Tag: paranormal
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Review: The Ghost Variations by Kevin Brockmeier
**I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 3 stars Kevin Brockmeier brings a plethora of ghost stories in the anthology The Ghost Variations. Brockmeier further divides the anthology into similar themes, which made for a pleasant reading experience. My issues with this book are very similar…
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Review: Casting Shadows by LR Braden
**I was provided an electronic ARC via the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Alex and crew return in the latest installment in the Magicsmith series by LR Braden. This is the fourth book in the series, which makes it increasingly difficult to discuss without spoilers. All of the the things…
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Review: Burn Our Bodies Down by Rory Power
**I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars Rory Power’s newest release, Burn Our Bodies Down, is part mystery, part horror, and all page-turner. Readers follow Margot Nielsen, who has grown up as the only child of a neglectful parent. Margot has asked her mother…
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Review: Scarlet Gaze by Foster Bridget Cassidy
3 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Scarlet Gaze is a new adult paranormal romance centered around a magical school in England. Collin is a freshman at Marke Staple University, where he learns that magic is real and that he has power. When his…
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Review: From the Dark We Came by J Emery
**I was provided an electronic copy from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** 4 stars J. Emery brings their take to a vampire and hunter queer paranormal romance with From the Dark We Came. The story follows Cassian, our vampire newly awakened after having gone into a deep sleep, and Belar, our…
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Review: Hollow by Rhonda Parrish
3 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** In Hollow, Rhonda Parrish tells the story of Morgan, a high school student who is going through quite a lot. Morgan has had a bad breakup and has been in a bad car accident that killed her…
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Review: Faerie Forged by LR Braden
**I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 4.5 LR Braden brings us back to her Magicsmith series with the third installment, Faerie Forged. I will attempt to keep this review spoiler free. As with the first two novels in this series, I read Faerie…
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Review: A Sanctuary of Spirits by Leanna Renee Hieber
**I was provided with an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Actual rating: 3.5 Leanna Renee Hieber continues her Spectral City series with book two, A Sanctuary of Spirits. The series follows Miss Evelyn “Eve” Whitby, medium and head of the secret Ghost Precinct instated by Governor Theodore Roosevelt,…
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Review: Courting Darkness by LR Braden
4 stars **I was provided with an electronic ARC by the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Vampires and werewolves and fae folk- oh my! The second book in the Magicsmith series did not at all disappoint. This was another one day read, and had all of the features I enjoyed so much…
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Review: Small Spaces by Katherine Arden
4 stars **I was provided an electronic ARC from the publisher through NetGalley in exchange for honest review.** Katherine Arden’s middle grade novel, Small Spaces, combines horror, paranormal, and thriller in a clever and enjoyable way. I find it hard to review middle grade books since it is distinctly not written for my age group,…
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