Category: Book Reviews

  • Yesteryear: the new book you need to read

    Yesteryear: the new book you need to read

    Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke is a book you can’t escape hearing about right now. Even if you’re spending your time in online book spaces there’s probably a very good chance you’ve heard of it. Perhaps in relation to Anne Hathaway who has been set to produce and star in the movie adaptation for a

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  • The Ghosts of Merry Hall Book Review

    The Ghosts of Merry Hall Book Review

    Before reading The Ghosts of Merry Hall by Heather Davey you might think that it is bound to be a run of the mill ghost story and while it does have elements similar to most other ghost stories, it also has something extra that just feels a bit more interesting. After the breakdown of her

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  • The Swamps: a spooky thriller set in the Louisiana swamps

    The Swamps: a spooky thriller set in the Louisiana swamps

    The Swamps by Seraphina Nova Glass The Swamps by Seraphine Nova Glass was released on 27th January 2026 and it’s a fairly short horror/thriller book. It follows a team of 4 people – Macy, Ethan, Tasha and Max – as they investigate the paranormal for their popular YouTube channel, Ghost Patrol.  Their current investigation takes

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  • We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer

    We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer

    We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer is one of the most interesting horror books I’ve ever read. It had me hooked right from the beginning and I was genuinely so sad when it was over. I’d heard so many amazing things about this book so I went into it with high expectations and

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  • Should you read The Chain by Adrian McKinty?

    Should you read The Chain by Adrian McKinty?

    The Chain by Adrian McKinty is a book that made me feel on edge the entire time I was reading it. That doesn’t happen very often for me! It’s a book that came out a fair few years ago (it was published in February 2019) and I’ve had it on my tbr pretty much since

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  • They Own the Night: an amazing 80s dracula retelling

    They Own the Night: an amazing 80s dracula retelling

    If there’s one thing you need to know about me it’s that I absolutely love vampires. I always have and I think I always will, so when I heard of this intriguing new young adult vampire book called They Own the Night I just knew I had to pick it up. Written by Amy McCaw

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  • My Vampire Plus-One Review

    My Vampire Plus-One Review

    I’ve read a lot of vampire books over the years and one that I’ve recently read and loved is My Vampire Plus-One by Jenna Levine. The most popular vampire books often tend to be gloomy and sad and dramatic… but this was fun. This book is the sequel to My Roommate is a Vampire but

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  • Witchcraft for Wayward Girls Book Review

    Witchcraft for Wayward Girls Book Review

    I don’t know about you but I usually prefer to read books about women that are actually written by women. This isn’t me being prejudiced, I promise, but there’s just something about the unique experience you get from reading a book about women written by women. And from the many books I’ve read by men

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  • Victorian Psycho: a gruesome historical horror

    Victorian Psycho: a gruesome historical horror

    I wasn’t sure what I was expecting when I went into Victorian Psycho by Virginia Feito. I knew it was a book about a Victorian governess who definitely has some issues but I wasn’t expecting it to be one of my favourite books of the year. And I also wasn’t expecting it to be so

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  • Break Room: a gripping book about a unique game show

    Break Room: a gripping book about a unique game show

    I was immediately drawn into Break Room by its incredible cover. It’s so bright and eye-catching that I immediately noticed it in the bookshop, but it was when I noticed the author that I was really intrigued. Break Room is written by Lee Mi-ye, who wrote one of my favourite cosy books, Dallergut Dream Department

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