Webtoons Review: Dark Castle

By Faun_me Available Free on Webtoon Dark Castle is a hidden gem available only online. In gorgeous images the author tells of a beautiful woman who finds herself in some kind of dark, possibly underworld realm inhabited by strange, dangerous creatures, with no memory of who she is and how she came to be there. […]

Book Review: The Raven’s Crux by Julie Boglisch

**Cross Posted from The Circulation Desk.**   The Raven’s Crux by Julie Boglisch Black Rose Writing, 2024 ISBN: 9781685133672 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition Buy:  Bookshop.org | Amazon.com   The only drawback to The Raven’s Crux is the cartoonish, completely uninspiring cover of the book.  It doesn’t do justice to the thrilling ghost story contained inside, a story that manages the “crossover” […]

Book Review: Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi.

Bitter by Akwaeke Emezi. Knopf Books for Young Readers, 2022 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0593309032 Available:: Hardcover, paperback, Kindle edition, audiobook Buy:  Bookshop.org  |  Amazon.com     Bitter is a prequel to Pet. In Pet, Jam accidentally brings a monstrous angel created by her artist mother through a gate to our world, opened by her bleeding on the image. In Bitter, we […]

Graphic Novel Review: Lot 13 by Steve Niles, art by Glenn Fabry

Lot 13 by Steve Niles, art by Glenn Fabry Dark Horse, 2023 ISBN: 9781506734484 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com     The story opens in 1670, in Fairfax, Virginia. The bodies of the Wyatt family are on trial. The father, Robert, stands accused of murdering his family before committing suicide. The court ultimately finds him guilty […]

Graphic Novel Review: Let Me Out by Emmett Nahil, illustrations by George Williams

  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 […]

T.V. Review: Dead Boy Detectives

Do 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 […]

Book Review: Siren Queen by Nghi Vo

  Siren Queen by Nghi Vo Tor.com, 2022 ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1250788832 Available: Hardcover, paperback, library binding, KIndle edition, audiobook Buy:    Bookshop.org  | Amazon.com   This is not so much a horror novel as it is an homage to classic monster movies and a critique of golden-age Hollywood. Readers looking for blood and gore will not find […]

Book Review: House of Beating Wings by Olivia Wildstein

ISBN: 9781948463553 Somewhere between YA and full paranormal romance House of Beating Wings by Olivia Wildstein begins with Fallon, a half-fae young woman living in a world where everyone has strict expectations of her, but they mostly–infuriatingly–just expect her to “Be good and not cause trouble”. Everyone, it seems, knows secrets about her. All Fallon […]

GRAPHIC NOVEL REVIEW: TOMBS: JUNJI ITO STORY COLLECTION BY JUNJI ITO

**Cross Posted from the Circulation Desk.** Tombs: Junji Ito Story Collection by Junji Ito Viz Media, 2023 ISBN: 9781974736041 Available: Kindle, hardcover Buy: Bookshop.org | Amazon.com   Junji Ito’s Tombs presents a collection of nine original horror manga tales. In the titular story, Kaoru and her brother Tsuyoshi take a trip to visit their mutual friend, Izumi, in her new town. […]