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Review: The House of Broken Bricks - Fiona Williams
Genre: Literary Fiction Published: Faber & Faber, January 2024 My Rating: 4.5/5 stars “The smell of rain moves through the house. There’s...
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Review: Mislaid in Parts Half-Known - Seanan McGuire
Genre: Fantasy, Novella Published: Tordotcom, January 2024 My Rating: 2.5/5 stars “I don’t think we get second chances with our own...
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Review: Where You See Yourself - Claire Forrest
Genre: Young Adult Contemporary Published: Scholastic Press, May 2023 My Rating: 5/5 stars “He clears his throat. ‘I do hope you know...
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Review: Now She is Witch - Kirsty Logan
Genre: Magical Realism/Fantasy Published: Harvill Secker, January 2023 My Rating: 4.5/5 stars “Perhaps coming so close to death, then...
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Review: What Willow Says - Lynn Buckle
Genre: Literary Fiction Published: Epoque Press, May 2021 My Rating: 3/5 stars “We live and walk upon these stories. She, least least,...
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Review: A Little Heart - Vladarg Delsat
Genre: Middle-grade Published: Independently published by the author, december 2023 My Rating: 1/5 stars I don’t like to hate on...
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Review: The Collected Regrets of Clover - Mikki Brammer
Genre: Contemporary Published: St. Martins Press, May 2023 My Rating: 2.5/5 stars “Grief is just love looking for a place to settle.” The...
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Review: Orbital - Samantha Harvey
Genre: Literary Fiction Published: Jonathan Cape & RB Media, December 2023 My Rating: 4/5 stars Synopsis: A snapshot of one day in the...
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Review: The Names They Gave Us - Emery Lord
Genre: YA Contemporary Published: Bloomsbury, 2017 My Rating: 3/5 stars “It's enough to make you believe. Maybe not in symbols; maybe not...
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Review: Echo - Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Genre: horror Published: NL: Luitingh Sijthoff, 2019, USA: Tor Nightfire, 2022 My Rating: 1/5 stars “There are holes in the ice. They...
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Review: Hex - Thomas Olde Heuvelt
Genre: Horror Published: NL: Luitingh Sijthoff, April 2013, USA: Tor, April 2016 My Rating: 1/5 stars “Every last grain of idealism...
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Review: Life at the Precipice - R. F. Vincent
Genre: Literary Fiction, Speculative Fiction Published: FriesenPress (independently published), July 2023 My Rating: 4.5 stars R.F....
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Review: Leech - Hiron Ennes
Genre: Horror, Sci-fi/Speculative Fiction Published: Tor, September 2022 My Rating: 4.5/5 stars "Despite logical input from a conscious...
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Review: Mothtown - Caroline Hardaker
Genre: Magical Realism, Horror, Speculative Published: Angry Robot Press, November 2023 My Rating: 5/5 stars “No. This was a truth that I...
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Review: A Haunting in the Arctic - C.J. Cooke
Genre: Historical Fiction, mystery/thriller Published: HarperCollins, October 2023 (UK) My Rating: 3.5/5 stars “I mean, I literally don’t...
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Review: Jackal - Erin A. Adams
Genre: Horror Published: Bantam, October 2022 My Rating: 2/5 stars “Myths are as much a part of the slipstream of Black life as joy. ...
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Review: What Stalks Among Us - Sarah Hollowell
Genre: Young Adult Horror Published: Clarion Books, September 2023 My Rating: 2/5 stars Although YA-horror isn’t my typical genre, every...
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Review: On The Isle of Antioch - Amin Maalouf
Genre: literary fiction, Published: World Editions Publishing, December 2023 My Rating: 2/5 stars On The Isle of Antioch is an ambitious...
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Review: Ruptured - Joanne Rossmassler Fritz
Genre: Middle Grade, Novel in Verse Published: Holiday House Books, November 2023 My Rating: 5/5 stars A fabulous and heartfelt novel in...
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Review: Please Do Not Touch This Exhibit - Jen Campbell
Genre: Poetry Published: Bloodaxe Books, September 2023 My Rating: 5/5 stars, potential new all-time favourite <I>"The hospital is not a...
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