Category: Great Mental Health Representation
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ARC Review: Pink Horror Paired with Folk Horror Has Never Been So Good
The Mean Ones by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne Synopsis So what if Sadie hears talking dead animals and a strange, comforting male voice in her head? The therapist insists these are just symptoms of PTSD. It makes sense considering that she hid under the bed and watched as her best friends were slaughtered. But the murders were…
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ARC Review: A Heartfelt and Terrifying All Too Realistic Must-Read
An Early Review of Lucky Day by Chuck Tingle Synopsis Lucky Day is the newest novel of terror from Chuck Tingle, USA Today bestselling author of Bury Your Gays, where one woman must go up against the most horrifying concept of all: nothing. Vera is a survivor of a global catastrophe known as the Low Probability Event, but she definitely…
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Book Review: One of the Most Important Reads of the Year
Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White Synopsis Overall Rating 5/5 Spooky Rating 4/5 Quick Take Compound Fracture by Andrew Joseph White is an extremely hard read that should be required reading. I simply cannot sum it up for you more than to just say – read it. Tell Me More Ooof, you guys. I had…
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Book Review: Grief and Video Game Horror Tango in this YA Horror Debut
Such Lovely Skin by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne Synopsis TL;DR Click on the images below to zoom Overall Rating 4/5 Spooky Rating 3/5 Quick Take Such Lovely Skin by Tatiana Schlote-Bonne is a beautiful mix of so many things. At first glance, it is reminiscent of The Ring and focuses on an evil video game that overhauls…
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ARC Review: Motherhood Horror but Make it Psychological and Gothic
Ghost Mother by Kelly Dwyer Synopsis Ghost Mother is a mesmerizing psychological ghost story that blurs the thin line between reality and delusion. Lilly Bly desperately wants to have a baby. She is struggling with infertility and bad spending habits when her husband, Jack, gets a new job that moves them from Chicago to a…
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Book Tour: Lockjaw by Matteo L. Cerilli
I had the pleasure of reading and reviewing an early copy of Lockjaw by Matteo L. Cerilli, a new LGBTQIA+ young adult horror novel that just released, and I am so honored to be on the book tour for this wonderful book! While it is classified as young adult, it is such an advanced story,…
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Book Review: A Delicious Gothic-Fairytale
Lullaby by Cécile Guillot Hazel loves writing horror stories, and wants to become a writer. She falls for her lovely neighbor Blanche, but when her parents discover her various inclinations, they are outraged and decide to commit her to Montrose Asylum. There she meets the fiery Jo and the fragile Lulla. The three of them…
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Book Review: An Ode to the Slasher Sub-Genre
My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones In her quickly gentrifying rural lake town Jade sees recent events only her encyclopedic knowledge of horror films could have prepared her for Jade Daniels is an angry, half-Indian outcast with an abusive father, an absent mother, and an entire town that wants nothing to do…
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Happy Pub Day: The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn Kiste
Today is the day! The Haunting of Velkwood by Gwendolyn Kiste is here. I adored this book when I read it back in October, and I cannot recommend it enough! It is a highly original ghost story that turns the subgenre on its head, and I have never read anything like it. Gwendolyn is offering…
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Book Review: Nat Cassidy Does It Again
Nestlings by Nat Cassidy Nat Cassidy is at his razor-sharp best again with his horror novel Nestlings, which harnesses the creeping paranoia of Rosemary’s Baby and the urban horror of ‘Salem’s Lot, set in an exclusive New York City residential building. Ana and Reid need a break. The horrifically complicated birth of their first child has left Ana paralyzed,…
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