Book Reviews & Recommendations
Rating: ★★★★☆ (4/5) Rektok Ross returns with a chilling gothic thriller that perfectly captures the eerie charm of New England and the razor-sharp edge of courtroom drama. Salem’s Fall is a darkly addictive mix of psychological suspense, legal intrigue, and forbidden romance […]
If you ever wished Hogwarts had teeth, Scholomance will bite. Naomi Novik’s A Deadly Education drops readers into a sentient, teacherless school where students study, scheme, and try not to be eaten on the way to breakfast. It is equal parts dark […]
Jeneva Rose, the author who gave us The Perfect Marriage and One of Us Is Dead, returns with another unputdownable thriller that toys with desire, deception, and the danger of isolation. You Shouldn’t Have Come Here is part romantic suspense, part psychological […]
In Rachel Gillig’s One Dark Window, the mist-locked kingdom of Blunder breathes like a living thing, full of secrets, decay, and shadow. With lyrical prose and gothic undertones, Gillig crafts a story where the line between salvation and damnation blurs and where […]
Jennifer Dugan’s Some Girls Do is a heartfelt, beautifully written YA queer romance that explores what it means to live your truth in a world that often makes that difficult. Blending tenderness with tension, it tells the story of two very different […]
In The Good Vampire’s Guide to Blood and Boyfriends, Jamie D’Amato breathes new life into the vampire trope with a mix of humor, vulnerability, and queer romance. Marketed as Heartstopper meets Buffy, this novel blends supernatural chaos with a heartfelt exploration of […]
Margaret Owen’s Little Thieves takes the bones of The Goose Girl and rebuilds them into something clever, propulsive, and emotionally rich. This is a Germanic flavored fantasy with the pulse of a caper and the bite of a character study, anchored by […]
Ann Aguirre’s cozy contemporary fantasy leans hard into found family, queer community, and second chances. It also pairs those warm vibes with a messy heroine and a beta hero who has adored her since childhood. Depending on your taste, that mix will […]
Haley Cass returns to her Washington set universe with a slow burn roommates to lovers romance that feels like a warm light left on after a long day. The Snowball Effect pairs sunshine chaos with frosty restraint, then lets patience do the […]
S.T. Gibson’s Savage Blooms is a dark, sensual, and unsettling descent into gothic desire and ancient enchantment. Set in the misty isolation of the Scottish Highlands, the novel entwines lust, loneliness, and faerie folklore into a story that feels both timeless and […]