Let Me Out by Emmett Nahil, illustrations by George Williams Oni Press, 2023 ISBN: 9781637152362 Available: Paperback, KIndle edition Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com It’s 1979. Mitch wakes up after a terrible assault near the local Y. His friends scold him for going there alone and take him home to recuperate. There’s also been a murder in the […]
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T.V. Review: Dead Boy Detectives
May 27, 2024Do you like paranormal detective series? Do you like Neil Gaiman? Loosely based off characters created by Neil Gaiman for the Sandman universe and definitely done in his trademark dark and whimsical style, this new Netflix series follows two ghosts, Edwin Paine and Charles Rowland, who are hiding from Death to help a world where […]
Anime Review: Castlevania: Nocturne
April 8, 2024A distant follow up to Netflix’s Castlevania series, Nocturne is set during the French Revolution and focuses on Trevor and Sypha’s descendant Richtor Belmont, his adopted sister and magician Maria Renard, Annette, a former slave with Orisha powers, and Edouard, Annette’s best friend and a opera singer. I started watching right after finishing the first […]
BOOK REVIEW: THE HONEYS BY RYAN LA SALA
March 21, 2023The Honeys by Ryan La Sala PUSH, 2022 ISBN-13 : 978-1338745313 Available: Hardcover, paperback, KIndle edition, audiobook. ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) When genderfluid teen Mars Matthias’ twin sister Carikube dies violently in front of them after running away from summer camp, Mars insists on attending the camp for the rest of the summer. They agree […]
Man Made Monsters by Andrea L. Rogers, illustrated by Jeff Edwards Levine Querido, 2022 ISBN-13: 9781646141791 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) Cherokee writer Andrea L. Rogers makes her YA debut with Man Made Monsters with this 18-story anthology that traces one Cherokee family across time. She starts in the 1830s with the tribe forced off […]
BOOK REVIEW: HELL FOLLOWED WITH US BY ANDREW JOSEPH WHITE
February 2, 2023**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk** Hell Followed With Us by Andrew Joseph White. Peachtree Teen, 2022 ISBN-13 : 978-1682633243 Available: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) Hell Followed with Us is an incredible and original book, but it is not an easy read. It is a scream of rage. Make sure to read the author’s […]
**Cross posted from the Circulation Desk.** HarperCollins Children’s Books, 2021 ISBN-13 : 978-0062652638 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition, audiobook ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) In Beasts and Beauty: Dangerous Tales, Soman Chainani brings us tales so sharp they cut, with teen protagonists who seize their agency, and subversive, unexpected re-visionings of 12 familiar stories. The standout story in this collection […]
Book Review: All Our Hidden Gifts by Caroline O’Donoghue
January 27, 2022**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.** Walker Books, 2021 ISBN: 978-1536213942 Available: Hardcover, audiobook, ebook (Bookshop.org) O’Donoghue’s foray into YA literature delivers tricks and treats for fans of Gothic, mystic stories dealing with social themes; but magic doesn’t solve everything this character-driven YA paranormal fantasy set in contemporary Ireland. Sentenced to cleanup duty in detention, 16 […]
Book Review: Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas
February 22, 2021**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk** Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas ( Bookshop.org | Amazon.com ) Swoon Reads, 2020 ISBN-13 : 978-1250250469 Available: Hardcover, Kindle edition, audiobook Yadriel is a Latinx trans boy whose community lives in the cemetery and serves Lady Death. When they are fifteen, boys are presented to Lady Death for a blessing to become […]
Essential Vampire Series: Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite
February 12, 2021Lost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite is an anchor book for two reasons. First, in a world of Anne Rice vampires, super powered, inhuman creatures living adventures far outside the world as we see it, Brite’s vampires are a species outside of humanity. Brite embraces the spirit of the vampire, but not the trappings of […]