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Book Reviews

  • Book Review: Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil by Ananda Lima

    Craft is unlike any other short story collection I have read. At times, it felt less like an anthology of tales, than a continuous narrative. This is because of “the writer”, an unnamed character at the centre of it all who happens upon the devil at a party in her twenties and sleeps with him.…

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  • Book Review: Spirits of Suburbia

    Original review written Oct. 25, 2014 on Goodreads Original review (with updated comments) I picked up this little anthology at ConBravo this past summer as a way to support several authors and get a taste of their writing without breaking my bank account. As the title, “Spirits of Suburbia” suggests, the stories deal with fantasy…

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  • Book Review: The Poison Eaters by Holly Black

    Original Review Published: July 26, 2016 on Goodreads. As the title reveals, the stories in this volume are meant to be chilling. Several of them are horror tales, such as “The Coldest Girl in Coldtown” and the eponymous “Poison Eaters”, but others are more about “strange happenings” like “Paper Cuts Scissors” which is about a…

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  • Book Review: Remember Me by Christopher Pike

    Original Review written in September 2016 on Goodreads. The Review: It sounds like a simple wish – to be remembered when you die. That is Shari Cooper’s wish, but when she falls to her death from a balcony at the age of 18, she didn’t have a chance to make her mark. Remember Me is…

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  • Book Review: Until the End by Christopher Pike

    Review originally written in 2015 on Goodreads.   The Review: Before Stephen King eclipsed all other authors in my heart, there was another. One I think of as my “pre-Stephen-King” and that was Christopher Pike. I devoured all of his books I could get a hold of in high school. The other big horror writer…

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  • Book Review: Nothing But the Willows by J. D. Buffington

    Title: Nothing But the Willows Author: J. D. Buffington   This is my second time reading and reviewing J. D. Buffington’s work. Previously, I read and enjoyed his take on the Medusa myth: Come Hither, No Malice (Review here). So, when he was looking for people to review his short story collection, I happily volunteered,…

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  • Book Review: Glass Stories by Ivy Grimes

    Title: Glass Stories Author: Ivy Grimes When white light is passed through a glass prism, it refracts into a rainbow of colours. Similarly, the seventeen tales in Ivy Grimes’ Glass Stories are all bound together by the common theme of “glass”, but each one is a unique shade. Glass objects are at the heart of…

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  • Book Review: Rogue by Gina Damico

    Review originally written in 2016 on Goodreads.   The Review: I think the best thing about Damico’s debut trilogy is how different it is from anything else I’ve read. The story ricochets the reader through every emotion imaginable – joy, anger, sadness, triumph, satisfaction, love and loss. Every time I thought I had figured out…

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  • Book Review: Scorch by Gina Damico

    Original review written in 2016 on Goodreads.  The Review: Croak was Gina Damico’s first novel and Scorch is certainly a worthy successor. The third book, Rogue will be out later this year and I’m pretty excited. Scorch picks up a little bit after where Croak left off. Lex is still reeling from what Zara did…

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  • Book Review: Croak by Gina Damico

    Original Review 2016 on Goodreads  Note: Polaris is a convention that does not exist anymore that I attended years ago.   The Review: At Polaris, I decided I would pick one book on sale there to support small time authors. Unfortunately, I am not lush with the cash, so I could not support them all.…

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