Vault Review: The Shadowmask by R.A. and Geno Salvatore

**Vault Reviews were posted previously on the main MonsterLibrarian website and are transferred here in an effort to preserve our history. Efforts have been made to ensure the books are still available, but formats, covers, and other details may have changed.** Mirrorstone, 2009 ISBN: 978-0-7869-5147-5 Available: New     The Stone of Tymora story continues as Maimun, an […]

Book Review: Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc

**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk** Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space by Amanda Leduc ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com  ) Coach House Books, 2020 ISBN-13 : 978-1552453957 Available: Paperback, audiobook, Kindle edition   Although Disfigured  focuses on the relationship between fairy tales and disability, there is a lot here that should provide food for thought in the horror genre, where […]

Book Review: The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern

*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern Doubleday, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-0385541213 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook,  audio CD   The Starless Sea starts with a book-loving graduate student, Zachary Ezra Rawlins, who is writing his thesis on video games, finding a mysterious book of stories in his school’s library that includes […]

Graphic Novel review: Monstress, Volume 4: The Chosen by Marjorie Liu, illustrated by Sana Takeda

*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Monstress, Volume 4: The Chosen by Marjorie Liu, illustrated by Sana Takeda Image Comics, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-1534313361 Available: Paperback, Kindle, comiXology   Maika Halfwolf and Corvin D’Oro of the Dusk Court travel in search of the young Arcanic Kippa, who was kidnapped at the end of the third volume. Meanwhile, […]

Graphic Novel Review: Snow, Glass, Apples by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Colleen Doran

*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Snow, Glass, Apples by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Colleen Doran Dark Horse, 2019 ISBN-13: 9781506709796 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition, comiXology   Adapted from Gaiman’s short story in the collection titled Smoke and Mirrors, Snow, Glass, Apples is a dark fairy tale version of Snow White. The Queen, terrified of her monstrous stepdaughter, has her […]

Book Review: Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall

*Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.* Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall Viking Books for Young Readers, 2019 ISBN-13: 978-1984837011 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition     The legend of Lucy Gallows says that 12 year old Lucy Callow ran into the woods after an argument with her mother, and when her brother went after […]

Vault Review: The Stowaway by RA and Geno Salvatore

**Vault Reviews were posted previously on the main MonsterLibrarian website and are transferred here in an effort to preserve our history. Efforts have been made to ensure the books are still available, but formats, covers, and other details may have changed.** The Stowaway by RA and Geno Salvatore Mirrorstone, 2008 ISBN: 9780786950942 Available: New     Maiman […]

Vault Review: Hallowmere: In the Serpent’s Coils by Tiffany Trent

**Vault Reviews were posted previously on the main MonsterLibrarian website and are transferred here in an effort to preserve our history. Efforts have been made to ensure the books are still available, but formats, covers, and other details may have changed.** Hallowmere: In the Serpent’s Coils by Tiffany Trent Mirrorstone Books, 2007 ISBN: 9780786942299 Available: New […]

Vault Review: Hatter M Volume 4: Zen of Wonder by Frank Beddor and Liz Cavalier; artwork by Sami Makkonen

**Vault Reviews were posted previously on the main MonsterLibrarian website and are transferred here in an effort to preserve our history. Efforts have been made to ensure the books are still available, but formats, covers, and other details may have changed.** Automatic Pictures Publishing, 2013 ISBN 9780981873770 Available:Hardcover and Paperback Hatter M is a graphic novel […]