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Review Archive
Here you can find all of our past book reviews.


Review of Spoiled Milk by Avery Curran
A gothic coming of age story on suppressed female desire in the early nineteen twenties and the controlling nature of old English boarding schools.
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Review of Weavingshaw by Heba Al-Wasity
Whether you’re already utterly in love with Gothic historical fiction or you haven’t yet found the book to pique your interest in the genre, Weavingshaw is the one to convert you.
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Review of The Red Winter by Cameron Sullivan
This was one of the most original folkloric fantasy novels I think I’ve ever read, with the essence of Jekyll and Hyde.
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Review of Bitten by Jordan Stephanie Gray
Fans of Twilight and A Court of Thorns and Roses are going to eat up this debut...
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Review of Where Shadows Meet by Patrice Caldwell
Where Shadows Meet is a delicious queer romantasy which features vampires AND Gods - and of course the humans entangled up in the immortality and curses.
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Review of This Monster of Mine by Shalini Abeysekara
This is the first in a duology, and to be perfectly honest, I need book two STAT!
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Review of Iron & Embers by Helen Scheuerer
There will never be enough words for me to describe how much I loved this book...
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Review of Modern Divination by Isabel Agajanian
Warning, this book will immediately grip you from the first page!
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Review of Quicksilver by Callie Hart
There’s action, enemies, steamy romance and more!
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Review of Of Light & Leaves by Fay Taylor
Of Light & Leaves transports us to an ancient kingdom and one that is bound to the fae realm of Elfhyem.
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Review of The Courting of Bristol Keats by Mary E. Pearson
Bristol Keats is one of the three Keats sisters who have lost both of their parents. Struggling to make ends meet, Bristol is...
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Review of The Teller of Small Fortunes by Julie Leong
a gorgeous, adventure-filled, heart-warming, cosy fantasy with found family and delicious baked goods
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Review of A Song to Drown Rivers by Ann Liang
A Song to Drown Rivers is a genre debut from Ann Liang, inspired by the legend of one of the Four Beauties of Ancient China, Xishi.
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Review of Strange Beasts by Susan J. Morris
fantasy and slow-burn romance coupled with a contemporary twist on the classical crime and horror stories of Sherlock Holmes and Dracula...
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Review of Fear the Flames by Olivia Rose Darling
Fear the Flames had me in a chokehold from the prologue...
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Review of Rewitched by Lucy Jane Wood
A debut from one of our summer showcase guest authors!
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Review of Sword Catcher by Cassandra Clare
an adult fantasy debut and is completely spellbinding, it contains all the glorious elements that will keep you strapped to your seat
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Review of The Phoenix Keeper by S. A. Maclean
S.A. Maclean has created a whole magical world with captivating characters that will genuinely whisk the reader away...
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Review of Ours by Phillip B. Williams
Spanning decades from the 1800s to as far as the late 1900s, Ours tells the story of the antebellum US from a different standpoint. At...
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Review of Bear Season by Gemma Fairclough
Well, this 176 page novella packed one hell of a literary punch and I adored every single page of it! PhD student Jade Hunter has gone...
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