Murder Road by Simone St. JamesHorror/SuspenseMarch 5, 2024- BerkleyARC Review by Angela Simone St. James sets her newest suspense novel in Michigan in 1995. April and Eddie are on their way to a honeymoon cabin when they get lost and end up on a deserted road, Atticus Lane. Eddie pulls over when he spies a woman hitchhiking, injured and scared. Discovering the severity of her injuries, they take her to a local hospital and quickly find themselves the main suspects in a murder Continue Reading
Angela’s Minis- Reviews for books by T. Kingfisher and A.G. Slatter
What Feasts at Night by T. KingfisherSworn Soldier #2Fantasy/HorrorFebruary 13, 2024- Tor NightfireARC Alex and Angus are travelling back home to Gallacia to make ready the family hunting lodge for Miss Potter, who will be meeting up with them shortly. Alex hasn't heard from the caretaker for quite some time, and once they arrive at their destination, they realize the reason. When they inquire in town there are whispers and superstitions among the townspeople. No one wants to take the Continue Reading
Angela’s Minis- Reviews for books by Jennifer McMahon and A. Deborah Baker
My Darling Girl by Jennifer McMahonThriller/HorrorOctober 3, 2023- Gallery/Scout PressARC Allison O'Connor survived her childhood, and her mother, barely. Now she's married, with two girls, and the successful author of a children's book. She's mostly put her past behind her, and then her mother's caretaker calls and informs her that Mavis is dying of cancer. And she wants to spend her last days with her daughter and her family. So Allison- despite her fears and better judgment- moves Continue Reading
Angela’s Minis- Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher and Looking Glass Sound by Catriona Ward
Thornhedge by T. KingfisherFairytale Retelling/FantasyAugust 15, 2023- Tor BooksARC T. Kingfisher is an author I've grown to love, whether it's romantic fantasy, horror, or in this case a twisted fairytale retelling. This is a reimagined sleeping beauty, where the sleeping princess is an evil changeling and the fairy godmother is actually the heroine of the story. Yes, there is even a kind-hearted knight bent on rescue, but he's not what you've come to expect either. Thornhedge is Continue Reading
Angela’s Minis- A House with Good Bones by T. Kingfisher and The Spite House by Johnny Compton
A House with Good Bones by T. KingfisherHorror/Dark Fantasy3/28/2023 by Tor NightfireARC As much as I love this author's fantasy romances, I simply adore her horror stories. This is a tale of a woman, an archeologist, specializing in old bugs, who goes home on a break from work and notices something odd going on with her mom and the house she lives in. The weirdness starts immediately, almost as soon as Sam steps out of her car and onto the property in rural North Carolina. There are Continue Reading
Angela’s Minis- Peculiar Tastes Series: The Hellmouth Guardian’s Lover by Adriana Herrera and The Vixen’s Deceit by Nikki Sloane
The Hellmouth Guardian's Lover by Adriana HerreraPeculiar Tastes #3PNR/Erotic RomanceOctober 4, 2022ARC This is a second chance, enemies to lovers romance between a Sentinel and his former Hellmouth Guardian. Things happened during their former relationship to tear them apart, but now August has come to ask for Adriane's help sealing a breach and rescuing August's current Guardian. August stayed with the order FOR REASONS and after being exiled Adriane built a new life and a thriving Continue Reading
Angela’s Minis- House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson and Gallows Hill by Darcy Coates
House of Hunger by Alexis HendersonLGBTQ Fantasy/Horror9/27/2022 by AceARC I discovered this author last year when I read The Year of the Witching. House of Hunger features Marion Shaw, a woman born into the slums and just trying to survive day to day. After seeing an advertisement for a bloodmaid she starts to envision a way out of her situation and to a better life. One where she serves a Northern house, offering up her blood to its wealthy noble in exchange for a chance at a Continue Reading
Angela’s Minis- Reviews for books by Rin Chupeco, Catriona Ward, and Megan Bannen
Silver Under Nightfall by Rin ChupecoLGBTQ FantasyPublished 9/13/2022 by Gallery/Saga PressARC I haven't read a vampire fantasy in a good long while, so when I spied this for review I immediately snapped it up. The first thing you should know is the worldbuilding in Silver Under Nightfall is quite unique for a genre that is full almost to bursting with scary and even sexy men with teeth. This book reads like a regency historical polyam romance with horror and fantasy elements. Lots of Continue Reading
Melinda’s Audio Minis: Just Like Home by Sarah Gailey & The Monsters We Defy by Leslye Penelope
Just Like Home by Sarah GaileyHorrorJuly 19, 2022, by TorAudio ARC Review by Melinda This book begins with Vera coming home to take care of her dying mother. And everything is just…off. Her mother is hostile towards her, there’s something living under her bed, and her father was a serial killer who may be haunting the house, so things are complicated! We get bits and pieces of their backstory revealed, combined with pieces of what’s currently going on; but there are still so many Continue Reading
Angela’s Minis- What Moves the Dead by T. Kingfisher and A Shattered Silver Crown by Kai Butler
What Moves the Dead by T. KingfisherHorror/FantasyJuly 12, 2022 by Tor NightfireARC T. Kingfisher is known for fantasy and more recently, romantic fantasy, but I believe her horror novels and novellas to be some of her best work. This retelling of Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher is creepy and chilling and well done. Our narrator for this story is retired Lieutenant Alex Easton, who is summoned to the Usher estate by their childhood friend Roderick, on behalf of his dying sister Continue Reading