Pros: Sucked me in and wouldn’t let me go! Cons: If anything I would have liked even more buildup Rating: 5 out of 5 Mira Grant’s (novella? Short novel?) In the Shadow of Spindrift House is a most bizarre combination…
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Review: “In the Shadow of Spindrift House,” Mira Grant
Posted in Reviews Tagged with: adventure, cosmic horror, LGBTQ, Lovecraftian, Mira Grant, Seanan McGuire
Review: “The Hollower,” Mary SanGiovanni
Pros: Builds up into something gorgeous Cons: Starts out a little mundane Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Mary SanGiovanni’s The Hollower (The Hollower Trilogy Book 1) introduces us to Max Feinstein, who sees an unearthly figure called the Hollower. It’s…
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Review: “Behind the Door,” Mary SanGiovanni
Pros: Characterization, atmosphere, plot Cons: … Rating: 4.5 out of 5 Mary SanGiovanni’s Behind the Door (A Kathy Ryan Novel Book 1) returns to the world in which Kathy Ryan, occult expert, aids the police in dealing with… unusual events.…
Review: “Chills,” Mary SanGiovanni
Pros: Wonderful icy horror! Cons: Some interminable monologues; one obvious bad guy Rating: 4 out of 5 A friend wrote a nice review of Mary SanGiovanni’s horror novel Chills, and I decided I had to give it a read. I’m…
Review: “Home From the Sea,” William Meikle
Pros: Wonderful, dreadful cosmic horror tales Cons: … Rating: 4.5 out of 5 I almost skipped William Meikle’s Home From The Sea because the cover on Amazon looked cheap and chintzy, which made me worry the author would have skimped…
Review: “A Song for Quiet,” Cassandra Khaw
Pros: The language is so evocative! Cons: … Rating: 5 out of 5 Really good Lovecraftian horror is hard to write. After reading Cassandra Khaw’s Hammers on Bone, I had to read more, and the follow-on was Khaw’s novella A…
Review: “Nightwalk,” D. Nathan Hilliard
Pros: Fascinating chain of events Cons: Mark and Casey both sound younger than they are Rating: 4.5 out of 5 D. Nathan Hilliard’s Nightwalk caught my attention and held it. In this horror tale Mark and his stepdaughter Casey are…