Tag: adult
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Review: My Heart is a Chainsaw by Stephen Graham Jones
**I was provided with an electronic ARC from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 3 stars Stephen Graham Jones returns with his newest homage to slasher films in My Heart Is a Chainsaw. Jade is the horror chick in her senior year in her small town. She has an encyclopedic knowledge of…
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Review: Written in Bone by Sue Black
**I was provided an audio ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Professor Dame Sue Black (whose plethora of other titles I dare not list) returns with her second non-textbook publication with Written in Bone. If I enjoyed All That Remains (and I did), I found that I enjoyed…
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Review: The Smallest of Bones by Holly Lyn Walrath
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 3 stars Holly Lyn Walrath presents a poetry collection, The Smallest of Bones, discussing a broad variety of topics including relationships, queerness, ghosts, and darkness. NetGalley also chose to classify this work as Horror in addition to Poetry. I…
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Review: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
**I received an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 4.5 Andy Weir returns with his newest space adventure in Project Hail Mary. This time, Earth is under threat from a space algae that has infected the sun, causing it to lose energy. Junior high school science teacher…
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Review: Goblin by Josh Malerman
**I was provided with an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 Josh Malerman returns with his newest novel, Goblin. The novel is composed of six intertwining stories of characters that all live in the city of Goblin, a city with a rich and twisted history full…
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Review: The Burning Girls by CJ Tudor
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 CJ Tudor returns with her newest thriller The Burning Girls. Jack is a vicar who has had recent tragedy in her chapel, so there is a chance for a fresh start with reassignment to a small…
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Review: The Mask of Mirrors by MA Carrick
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Authors Marie Brennan and Alyc Helms writing together as MA Carrick present the first installment in a new fantasy series with The Mask of Mirrors. Readers follow main character Ren who is an orphan, former street kid,…
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Review: The Hollow Places by T Kingfisher
**I was provided an electronic copy of this book from the publishers through NetGalley post-publication in exchange for honest review.** 3 stars T. Kingfisher’s most recent novel, The Hollow Places, is a modern horror in the form of a portal fantasy inspired by Algernon Blackwood’s The Willows. Readers follow Kara who is recently divorced and…
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Review: The Fires of Vengeance by Evan Winter
**spoiler alert** **I was provided a physical ARC by the publisher in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 Evan Winter returns to The Burning series with his newest installment, The Fires of Vengeance. Readers continue to follow Tau on his quest for vengeance against those responsible for the death of his father. This book…
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Review: Will Destroy the Galaxy for Cash by Yahtzee Croshaw
**I was provided a digital ARC from the publisher in exchange for honest review.** 3 stars Jacques McKeown returns in Yahtzee Croshaw’s sequel to Will Save the Galaxy for Food, the aptly named Will Destroy the Galaxy for Cash. Our main character is a star pilot who has been through many names and identities, but…
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