Tor Teen, 2011 ISBN: 0765328658 Available: New Theseus Cassio (Cas) Lowood is a ghost hunter, a trade he inherited when his father was brutally killed by a ghost. Armed with his father’s powerful athame (a knife that is able to “kill” ghosts), Cas and his mother travel around the country on the hunt for evil spirits. […]
Book Review: Katana by Cole Gibsen
September 11, 2018Flux, 2012 ISBN: 0738730408 Available: Print and multiformat digital Billed as “Kill Bill meets Buffy”, Katana is the story of an ordinary skater teen with a gay best friend, who, after being attacked in a mall parking lot one night, discovers she’s the reincarnation of a 500 year old samurai (yes, there are famous […]
Book Review: Dead Spell by Belinda Frisch
September 4, 2018CreateSpace, April 28, 2011 ISBN: 978-1461006633 Available: Digital and Kindle There’s no doubt about it: Ms. Frisch has talent. The reader can recognize it right from the beginning of Dead Spell, her debut novel about a violent, avenging spirit that torments two teenage girls. But, like a lot of independent authors who self-publish, the novel […]
Book Review: From Bad to Cursed by Katie Alender
August 28, 2018Hyperion, 2011 ISBN: 9781423134718 Available: New hard back and multi-format digital If anyone was likely to fall in with a cult of beauty-enhancing Donna Reeds it wouldn’t be Alexis. Even less so if it was led by an evil spirit, since Alexis has just started recovering from the trauma of last year, when her […]
Book Review: Touch of Gold by Annie Sullivan
August 23, 2018I’m a sucker for fairy tale reimaginings, from dark to modern, Fables to Tanith Lee. Touch of Gold touches on one I haven’t seen a lot from–the tale of King Midas. Kora is King Midas’ daughter. Curses run in their family line, from the superstition (possible curse) that made her father king to the famous […]
Book Review: The Near Witch by Victoria Schwab
August 21, 2018Hyperion Book CH, 2011 ISBN-13: 978-1423137870 Available: New Hardback and Kindle Near is typically a quiet little town until a “stranger” comes to town. The day after the “stranger” is spotted strange things start to happen. The wind seems to be talking to the townsfolk, and children start disappearing from their beds at night. Is […]
Epic ReWatch: Buffy the Vampire Slayer S1 E1 & 2
August 16, 2018Michele was part of the original 1997 intended audience and feverishly awaited new episodes weekly. Brosia is a teen now, watching for the first time 21 years after Buffy changed our pop culture. Michele feels old. Season 1 Episodes 1 & 2 Welcome to the Hellmouth/The Harvest Michele Says: First, a little background. Buffy premiered […]
Book Review: The Screaming Season by Nancy Holder
August 14, 2018First Ward Trade Paperback, March 2011 ISBN: 978-1456546861 Available: New and used soft cover and in Nook and Kindle e-book formats. Nancy Holder’s Possessions series has been an unexpected personal favorite of mine. Her third installment, The Screaming Season, did not fail to disappoint. I wasn’t sure I could possibly enjoy the series anymore than I already did, […]
Book Review: Haunting Blue by RJ Sullivan
August 7, 2018Damnation Books, 2010 ASIN: B004E9U7D8 Available: Trade paperback & multi-format e-book Ghosts are one of the overlooked monsters of the paranormal out there these days, likely because it’s hard to make a ghost sexy (I mean, without totally ripping off the movie Ghost.) Luckily, RJ Sullivan doesn’t even try. Haunting Blue is a fun little horror novel about […]
Book Review: The Other Side of Dark by Sarah Smith
August 2, 2018Atheneum/ Simon Schuster, 2010 ISBN: 9781442402805 Available: New Hardcover and Kindle Katie Mullins is a fifteen year old orphan who just wants to be normal. But Katie may never live a peaceful life because she sees ghosts everywhere, and she is compelled to draw portraits of their violent, often gruesome deaths. Living with her […]