The Pale White
Review The Pale White is an emotionally heavy book, a coming of age story about sex trafficking. A trio of girls held captive in a house of horrors, until the…
Natural Beauty
Review Natural Beauty blew me away, it was an unexpected favorite. Following a first generation Chinese American prodigy who, after the death of her parents begins working for a high…
The Crane Husband
Review The Crane Husband is a dark and lyrical reimagining of the Japanese folktale, The Crane Wife, in which a man marries a crane disguised as a woman. The crane…
George Orwell’s Animal Farm
Review Animal Farm is one of the great novels of the 20th century and one of the few classics I read as a teenager that capture my attention and admiration.…
Awakened in Blood
Review Awakened in Blood offers a fresh twist on the haunted house trope. The book at times feels like a summer slasher all grown up with a heavy emphasis on…
Maelstrom
Review Maelstrom is a historical eco horror novel that takes place during the 1900 Galveston hurricane, the deadliest hurricane in United States history. I knew nothing about this event when…
Past Due: Rural Decay II
Review I didn't think that it was possible to love a sequel more than as much as I loved Rural Decay, but Past Due: Rural Decay II was a much…
Lindsey Cheng Dates a White Boy!!!
Review Lindsey Cheng is a college freshman navigating her new adulthood with school, friends, and a 'cool' new boyfriend. That new boyfriend, Jason? Not so cool after all, he's a…
The Haunting of Chavez Ravine
Review The Haunting of Chavez Ravine is a haunting novella about a young woman named Lily living in a poor community in 1940's Los Angeles haunted by the dreaded La…
The Line
Review Mercy is the black sheep of a powerful Southern witching family that finds herself the center of a conspiracy. The setting and world-building in this novel were solid, and…