Burden Falls was a fun mix between traditional thriller and supernatural. Penguin Teen describes it as “Riverdale meets The Haunting of Hill House”, which I thought was a really fitting description, because as I was reading it, I was getting major Riverdale vibes, if Riverdale had a little more of a New England-y, old money, old families type vibe. Burden Falls follows Ava,…
The problem with some Spooky Saturday topics is that they’re just so expansive. There are some topics that I want to delve into, and the reality of it is, it’s such a huge topic that it could make its own sub-series in and of itself. Skinwalker Ranch is one of those topics, but I’m going…
I just want to start out by saying that this edition of Spooky Saturday is for my favorite forest frolicking faerie friend, Laura/Larael, aka @forests_and_fairytales on Instagram. The Mothman is her absolute favorite urban legend, and she suggested I do a Spooky Saturday about it/him, and since she’s an excellent friend and a kind soul,…
Oh, hello, spoopy babies. It’s time for another spoopy book review. This time we are talking about The Haunted, the latest release from one of my favorite YA horror authors, Ms. Danielle Vega/Rollins (probably best known for being the author of The Merciless series). This one, like the The Merciless and Survive the Night, is…
Imagine: you set out for a hiking trip with eight of your friends from school and an instructor. But a couple days into the trip, you’re not feeling well. You try to stick it out and maybe take it easy for a little while, but you’re not feeling any better. So you head back, leaving…
In this week’s Spooky Saturday, we talk about the Winchester Mystery House and why its architect, Sarah Winchester, felt she was building a mansion for the ghosts.
Paul Tremblay has an impeccable talent for blending difficult real life situations with the paranormal in a way that makes you question whether you’re more afraid of the unknown or of the horrible acts that human beings commit against each other, and Disappearance at Devil’s Rock is another excellent display of that skill. This novel…
So in late June and most of July I went *a tad bit crazy* with book buying, so my August book haul is a smaller one, because, you know, life is all about balance…and because I’d like for my TBR to not fall and crush me to death in my sleep. I don’t ask for…
Burning is a YA supernatural thriller written by Danielle Rollins, who you may also know as Danielle Vega, author of The Merciless series and Survive the Night. Burning tells the tale of Angela, a young woman doing her time at a juvenile correction facility, with her sights set on getting out and seeing her little…
I have a friend who consistently describes books as “weird”. I’ll ask, “So, what did you think of (insert name of book here)?”, and said friend will respond with, “It was weird.” “Well, what do you mean by weird?” “I don’t know, it was just….weird.” It pretty much goes without saying that weird is a…