Book Reviews
A Creepy, Clever Reimagining That Gets Under Your Skin
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ T. Kingfisher’s What Moves the Dead quietly unsettles you rather than going for big shocks, and that’s exactly where it shines. A retelling of…
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A Classic I Should’ve Read Years Ago
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I finally sat down with Invasion of the Body Snatchers by Jack Finney after years of loving both the 1956 and 1978 film adaptations,…
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A Gripping Blend of Crime, History, and Psychological Depth
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I first picked up His Bloody Project by Graeme Macrae Burnet on the recommendation of one of my university lecturers. At the time, I…
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A Restless, Haunting Journey Through Derry
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Stephen King’s Insomnia surprised me in the best way. I went in expecting a fairly straightforward horror story, but it turned into something much…
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A Slick, Modern Horror with Uneven Footing
⭐⭐⭐ Overall, I enjoyed Influencer by Adam Cesare, just not quite enough to bump it higher. The concept is great: a horror story rooted in…
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Decently Readable, But Mostly Meh
⭐️⭐️⭐️ I’m honestly not quite sure what to say about Morsels by Abe Moss. It’s one of those books that isn’t bad at all —…
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A Wickedly Funny Murder in the Big House
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Dead Famous by Ben Elton is one of those books that takes a little while to find its rhythm. The opening feels like you’ve…
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Warm, Weird, and Wonderfully Mortimer
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I absolutely loved The Hotel Avocado by Bob Mortimer — it’s one of those books that makes you laugh out loud, grin like an…
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Let’s Split Up — And Never Read This Again
⭐ I had high hopes for Let’s Split Up by Bill Wood, especially with its promise of a Scooby-Doo meets slasher vibe. Unfortunately, this book…
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A Haunting Feast for the Eyes
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Eyes Are the Best Part by Monika Kim is one of those books that’s difficult to slot neatly into a single genre. It’s…
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A Fascinating Descent into Madness
⭐⭐⭐⭐ I never thought I would say it, but it was a real pleasure to read a story from the perspective of someone so utterly…
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A Chilling, Clever Horror That Exceeded Every Expectation
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I went into Episode Thirteen with cautious optimism. I’ve picked up a fair few books lately that had been hyped up online, only to…
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A Brutal Glimpse of the End
⭐⭐⭐⭐ I just finished Wake Up and Open Your Eyes by Clay McLeod Chapman, and I’ve got to say—it’s one hell of a ride. I’m…
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A Feast of Darkness, Beauty, and Motherhood
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Lamb by Lucy Rose is one of those books that creeps under your skin almost from the first page, and once it’s there,…
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A Mixed Bag of Short Stories
The Shivers Collection is a compilation of five short stories, each penned by a prominent name in contemporary horror: Joe Hill, Stephen Graham Jones, Grady…
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A Disappointing First Encounter with Malerman
⭐️⭐️ Incidents Around the House was my first Josh Malerman book. I’ve heard good things about his writing, so I went in with fairly high…
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Haunting, Lyrical, But Just a Little Uneven
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Don’t Let the Forest In is one of those books that sneaks up on you. At first, it feels like a quiet story about…
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Creepy, Atmospheric, and Surprisingly Emotional
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This book floored me. I went in expecting a fun slice of horror and came out the other side completely obsessed. The Haar has…
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