Stirringly atmospheric and unsettling, full of grief and love and darkness but also hope, this is completely compelling! The blessed yet cursed town of Mistaken, the vivid cast of townspeople, and the mysterious threats of the world beyond their Warding Stones all captured my imagination. Greer is a character who will stick with you long …
An Alpha Werewolf and a reluctant Vampyre are forced into an arranged marriage to keep peace between the species. They never expected (or wanted) to fall in love. Chaos, comedy, and some good romance too. <3 — Melissa, Trail’s End Bookstore, Winthrop, WA We had to make sure to recommend this before Halloween! Sometimes it’s …
Here is V. Castro’s Immortal Pleasures, which is the story of La Malinche, a Nahua woman who translated for Cortés back in the day. History hasn’t been kind to La Malinche, mostly due to the fact that Cortés left a lot of bodies in his wake. However, in Castro’s hands, La Malinche is reborn as …
I’m so excited to share this graphic novel with customers– it’s exciting, tender, beautifully rendered in every way. It works well for middle schoolers and high schoolers, plus all the adults who enjoy family drama, origin stories, and the paranormal. Bonus: When you read this, you support a debut, local author! — Tegan Tigani, Queen …
This was one of my favorite reads of last year. There’s southern housewife hospitality, a true crime book club, and a handsome new neighbor who appears overnight. Filled with some suspense/horror this book is a great read to get yourself out of your reading rut or to switch it up to something out of those …
Thanks to the author for providing a reading copy of this book. A trusted friend asked me to read and review it. My first inclination on receiving The Masque by author Matts Djos was to put it aside because it was not “my type” of book. Instead, I read the book right to the end and …
You have heard the cliché “Never judge a book by its cover!” Thank goodness I heeded that advice. I saw the cover of At the Table of Wolves by Kay Kenyon at a writers’ conference. It had a couple of icons that I recognized: Big Ben in London, WWII aircraft, and a woman dressed as a …
Have you ever wondered what would have happened if Buffy Summers from Sunnydale (ie. Buffy, The Vampire Slayer) had been born in Regency England, specifically in 1812 London? The Dark Days Club gives you a bit of hint of what she and her world might have looked like. Now having made this comparison I must …
The Mummy lives! Or does it? Or is it something else that is pure evil? Read Lincoln Child’s book , The Third Gate, and weigh in. This was my first venture into the world of Lincoln Child. I will be back. Child’s descriptions of place and action are outstanding. His characters are so-so but still …
“Buffy fans rejoice! Holly Black’s newest young adult novel, The Coldest Girl in Coldtown, is bloodsucking fun, full of crossbows, spicy vampire –human romance, and a kick-ass vampire-killing girl. Throw in live reality vampire television and you’re on the right track. After a teen small town party, Tana wakes up in a bathtub with no …
