BOOK REVIEW: ANGEL FALLS BY JULIA RUST AND DAVID SURFACE

Angel Falls by Julia Rust and David Surface YAP Books, 2022 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1949140330 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition. ( Bookshop.org |Amazon.com ) In the 1600s, a large group of women and children colonists of Beauport, Massachusetts disappeared, killed by the Indians they displaced. A year later, they started to return. Those who believed […]

GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: TALES FROM HARROW COUNTY VOLUME 1: DEATH’S CHOIR BY CULLEN BUNN, ART BY NAOMI FRANQUIZ

Tales from Harrow County, Volume 1: Death’s Choir by Cullen Bunn, art by Naomi Franquiz Dark Horse, 2020 ISBN-13: 97815067168 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition, comiXology ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com )   Award-winning, Eisner-nominated Southern Gothic horror returns in Tales from Harrow County, Volume 1: Death’s Choir. The story focuses on Bernice Anderson as she has taken on the mantle of steward of […]

GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: ABE SAPIEN: DARK AND TERRIBLE VOLUME 1 BY MIKE MIGNOLA, JOHN ARCUDI, AND SCOTT ALLIE, ART BY SEBASTIAN FIUMARA AND MAX FIUMARA

Abe Sapien: Dark and Terrible Volume 1 by Mike Mignola, John Arcudi, and Scott Allie, art by Sebastián Fiumara and Max Fiumara Dark Horse Comics, 2022 ISBN-13: 9781506733784 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, Comixology. (  Bookshop.org | Amazon.com )   Abe, a humanoid amphibious man and member of the B.P.R.D, after awakening from a coma and mutated, leaves the B.P.R.D. to […]

GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: LUCKY DEVIL VOLUME 1 BY CULLEN BUNN, ART BY FRAN GALAN, LETTERING BY EL TORRES

Lucky Devil Volume 1 by Cullen Bunn, art by Fran Galán, lettering by El Torres Dark Horse Comics, 2022 ISBN-13: 9781506721996 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition, Comixology   (  Bookshop.org | Amazon.com )   Stanley has terrible luck. His three-year relationship is tainted by an affair his girlfriend is having. He’s a gofer for a corporate organization where his higher-ups constantly demean him. […]

BOOK REVIEW: MAN MADE MONSTERS BY ANDREA L. ROGERS, ILLUSTRATED BY JEFF EDWARDS

  Man Made Monsters by Andrea L. Rogers, illustrated by Jeff Edwards Levine Querido, 2022 ISBN-13: 9781646141791 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition  (  Bookshop.org  |  Amazon.com )   Cherokee writer Andrea L. Rogers makes her YA debut with Man Made Monsters with this 18-story anthology that traces one Cherokee family across time. She starts in the 1830s with the tribe forced off […]

BOOK REVIEW: HELL FOLLOWED WITH US BY ANDREW JOSEPH WHITE

**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk** Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White. Peachtree Teen, 2022 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1682633243 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com )   Hell Followed with Us is an incredible and original book, but it is not an easy read. It is a scream of rage. Make sure to read the author’s […]

BOOK REVIEW: HOUSE OF HOLLOW BY KRYSTAL SUTHERLAND

**Cross posted from the Circulation Desk**   House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2021 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0593110348 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook ( Bookshop.org  | Amazon.com )     House of Hollow was shortlisted for the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in Young Adult Fiction this year.   Ten years ago, Grey, […]

BOOK REVIEW: THE LAST HUNTRESS (MIRROR REALM SERIES, BOOK 1) BY LENORE BORJA

**Cross posted from the Circulation Desk.**   The Last Huntress (Mirror Realm Series Book 1) by Lenore Borja Spark Press, Nov. 2022 ISBN-13: 978-1684631735 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition Bookshop.org | Amazon.com   The Last Huntress is a young adult fantasy/adventure with romantic underpinnings, clearly targeted towards  junior high and high school girls.  That doesn’t mean adults can’t read and […]

Book Musings: The Witching Hour by Anne Rice

The Witching Hour by Anne Rice is not a book for teens. It really isn’t. And yet, as I’m watching book banning cases pop up, like this one in Virginia, I’m seeing in the comments, over and over “But I read Anne Rice when I was 13.” And…well I did. I first read Anne Rice […]

BOOK REVIEW: BLOOD SCION BY DEBORAH FALAYE

**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk**     Blood Scion by Deborah Falaye    ( Bookshop.org  |  Amazon.com ) HarperTeen, 2022 ISBN-13: ‏ :978-0062954046 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook Blood Scion  is horrific but I don’t know if I would call it horror– it is African fantasy. Sloane Shade is a Scion– a blood descendant of an Orisha, a child […]