cbr9, fantasy, Fiction, horror, Trigger Warnings

sistercoyote's CBR9 Review No:12 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Horror · Tags: body horror, cbr9, fantasy, Fiction, horror, Trigger Warnings ·
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