fantasy horror – Cannonball Read 17

“I did not come this far to only come this far.” CBRBINGO – ‘I’

The Invocations by Krystal Sutherland

July 10, 2025 by narfna Leave a Comment

I didn’t like this as much as I liked House of Hollow, but there is no one writing fantastical horror atmosphere like Krystal Sutherland. Immaculate vibes. Cool and creepy worldbuilding. I am for sure reading any and all future books from her. This is also one of those cases where genre and marketing are getting in the way of people finding her books and liking them. She writes YA only because her protagonists are young. In almost every other respect, this is adult stuff, adult […]

Slewfoot: the devil is in the details

Slewfoot by Brom

January 17, 2024 by donttrustthe_bea 4 Comments

mood music: me and the devil – Soap&Skin I had never heard of Brom and I was unfamiliar with his work before picking up this book. I found out about this book through TikTok and was intrigued by the premise, even if it was something that was outside of my usual reading genres. Slewfoot is set in colonial New England, a few years after the Salem Witch Trials. The protagonist, Abitha, is a young woman who is a fairly recent arrival to the colonies as […]

A foray into darkness with Taylyn

Talyn: Seed of Darkness by Caspian Drake & Geoffrey Rickett

December 31, 2023 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

Talyn: Seed of Darkness is a new comic series from Banished Shadow, written by Caspian Drake & Geoffrey Rickett. With comic one, this is all setup and atmosphere. We start in the past by meeting The Vorden Hunters – Vlad and Amelia. They want to eradicate all magic users. They’re pretty evil and think they have a just mission to save the world from the Black Death plague. We see them fight the witch in the forest. She plants a magical seed to be reborn. […]

Impeccably Spooky Vibes

House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

October 30, 2023 by finnyfinfinn Leave a Comment

For this oh so spooky season! When Iris Hollow was seven years old, she and her two sisters disappeared for a month, only to reappear with no memories of where they’ve been or what had happened to them. Now ten years later, Iris’s oldest sister has gone missing again. Iris and Viv, the middle sister, must follow the breadcrumbs that Grey has left behind. However finding Grey means finding out the truth, the horrible secret Grey has been keeping from Iris all along. I picked […]

“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, […]

Here be spiders. (Cute ones! A little creepy sometimes, but cute. Do I like spiders now?)

Cackle by Rachel Harrison

December 29, 2021 by narfna Leave a Comment

If you have been craving a feminist, witchy, creepy but somehow still cozy dark fantasy horror book, then here is a book for you! Our narrator is Annie, who just turned thirty, and fresh off a shitty break-up (her boyfriend of ten years decided he wasn’t into it anymore and just wanted to be friends, and then made her sleep on the futon) she decides to make a change, moving to the small upstate NY town of Rowan, which is cozy and beautiful and adorable. […]

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