Castlevania isn’t a true anime, as it’s produced by Netflix, and written by Warren Ellis (who is amazing), done in an anime-inspired style of artwork, however it presents itself as one (thanks to multiple anime alumni also being involved) so I’m reviewing it as one. Something it’s also not is aimed at teens, with sexual […]
Category: witches
BOOK REVIEW: HOW TO SUCCEED IN WITCHCRAFT BY AISLINN BROPHY
March 27, 2024**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** How to Succeed in Witchcraft by Aislinn Brophy G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readees, 2022 ISBN-13: 978-0593354520 Available: Hadcover, paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com Shay is one of the few students of color at T.K. Anderson Prep. In a world where only licensed magic users can get top […]
Let me start with another story; the third book in Patricia Briggs’ Mercy Thompson series: Iron Crossed. While it’s faded now, since the series has moved on, the penultimate scene in this book involves the main character being mind controlled and violently, repeatedly raped. When confronted about the choice, Briggs said that the character was […]
BOOK REVIEW: THE MIDNIGHT GIRLS BY ALICIA JASINSKA
February 21, 2024**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** The Midnight Girls by Alicia Jasinska Sourcebooks Fire, 2022 ISBN-13: 978-1728209753 Available: Hardcover, paperback, audiobook, Kindle edition. Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com The Midnight Girls takes place in a fantasy kingdom based on the Kingdom of Poland at the end of the 18th century, which was torn apart by wars with […]
T.V. Review: Mayfair Witches Season 1 Episode 7- Trapped in a Memory
February 19, 2024Yeah…I watched it. I finished the season. And It honestly took me this long to digest it all. And I still haven’t figured out WTF the writers were trying to do. I know the book is slllloooooooowwww. I’ve praised the show for streamlining the material. But. But this is just a hard turn into Law […]
BOOK REVIEW: SAINT DEATH’S DAUGHTER BY C.S.E. COONEY
January 11, 2024**Cross posted from The Circulation Desk** Saint Death’s Daughter by C.S.E Cooney. Solaris, 2022 ISBN-13: 978-1786184702 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook. ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) Miscellaneous Stones, born into a family known for its violence in service to the crown of Liriat, is a teenage necromancer with an allergy to violence that opens “echo wounds” when […]
The Raven by Dani Lamia Level 4 Press, Inc. ISBN-13: 978-1933769707 Available: Preorder paperback, Kindle edition, MP3 ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) I received a .pdf ARC of this from the publisher. Rebekah is bullied horrendously at school, mostly cruel jokes originating with popular Coralie Renner and her friends. Things get much worse when Beka accidentally spills a drink on her […]
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 […]
T.V. Review: Mayfair Witches- Episode 6- Transference
February 21, 2023**There will be spoilers for the show and the books.** And the show and the books take their huge split here. It was inevitable, given that The Witching Hour is a thousand page book and still ends on a cliffhanger where Lasher’s endgame is just then revealed. Again, how many authors could get away with […]
T.V. Review: Mayfair Witches- Episode 5- The Thrall
February 15, 2023**Spoilers ahead for both the books and the show.** Episode four left off with Carlotta revealing her true self by attempting to kill both Rowan and herself by lighting the first street house on fire, with Ciprien and Rowan being trapped in the house, and Ciprien stepping between Carlotta’s knife and Rowan. Episode five…well, it’s […]