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Book Review: Don’t Let the Forest In by CG Drews [Audiobook]

Andrew writes macabre stories, and Thomas, his best friend and the boy he loves, draws them. But this year at boarding school, everything starts going wrong when their monsters start becoming real and they have to spend every night in the forest trying to keep them at...

Book Review: Now, Conjurers by Freddie Kolsch [Audiobook]

Nesbit's boyfriend, Bastion, has been murdered, and the coven they're both part of makes a pact to figure out who---or what---killed him. When suddenly no one in town remembers Bastion, the friends find themselves getting deeper into supernatural...

Book Review: Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland [Audiobook]

Avra has accidentally stolen government secrets, so he flees to the sea and ends up asking his sorta ex, who is a pirate captain but is not at all happy to see him, for help. They make a plan to sell the info, but between a sexy new crew member, a nosy ambassador looking for the thief, and horny sea serpents, shenanigans...

Book Review: Trespass Against Us by Leon Kemp [Audiobook]

Two years ago, four teens went to a haunted house and only three left, but Ethan's body was never found. When a famous team of ghost hunters asks the teens to go back, Riley reluctantly agrees in the hopes of finding his missing boyfriend, but the ghosts aren't done with them, and things quickly take a turn for the worse, much as they did the first...

Book Review: A Market of Dreams and Destiny by Trip Galey [Audiobook]

Deri is indentured to a merchant at the goblin market and desperately wants out of his contract, and he just might have it when he makes the deal of a lifetime. But using his prize will be more complicated than he realizes, especially when he falls for a human boy indentured to a workhouse who also needs out of his...

Graphic Novel Review: Tristan and Lancelot – A Tale of Two Knights by James Persichetti & L.S. Biehler

Fae are wreaking havoc and Merlin is missing, so mage Morgan, knight Lancelot, and hunter Tristan head out to find him. But they don't really get along at first and have their own issues to deal with, in addition to a dangerous...

Quick Reviews: A Bunch of Anthologies – The Ghost Variations // 18 Wheels of Science Fiction // My Monster Boyfriend // Silver // Ambrosia // Can I Pet Your Werewolf

Anthologies! Sometimes I like to start my posts by just shouting the thing they're about. Easier than thinking of good intros. So anyway, I have a bunch of anthologies (and one collection) I reviewed elsewhere years ago but never posted here. Both normal and graphic novels. To be honest, most of these were not really for me. I've tried to get into anthologies. They always sound so fun....

Book Review: Evergreen by Devin Greenlee [Audiobook]

Quill is a teen dryad who's never been allowed to leave his home, except for the family's magical garden. When strange things start happening in the garden and Quill meets a cute boy on his fire escape, his life quickly changes, and he'll have to solve a mystery to protect his family while also figuring out his...

Book Review: The Mars House by Natasha Pulley [Audiobook]

January is an Earth refugee on Mars, where Senator Gale is pushing to make Earthstrongers undergo a process that will acclimate them to Mars gravity but harm their bodies. When January ends up in a bad spot, he agrees to a marriage with Gale that will benefit them both. But there are mysteries surrounding Gale, and the senator is not at all what January...

Book Review: Together in a Broken World by Paul Michael Winters

Aiden is a courier trying to make a delivery that could help save the people left in the world after a zombie-like virus. Zach has been surviving on his own since the uncle he was staying with died. When the two find each other, they can't stop the feelings that form, but their secrets might ruin...