Best of YA: Horror!

Working as a Children’s Bookseller, with a focus on YA, means that I’m constantly having to look at new releases and new trends and what’s currently popular – and I LOVE IT! Having a good knowledge of what books are on offer mean that I can offer the best recommendations possible to any customers who …

Review: House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

Blurb: Dark, dangerous things happen around the Hollow sisters. Ever since they disappeared as children - only to reappear a month later, with no memory of what had happened to them - odd, eerie occurrences follow in their wake. When Grey, the eldest, goes missing again, Iris and Vivi are left to figure out the mystery …

Review: Mina and the Undead by Amy McCaw

I received a free eARC of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Blurb: New Orleans Fang Fest, 1995. Mina's having a summer to die for. 17-year-old Mina, from England, arrives in New Orleans to visit her estranged sister, Libby. After growing up in the town that inspired Dracula, Mina loves nothing more …

Review: Rules for Vanishing by Kate Alice Marshall

Blurb: Once a year, a road appears in the woods at midnight and the ghost of Lucy Gallows beckons, inviting those who are brave enough to play her game. If you win, you escape with your life. But if you lose... It's almost a year since Becca went missing. Everyone else has given up searching for …

Blog Tour: Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis

Hey everyone! After a little unplanned hiatus (quarantine, am I right?) I'm back with a bang! As part of The Write Reads gang, I was lucky enough to get my hands on an advanced copy of Harrow Lake by Kat Ellis and am here to share my thoughts! Synopsis: Lola Nox is the daughter of a celebrated …

Review: Sawkill Girls by Claire Legrand

Blurb: Who are the Sawkill girls? Marion: the new girl. Awkward and plain. Weighed down by tragedy and hungry for love she's sure she'll never find. Zoey: the pariah. Luckless and lonely, hurting but hiding it. Aching with grief and dreaming of vanished girls. Val: the queen bee. Gorgeous and privileged. A heart made of …

Review: Coraline by Neil Gaiman

Blurb: Sometimes, a door is closed for a very good reason... There is something strange about Coraline's new home. It's not the mist, or the cat that always seems to be watching her, nor the signs of danger that Miss Spink and Miss Forcible, her new neighbours, read in the tea leaves. It's the other …

Review: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

Blurb: Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts. There are dangers and adventures for Bod in the graveyard. But it is in the land of the living that real danger lurks for …

Review: The Woman in Black by Susan Hill

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 👻🎃 I hope you're all enjoying the spookiest day of the year and have some scary plans for this evening! To start your Halloween off on the right foot, here's a review of a classic ghost story - enjoy! Blurb: Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral of Mrs …

Classics with a Spooky Twist: Getting into Literature with the help of Parodies

If you're anything like me, you struggle with really getting into the books typically classed as 'classic literature'. I don't know what it is about them that just does pretty much nothing for me. I always felt like this was such a shame as so many people that I've spoken to can go into such …