Category Archives: Review

Review: Everything We Keep by Kerry Lonsdale

Let’s start with what I loved about this book!  I loved Aimee’s character. I felt great sympathy for her ordeal. I can’t imagine the pain she must be feeling.  I appreciated that she attempted to move on with her life, … Continue reading

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Review: Graveyard: True Hauntings from an Old New England Cemetery

Yesterday, I shared my review of one of many books about/by Ed and Lorraine Warren. This is a much tamer book, devoid of any gore, filled to the brim with stories to be retold around a campfire, or curled up … Continue reading

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Review: The Demonologist: The Extraordinary Career of Ed and Lorraine Warren by Gerald Brittle

I knew I needed to throw in some non-fiction as part of this year’s Murder, Monsters & Mayhem. When I was approached to review this title, I knew it was the perfect fit. So many of us know about the Warrens, … Continue reading

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Review: How to Hang a Witch by Adriana Mather

This review copy has been sitting in my book pile since the spring. When I saw it sitting there, all lonely and unread, I quickly added it to my pile of books to review for Murder, Monster & Mayhem.  Then … Continue reading

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Review: Hex by Thomas Olde Heuvelt

I purchased this title upon release after much acclaim by readers whose opinions I trust and value. There’s even a blurb from the king of horror himself on the cover! All of the acclaim was so, so worth it. What … Continue reading

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Review: The Women in the Walls by Amy Lukavics

A few weeks ago, I listened and loved Daughters Unto Devils, the author’s previous work. That title chilled me to the bone.  This one? Not so much. While the concept is chilling (generations of women haunting their descendants) I don’t … Continue reading

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Audiobook Review: Harvest Home by Thomas Tryon

This novel was originally released four years before I was born, a horror classic that I discovered when I was a teen. When I found myself on the hunt for a classic horror read, I knew this would be it. … Continue reading

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Review: And the Trees Crept In by Dawn Kurtagich

I’m going to be intentionally vague in my comments regarding this book.  Everything, from the beginning to the very final pages, is not as it seems. A genuine horror novel at its finest, the reader forced to question everything the … Continue reading

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Review: Children of Eden by Joey Graceffa

Let me start out by saying that I had no idea who Joey Graceffa was before starting this book. I’ve never viewed any of his Youtube videos. Even upon learning of his “fame, ” I opted to go into reading … Continue reading

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Review: Little Boy Blue (A Helen Grace Thriller) by M.J. Arlidge

M.J. Arlidge’s Helen Grace thrillers are some of the very best examples of crime fiction out there.  This is the fifth in this truly addictive, incredibly dark yet captivating series. Each title has built up and developed each of the … Continue reading

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