This slow-burn, creeping suspicion horror was so atmospheric that the growing dread kind of snuck up on me. I love a retelling and who doesn’t love Poe?
The voice in this story was really clear and the characters quickly felt real (especially Hob, the horse - I am a sucker for a well-written equine companion!). I blew through this book in only a few sessions, which for me is unheard of. But I had to keep turning pages well into the night, even as the details made my skin itch. I’ll never look at mushrooms the same way again.
From the Nebula and Hugo award-winning author of The Twisted Ones, comes What Moves the Dead, a gripping and atmospheric retelling of Edgar Allan Poe's classic "The Fall of the House of Usher."
When Alex Easton, a retired soldier, receives word that their childhood friend Madeline Usher is dying, they race to the ancestral home of the Ushers in the remote countryside of Ruritania.
What they find there is a nightmare of fungal growths and possessed wildlife, surrounding a dark, pulsing lake. Madeline sleepwalks and speaks in strange voices at night, and her…
This book! It was a hard call to put this one second, but ultimately I recommend the first book to more folks. But Malice House was perfectly creepy, with some of my favorite monsters ever. Pinchy.
I will never get over Pinchy! The twists in this book were spot on. The way it blends the line between thriller and supernatural horror was so much fun that I didn’t want the story to end. I would have happily kept reading this book for hundreds more pages.
From New York Times bestselling author Megan Shepherd comes a complex tale of dark magic, family secrets, and monsters that don’t stay on the page.
“A propulsively charming nightmare, pooling like spilled ink across your imagination.” ― Kiersten White, New York Times bestselling author of Hide
“Haunting and beautifully written . . . an exploration of the mysterious power of stories.” ―Megan Miranda, New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls and The Last to Vanish
“One step away from our world lies another: a land of violent fantasies, of sharp-toothed delights. . . .”
14 Ways to Die was straight up fun. I haven’t read a lot of YA thrillers, but I loved the way it played with social media use and how we can use various platforms for our own needs.
I also loved the cat-and-mouse aspect with the killer and for as dark as some of the content was, it was fast-paced and had me looking around each corner for the next twist. You can’t go wrong with a good bad-guy and this book definitely nailed it!
A decade ago, Jess lost her mother to the Magpie Man, an infamous serial killer who is still at large and planning to kill again. Now, she's going to use her new platform as the star of a YouTube reality series to catch him. That is, if he doesn't catch her first.
Jess's online show means that everyone is talking about her mother's murder case. But fame comes with its downsides. The whole world is watching her every move. And it's hard to know who she can trust.…
Every woman has encountered that guy... the one who won’t take no for an answer.
Laura’s assistant, Jared, is obsessed with her, and after being fired, he uses his new free time to learn her routines. No matter how she says no, his advances keep getting bolder. Now, she has an elaborate plan to fake her death. When everything goes wrong, she finds herself lost in the forest, and her notes tell people not to look for her. But one person is looking for her. Jared’s formed a plan of his own, and he is hunting her—to prove they were meant to be by any means necessary.
For fans of You and The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon.
