Just a girl and her books
KILL CREEK | Scott Thomas 10.31.2017 | Inkshares Rating: 4/5 stars At the end of a dark prairie road in the nearly forgotten Kansas countryside sits a home known as the Finch House. For years it has remained abandoned, empty, and left to be overgrown by nature. The door is about to be reopened after … Continue reading Book Review: Kill Creek
THE BOY IN THE WOODS | Scott Thomas 10.31.2020 | Inkshares Rating: 5/5 stars Today was supposed to be Eddie Reicher’s last day at summer camp, however, his parents can’t come to pick him up. Eddie is forced to spend one more night at Camp Cottonwood. He finds himself as one of the last campers … Continue reading Novella review: The Boy in the Woods
HARROW LAKE | Kat Ellis 08.25.2020 | Penguin Rating: 4/5 stars Lola Nox is the daughter of a celebrated horror filmmaker best known for a movie taking place in a sleepy town called Harrow Lake. It’s also the place where Lola’s father met her mother, who was the star of this very film. Lola has … Continue reading Book Review: Harrow Lake
MALORIE | Josh Malerman (Bird Box #2) 07.21.2020 | Del Rey Books Rating: 4.5/5 stars Warning: Potential spoilers ahead MALORIE is the follow-up to BIRD BOX and picks up shortly after where the events of the first book ended. We are instantly reunited with Malorie and her two children as they attempt to navigate their … Continue reading Book Review: Malorie
HOME BEFORE DARK | Riley Sager 06.30.2020 | Dutton Books Rating: 4.5/5 stars Maggie Holt has lived for twenty-five years in the shadow of Baneberry Hall, a rambling Victorian estate in the Vermont woods that she used to call home. She lived there for only three weeks with her parents until they ended up fleeing … Continue reading Book Review: Home Before Dark
Keeping on trend for this month, I’ve checked off two additional novellas from my TBR that are perfect for spooky season reading! Below are some quick mini reviews for them! DARK HARVEST by Norman Partridge: Halloween 1963. They call him the October Boy, or Ol’ Hacksaw Face, or Sawtooth Jack. Whatever name you use, what … Continue reading Novella Reviews: Dark Harvest & The Switch House
CAMP SLAUGHTER | Sergio Gomez 08.2019 | Independently Published Rating: 4/5 stars Local legend surrounds Camp Slaughter, an abandoned former camp located deep in the Pennsylvania woods. It is believed that a cannibal calls the land home, stealing those who come to visit and claiming them as victims. There have been multiple people who have … Continue reading Book Review: Camp Slaughter
CUJO | Stephen King 02.20.2018 (first published 1981) | Gallery Books Rating: 3/5 stars Cujo used to be a big, friendly Saint Bernard who was loveable and loyal to his family and everyone around him. He always strived his hardest to be a good dog. All that ends when a nearly 200 pound Cujo chases … Continue reading Book Review: Cujo
THE COMPANION | Katie Alender 08.25.2020 | G.P. Putnam’s Sons Rating: 5/5 stars Margot was the sole survivor of a car accident that killed her family. She has been left an orphan with no one to take her in until one day she receives word that a wealthy family wants to adopt her. Tucked away … Continue reading Book Review: The Companion
MEXICAN GOTHIC | Silvia Moreno-Garcia 06.30.2020 | Del Rey Rating: 5/5 stars An isolated mansion. A chillingly charismatic aristocrat. A brave socialite sent to uncover the secrets long buried at High Place. Noemí Taboada has been sent by her father to High Place after they received a frantic letter from her newlywed cousin, Catalina, begging … Continue reading Book Review: Mexican Gothic
