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This is my second time reading this, and the only reason it took so long to finish was that I decided to pick up House of Leaves in the middle for a buddy read. The first time I went to the house in the cerulean sea was more than two years ago when my friends made a… Read more
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How does one begin to review the text that is House of Leaves? How does one even summarize it in a paragraph or a few lines, because ‘a horror novel that curves in on itself to create a meta-narrative questioning the act of storytelling and the existence of books itself while being a composite and beautiful… Read more
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I wrote the last review more than two months ago, not expecting that the next time I sit down to write the review for its sequel it would be past the long chasms of festivals and illness. The last review posted was of the most recent book I read, but this is chronologically what I… Read more
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Thanks to NetGalley and Peachtree Teen for the ARC! Dance of the Starlit Sea is the debut YA fantasy novel by Kiana Krystle featuring a young ballerina protagonist, a dreamy male love interest who has leapt from the inks of fanart, lots of ethereal dreamlike vibes, and a magical island filled with secrets. It is… Read more
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Cat Among The Pigeons is a 1959 novel by Agatha Christie featuring her famously beloved Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot, set against the backdrop of a girl’s boarding school in a story where Christie’s natural murder mystery meets a *Malory Towers-*esque **atmosphere and drama. A revolution breaks out in the small Middle-Eastern state of Ramat and… Read more
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The Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon is a 2019 epic fantasy, initially written as a standalone, following the footsteps of the likes of The Song of Ice and Fire and The Witcher series. Spanning over 800 pages, Shannon’s gorgeous tome offers a feminist and woman-centric perspective into a genre that has been… Read more
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Final Girls is a 2017 mystery thriller by Todd Ritter writing under the pen name of Riley Sager, which employs the horror genre’s ‘final girl’ trope to weave a compelling story that interrogates the nature of this trope and the women that are given this label in an atmosphere that is chilling yet exhilarating. Quincy… Read more
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Brutal Prince is the first of the Brutal Birthright series of interconnected standalone novels by Sophie Lark. Each novel follows a separate pair set in the same universe, but you don’t read prior knowledge to jump in and read a book in the middle of the series. This is a dark mafia romance, and also… Read more
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The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo breaks away from the confines of the genres of novel and poetry by being neither and at the same time, both. It is a collection of poems written by the main character, telling a cohesive and linear story as one would in a novel. Incidentally, a story that also… Read more
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Thank you to NetGalley and Kensington Publishers for sending me the ARC of this book! The Resurrectionist is a coming-of-age novel by A. Rae Dunlap where historical fiction meets meets queer romance blended with some true crime elements. It’s focused on a side of scientific history often overlooked—its dark underbelly where many questionable choices were… Read more
a record of penned exorcisms of my soul
The Moody Writer 