Afterlife with Archie volume 1: Escape from Riverdale by Roberto Auirre-Sacasa and Francesco Francovilla Archie Comics, 2014 ISBN: 9781619889088 Available: New, used & digital Oh, Riverdale. The iconic small town USA, perpetually stuck in the 1950s, where a boy struggles with such heady things as which girl to invite to a movie Friday night. Archie-with-zombies could have been a […]
Category: horror
Book Review: Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
September 28, 2017Certain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-Garcia Thomas Dunne Books, 2016 ISBN-13: 978-1250099082 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition, Audible Certain Dark Things is an excellent example of what a vampire novel can be. The characters are strong, the writing is fast-paced, and it paints a vision of a world we have not seen before. There is a ton of […]
Book Review: Tell The Story To Its End by Simon P. Clark
September 21, 2017Tell The Story To Its End by Simon P. Clark St. Martin’s Griffin, 2015 ISBN-13: 978-1250066756 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition Oli’s mum has suddenly, and without explanation, decided the two of them should go to the country and visit his uncle, Rob. Rob has been estranged from Oli’s parents for many years, and although […]
Book Review: The Fifth Doll by Charlie N. Holmberg
September 18, 2017The Fifth Doll by Charlie N. Holmberg 47North, 2017 ISBN-13:978-1477806104 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition, Audible, MP3 CD The Fifth Doll is an excellent fantasy novel for pre-teens and young adults. Charlie N. Holmberg has written several novels about young heroines who face the trials and tribulations of life and magic. The current novel gives readers not […]
Book Review: Demon Freaks by J.R.R.R. Hardison
September 4, 2017Demon Freaks by J.R.R.R. (Jim) Hardison Fiery Seas Publishing, 2017 ISBN-13: 978-1-946143-16-7 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition Jim Hardison’s Demon Freaks pits high schoolers on the eve of their SAT exams against wicked would-be wizards and monsters, with the fate of the world at stake. The story is written with irony and humor from the viewpoint of teenagers. The […]
My Best Friend’s Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
August 11, 2016My Best Friend’s Exorcism is set in the 80s, a time of big hair, awesome music, and the Satanic Panic. Abby Rivers and Gretchen Lang have been best friends since they were thrown together at Abby’s tenth birthday party. Now in high school, they are experiencing the awkwardness and discomfort of growing into teenagers, and […]
Review: Sleepless by Thomas Fahy
June 16, 2016After a trip to New Orleans, the students of Saint Opportuna High begin to have nightmares: horrible nightmares about killing people. The only problem is that they aren’t just nightmares. After several nights, the students wake up to realize that they actually have killed people. Emma Montgomery and her friends, who have all had these […]
Book Review: Water Vamps by G.L. Giles
February 18, 2016From ML’s Circulation Desk BlackWyrm Publishing, June 2013 (Second Printing) ISBN-13: 978-1-61318-147-8 Available: Paperback, Kindle Psychic vampire Setiana and her partner, a shape-shifter, stop at an inn for a good day’s sleep. While there, Setiana enters a dream state, and visits a young girl, Robyn, in Charleston, South Carolina. It is Robyn’s 11th birthday, and […]
Review: The Greatest Zombie Movie Ever by Jeff Strand
February 5, 2016Strand is known for his humorous horror books. My favorites are A Bad Day for Voodoo and Wolf Hunt (the last is very much not YA). His loyal readers might come into this one expecting a teenage zombie movie getting taken over by real zombies. And they will be disappointed (but he says so at […]
Book Review: Some Girls Are by Courtney Summers
January 26, 2016From ML’s Circulation Desk St. Martin’s Griffin, 2010 ISBN-13: 978-0312573805 Available: Paperback, Audible, Audio CD, Kindle edition Anyone feeling nostalgic for the glory days of high school will drop that nostalgia right in the trash bin within pages of beginning Some Girls Are. Our protagonist, Regina, is the best friend of the high school Mean […]