Rating: 5 out of 5 Victoria Helen Stone’s Problem Child (A Jane Doe Thriller) is a fascinating follow-on to her Jane Doe. In that book, we met Jane, a complete sociopath who had oriented her entire current life around trying…
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Short Take: “Seed,” Ania Ahlborn
Rating: 5 out of 5 Ania Ahlborn’s Seed is an excellent horror novel. Jack gets into a car accident with his wife (Aimee) and daughters (Abby, 10, and Charlie, 6) in the car. Just before he swerved hard and rolled…
Review: “Skin,” Kathe Koja
Rating: 4 out of 5 Kathe Koja’s horror novel Skin is quite… something. I’m still not entirely sure what I feel about it. Tess, a welder, makes sculptures out of metal. Bibi uses the medium of dance for her performances.…
Review: “The Cipher,” Kathe Koja
Rating: 5 out of 5 I’ve heard Kathe Koja’s horror novels are excellent, but until now I’d never read one. I absolutely loved The Cipher. Nakota and Nicholas are semi-sorta-sometimes a thing (or at least they sleep together, and Nicholas…
Review: “The Hollow Places,” T. Kingfisher
Rating: 5 out of 5 T. Kingfisher’s horror tale The Hollow Places: A Novel kept me stuck to my seat until I finished it! Kara’s Uncle Earl runs the Glory to God Museum of Natural Wonders, Curiosities, and Taxidermy. When…
Review: “Saltblood,” T.C. Parker
Rating: 5 out of 5 T.C. Parker’s Saltblood is a curious tale in which ancient superstition and horror smack head-on into a futuristic prison. Now that there’s a company capable of scraping ridiculous amounts of information about any person out…
Review: “The Shuddering,” Ania Ahlborn
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Ania Ahlborn’s The Shuddering might make you a little more leery of entering the woods when it’s snowy about! Ryan Adler (an ambitious adrenaline junky) and his twin sister Jane (a schoolteacher), grew up quite…
Review: “Brother,” Ania Ahlborn
Rating: 5 out of 5 Ania Ahlborn’s horror novel Brother is just fantastic! 19-year-old Michael is quiet and obedient. His abusive older brother Reb is his “best friend.” He was adopted, but at this point he fits into the family…
February Is Women In Horror Month
Not sure who you ought to read? Here’s a list of books by a bunch of excellent horror authors. All links lead to my reviews of said books, and there are enough books here that you could read one a…